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If the smooth endoplasmic reticulum was poisoned so that it did not function, what other organelles in the cell would also be affected?
What kind of functions are we talking about?
The smooth endoplasmic reticulum plays an essential role in lipid and steroid synthesis and detoxification of drugs and poisons. The Golgi apparatus functions as a processing and sorting station for lipids and proteins, whereas peroxisomes primarily carry out metabolic processes involved in breaking down fatty acids and detoxifying harmful substances.