what are the prokaryotic ribosomal subunits?
The prokaryotic ribosomes contain 3 RNA strands and 52 protein subunits which can be divided into 1 RNA and 21 proteins in the small ribosomal subunit (aka the 30S subunit) and 2 RNA and 31 proteins in the large ribosomal subunit (50S subunit). ... Neither subunit is sufficient to carry out translation by itself.