A.4 - Specific Organelles of the Plant Cell Flashcards
List the Main plant organelles
- Cell Wall
- Plasmodesmata
- Plastids
- Vacuoles
What comprises the protoplasm?
- Vacuoles
- Tonoplast (Bounds the vacuole)
- Cytoplasm
The soft cell wall (cellulose) can harden during…
Lignification
What comprises the cell wall?
Primary wall (web of microfibrils and auxin)
Secondary Wall (transverse cellulose fibres)
What does the plants use of Cellulase allow?
Carving of secretory ducts and transport vessels through walls
Function of plasmodesmata
Allows communication between cells
A chloroplast is an example of a…
Plastid
Give the development of Plastids
Proplastids → Etioplastids → Plastids
What are the different types of Leukoplastid?
- Amyloplastid (Starch Storage)
- Elaioplastid (Oil Storage)
- Proteinoplastid (Protein Storage)
Thylakoid
Granum
What reactions occur in the stroma/thylakoid membrane?
- Light dependent reactions
- Light independent reactions
Light dependent/independent reactions produce…
- ATP
- NADPH
What does the enzyme RuBisCO allow?
Glucose synthesis in the dark
What is the function of the Vacuole?
- Maintain turgidity
- pH balance (5.5)
- Storage of Plant metabolites
