Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. All enzymes are proteins.
2. Because of the abundance of ribosomes, translation is NOT an energy costly process for the cell.
3. The cells of every organism make only a few different tRNA molecules encoded by the same gene.
4. In eukaryotes, the 40S and 60S subunits combine to form a 100S ribosome.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE

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