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The

Incomparable

Production

In The Cell:

Protein

Synthesis

Proteins, which are of vital importance to living things for
sustaining life, are produced by a complex organization in the

cell, whose complexity and order cannot be compared with any
other production system in the world.
In this complex production system, no room exists for the
slightest error. Various control and repair mechanisms are in
place to correct any flaw that might arise. In this way, the pro-
teins that permit the living organism to remain alive are manu-
factured in exactly the right forms and locations, with no disrup-

tions arising.
Protein production takes place at a miraculous speed. For
example, the E. coli bacterium synthesizes a protein molecule of
100 amino acids in only 5 seconds. No factory on Earth is able