About one in one million people are born with Dyskeratosis Congenita. This disease affects many areas of the body. It causes fingernails and toenails to grow abnormally and discoloration of the skin. Dyskeratosis 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 function of ribosomes is d) They produce proteins. Ribosomes are cellular structures that synthesize proteins by translating messenger RNA (mRNA) into amino acid sequences, which are the building blocks of proteins.