Do RBCs Have Ribosomes?

[justadream]

Platelets have ribosomes. Since platelets are derived from blood cells, do platelets have ribosomes?

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[type12]

Yes, they do. They also have other organelles.

 

[Cawolf]

When maturing they have organelles but a mature RBC is mostly a giant sac of hemoglobin.

They lack ribosomes when mature.

They do not replicate, produce proteins, or use aerobic respiration.

 

[AndyK]

Normal, mature red cells do not have a nucleus. Without a nucleus, there's no DNA being transcribed into RNA, and therefore no RNA to be translated into proteins via ribosomes.