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Lecture 1C: Eukaryotic Microbial Cells Flashcards

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How do microbial eukaryotes compare to prokaryotes in terms of structure and size?

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They are structurally more complex and typically larger.

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What are the main groups of microbial eukaryotes? (4)

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  • Fungi
  • algae
  • protozoa
  • other protists
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What is the hallmark of eukaryotic cells?

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A membrane-enclosed nucleus.

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What are the nearly universal organelles in eukaryotic cells?

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Mitochondria

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Which organelle is found only in phototrophic eukaryotic cells?

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Chloroplasts

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Name other important eukaryotic organelles. (5)

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  • Golgi complex
  • lysosomes
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • microtubules
  • microfilaments
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What structures provide motility in some microbial eukaryotes? (2)

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  • Flagella
  • cilia
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Which microbial eukaryotes have a cell wall?

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  • Fungi
  • algae
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What molecules in eukaryotic cell membranes provide structural strength?

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Sterols

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They provide structural support in cells that lack a cell wall, such as protozoa and animal cells.

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Sterols

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It contains the chromosomes that control cell activities and is enclosed by a double membrane with an inner and outer layer.

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Nucleus

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What proteins help organize eukaryotic DNA: They pack negatively charged DNA into nucleosomes, forming chromosomes.

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Histones (positively charged proteins).

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It is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum in many places.

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outer nuclear membrane

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What structures in the nuclear membrane allow molecular exchange?

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Nuclear pores

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What is the process of moving proteins and nucleic acids in and out of the nucleus called?

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Nuclear transport

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The site of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) synthesis.

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nucleolus

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Where is the nucleolus located?

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Inside the nucleus

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What is transported into the nucleolus for ribosome formation?

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Ribosomal proteins synthesized in the cytoplasm.

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How do ribosomal proteins and rRNA interact?

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They combine to form the small and large subunits of ribosomes.

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Where do the ribosome subunits go after leaving the nucleolus?

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They are exported to the cytoplasm.

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They assemble into functional ribosomes and participate in protein synthesis.

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ribosome subunits in the cytoplasm

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What are the main steps in eukaryotic cell division? (4)

for the genetic states; in order

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→ Chromosome replication
→ Nuclear disassembly
→ Chromosome segregation
→ Nuclear reassembly in daughter cells.

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How do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ in their genetic states?

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Prokaryotic cells are haploid, while microbial eukaryotes can be either haploid or diploid.

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__ cells have one copy of each chromosome, while __ cells have two.

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  • Haploid
  • diploid
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Give an example of a microbial eukaryote that can exist in both haploid and diploid states.
*Saccharomyces cerevisiae* (brewer’s yeast): - haploid (16 chromosomes) - diploid (32 chromosomes)
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A process in eukaryotic cells where the chromosome number is first doubled and then halved to ensure each daughter cell receives the correct set of chromosomes.
Mitosis
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Meiotic cell division: __ segregate into separate cells, reducing the genetic state from __ to __.
- Homologous chromosomes - diploid - haploid
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It resembles mitosis: haploid cells divide again, forming a total of four haploid cells.
second meiotic division
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What are the haploid cells produced by meiosis called? (2)
- **Gametes** in higher organisms (eggs and sperm) - **spores or related reproductive structures** in eukaryotic microorganisms.
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What organelles specialize in energy metabolism? (3)
- Mitochondria - Hydrogenosomes - Chloroplasts
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These organelles evolved from what domain?
Bacteria
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What do these organelles provide to the eukaryotic cell?
ATP
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What are the two (2) sources of ATP production?
- Oxidation of organic compounds - Light
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Where does respiration occur in aerobic eukaryotes?
Mitochondria
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What determines the number of mitochondria in a cell? (2)
- Cell type - Cell size
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How many membranes enclose the mitochondrion?
Two (Double membrane system)
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What is the function of the outer mitochondrial membrane?
Allows passage of small molecules
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What is the function of the inner mitochondrial membrane? (2)
- Regulates transport - ATP production
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What are the folded internal membranes in mitochondria called?
Cristae
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What do cristae contain? (2)
- Enzymes for respiration - ATP production
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What is the function of transport proteins in mitochondria?
Regulate ATP passage
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What does the matrix of the mitochondrion contain?
Citric acid cycle enzymes
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What is the major metabolic pathway in mitochondria?
Citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle)
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What kind of cells contain hydrogenosomes?
Anaerobic eukaryotic cells
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What do hydrogenosomes lack? (2)
- Citric acid cycle enzymes - Cristae
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What type of metabolism do hydrogenosome-containing organisms use?
Fermentative metabolism
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Name an organism that contains hydrogenosomes.
*Trichomonas vaginalis*
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What is the major reaction in hydrogenosomes?
Oxidation of pyruvate
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What are the end products of hydrogenosome metabolism? (4)
- H2 - CO2 - Acetate - ATP
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What happens to acetate in hydrogenosome-containing cells?
Excreted into the cytoplasm
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What type of Archaea can be found in some anaerobic eukaryotes?
Methanogens
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What do methanogens use (2) and produce?
Use H2, CO2 → Produce CH4 (Methane)
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What is the function of mitochondria in aerobic eukaryotic cells?
Respiration
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What is the function of cristae in mitochondria?
ATP production
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What important enzyme is found in the stroma of chloroplasts?
RubisCO | Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
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What cycle occurs in the chloroplast stroma?
Calvin cycle
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What is the function of thylakoids in chloroplasts?
ATP synthesis
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What hypothesis explains the bacterial origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts?
Endosymbiotic hypothesis
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What is the main evidence supporting the endosymbiotic hypothesis?
Organelles have their own genomes and ribosomes
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What type of genome organization do mitochondria and chloroplasts have?
Circular DNA
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What are some cytoplasmic structures found in microbial eukaryotes besides mitochondria and chloroplasts? (5)
- Endoplasmic reticulum - Golgi complex - lysosomes - tubular structures - motility structures
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They provide shape and protect the cell from osmotic lysis.
Cell wall
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What are common components of microbial eukaryotic cell walls? (2)
various polysaccharides and proteins
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What are the two types of endoplasmic reticulum? (2)
- Rough ER - smooth ER
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- It has ribosomes attached to its surface - Produces glycoproteins and new membrane material
Rough ER
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Produces glycoproteins and new membrane material
Rough ER
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Lipid synthesis and carbohydrate metabolism
Smooth ER
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The structure of the Golgi complex is a stack of membrane-bound sacs called __.
cisternae
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Modifies and sorts products from the ER for secretion or cellular use
Golgi complex
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What is one major modification made in the Golgi complex?
Glycosylation (addition of sugar residues to proteins)
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- Contain digestive enzymes to break down proteins, fats, and polysaccharides - They degrade damaged cellular components and recycle materials for biosynthesis - to prevent damage to cytoplasm, they compartmentalize lytic activities in membrane-enclosed compartments
Lysosomes
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What two major components make up the cytoskeleton? (2)
- Microtubules - microfilaments
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What protein forms microtubules?
tubulin
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They help separate chromosomes during mitosis.
microtubules
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What protein forms microfilaments?
Actin
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They provide structural support and enable movement within the cell.
Microfilaments
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Do ER, Golgi complex, lysosomes, cytoskeleton, and motility structures contain DNA?
No
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What are the two motility organelles? (2)
- Flagella - cilia
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What is the difference in movement between flagella and cilia?
- Flagella = slow - cilia = fast | cilia:rotational,fast moving flagella:rotary(prok);bending movement(euk)
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What powers the flagella and cilia movement? (2)
- Dynein - ATP
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What is the structural arrangement of microtubules in flagella and cilia?
9+2 microtubule arrangement

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