If a mutation rendered the signal recognition particle nonfunctional, what would be the most obvious effect on the cell?

A. Translation would not be completed for
most proteins.
B. All proteins normally secreted by the cell
would remain partially formed and attached to
the endoplasmic reticulum.
C. Proteins destined for the nucleus would
remain in the cytosol.
D. No proteins would arrive at their proper
destinations within the cell.
E. All proteins normally secreted by the cell
would remain in the cytosol.


Answer Key: E

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