NEET 2000 Biology question

Which cell organelle is concerned with glycosylation of protein :

(1)Ribosome
(2)Peroxisome
(3)Endoplasmic reticulumCorrect
(4)Mitochondria

Answer: (3)

Solution

Glycosylation (attachment of sugar residues to proteins to form glycoproteins) starts in the lumen of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, where the oligosaccharide is added to the newly synthesised polypeptide, and is

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