what would happen to the smooth er if the rough er was broken

Answer 1

Hi Bwgs, to start there are two basic types of ER (endoplasmic reticulum). Both rough ER and smooth ER have the same types of membranes but they have different shapes. Rough ER looks like sheets or disks of bumpy membranes while smooth ER looks more like tubes. Rough ER is called rough because it has ribosomes attached to its surface. Remember, these are in your cells. They both serve different functions as well. So, nothing should happen to the rough ER if the smooth ER was broken. I wonder if you mean what would happen if smooth ER was not functioning. In that case, let's remember why smooth ER is important. It plays an important role in lipid and steroid synthesis, it is a storage for intracellular calcium as well and the smooth ER was damaged, the cell would no longer be able to produce ribosomes which are needed to make proteins.