A prokaryotic cell consists of a cell membrane, which encloses its contents and regulates the movement of substances, and cytoplasm, in which metabolic processes take place. Its genetic material is located in a nucleoid region in the cytoplasm, rather than being contained within a membrane-bound nucleus (as in eukaryotes). Ribosomes in the cytoplasm carry out protein synthesis.
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