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(a) : The cellular factory responsible for synthesising proteins is the ribosome. The ribosome consists of structural RNAs and about 80 different proteins. In its inactive state, it exists as two subunits, as a large subunit and a small subunit. When the small subunit encounters an mRNA, the process of translation of the mRNA to protein begins.