Why ribosomes are called protein factories?

Answer 1

Ribosomes are called "protein factories" because the proteins are manufactured in the ribosomes.

The proteins are made up of amino acids (smaller units). The structure of protein differs from individual to individual. When you eat meat or egg whites, it gets broken down into amino acids, which are rearranged in the ribosomes according to code present in the DNA.

Answer 2

Ribosomes have a role in forming polypeptide chains, which are or combine to form proteins. They are made up of proteins and RNA (ribonucleic acid), but were close to being the first self-regenerating object if they consisted only of proteins.

In translation, messenger RNA (the exons of RNA transcript) zip through a ribosome and for every three codons on the mRNA, three anticodons on a tRNA bind to the codons in the "A" site. It takes the growing polypeptide chain and binds it to its own amino acid and moves to the "P" site as another tRNA comes in. It hands the polypeptide chain over to the tRNA in the "A" site and leaves so this tRNA can repeat the process of stacking the polypeptide chain onto the amino acid of the next tRNA. The "P" site and "A" site are in the larger of the two ribosomal subunits. In this way ribosomes are the site of manufacturing proteins like a factory.

Answer 3

Ribosomes are called protein factories because they are responsible for translating the genetic information from mRNA into specific sequences of amino acids to form proteins. They catalyze the synthesis of proteins through the process of translation, making them integral to the production of proteins in the cell.