Cell Organelles Flashcards
Prokaryotes
Unicellular organisms that lack membrane bound nuclei or specialized organelles. They have no genetic diversity due to cytokinesis
Nucleoid
Location of DNA in the nucleus of a prokaryote
Eukaryote
Multicellular organisms that contain specialized organelles and a nuclear membrane
3 Domains of Life
Eubacteria, Archea, Eukarya
Eukarya
Animals, Fungi, Plants
Archaea
Bacteria that was invaded by eubacteria to form a eukaryotic organism
Phospholipid molecules (cell membrane)
Head groups are polar and hydrophilic. Inside is non-polar and hydrophobic.
Integral (transmembrane) proteins
pores and receptors
Peripheral (extrinsic) membrane
accessory proteins
Saccharides (cell membrane)
attached glycolipids and glycoproteins (glycocalyx)
Nuclear Envelope
Selectively permeable barrier that is a continuation of the ribonucleic membrane
Nuclear Pores
Control what goes in and out of cell. Small molecules pass easily, but larger molecules need transport proteins to pass (chaperones)
Nucleolus
Site of RNA synthesis
Pars fibrosa
Area in the nucleolus that consist of primary rRNA transcripts
Pars granulosa
Area in the nucleolus where maturing ribosomal subunits accumulate
Pars amorpha
Nuclear organizer region of the nucleolus that consists of DNA sequences coding for rRNA.
Heterochromatin
heavy stained DNA
Euchromatin
light stained DNA
Chromatin
DNA, Protein (histones, transcription factors)
Histones
Level of DNA packaging where DNA is bundled up in the nucleus
Cytokinesis
The cytoplasmic division of a cell at the end of mitosis or meiosis.
Ribosomes
Site of protein synthesis
Nascent Protein
A protein before it folds into its active shape.
Free ribosomes
Synthesis for cytosolic and cytoskeletal proteins and proteins for import into the nucleus, mitochondria, and peroxisomes
Ribosomal components of the RER
Require further processing before incorporation into membranes.