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The main function of the smooth ER is to make cellular products such as hormones and lipids! It is given it's name to tell it apart from the Rough ER, which is give it's name for the scattering of ribosomes within! The Smooth ER works with the Rough ER! In fact, although they appear to be different they are sub-compartments of the same organelle! They both work to make proteins. The Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum is made up of lipids, and, unlike the Rough ER, is not spotted with ribosomes.
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The sooth ER's location is all around the cell by the Rough ER and nucleus!
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