Question

smooth surface endoplasmic reticulum is associated with​

Answer 1

The smooth endoplasmic reticulum is assigned with the biosynthesis of fats and steroid hormones.

• The smooth endoplasmic reticulum is a minute meshwork of membrane vesicles found to be continuous with the nuclear membrane of the cell.
• It called 'smooth' because of the lack of ribosomes on its membrane, which differentiates it with the rough endoplasmic reticulum.
• Smooth ER is involved in many important cellular functions such as fat and steroids biosynthesis as well as metabolism.
• It is also involved in storage of cholesterol and phospholipids which are required for membrane synthesis.