Patients with sickle cell anemia possess hemoglobin-s, a mutated form of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin-s is
A) synthesized on free ribosomes
B) synthesized on the rough endoplasmic reticulum
C) modified in the Golgi apparatus
D) packaged in the trans Golgi network
E) stored in condensing vesicles

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Hemoglobin, including its mutated form hemoglobin-s, is synthesized on free ribosomes because it is a cytoplasmic protein, not a secretory or membrane-bound protein.

Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia Possess Hemoglobin-S, a Mutated Form