Multiple choice

Which of the following is not the function of the Smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

  1. Smooth ER gives support to the cytoplasm.

  2. Smooth ER is the site of steroid production and lipids.

  3. Smooth ER transports the proteins made on the ribosomes.

  4. Smooth ER acts as a storage site for calcium in skeletal muscle cells.

  5. Smooth ER contains enzymes that detoxify a wide variety of organic molecules in the cell.
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Explanation

Rough ER contains ribosomes on it, which transports the proteins, but smooth ER does not contain ribosomes on it.

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