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What does 'S' refer in a 70S and 80S ribosome?

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'S' refers to Svedbergs unit for sedimentation coefficient. Sedimentation coefficient depicts that how fast a cell organelle sediments during the ultracentrifugation.

In cells heavier the structure, higher is the sedimentation coefficient.

The value of S is equal to 1013 seconds (1 s = 1×1= 13 seconds).


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