About one in a million people are born with dyskerstosis congenita this disease affects many areas of the body. It causes fingernails and toenails to grow abnormally and discoloration of the skin. Dyskerstosis congenita is caused by a mutation in a gene responsible for the production of ribosomes therefore ribosome functioning is impaired what is the function of the ribosomes

A. They remove substances
B. They produce energy
C. They breakdown chemicals
D. They produce proteins

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The correct answer is D. They produce proteins.

Ribosomes are cellular structures responsible for synthesizing proteins by translating messenger RNA (mRNA) into amino acid sequences, which are the building blocks of proteins.