Module 4 Flashcards
microscopic, consists of protoplast that contain cell wall, organelles & vacuoles
Plant cell
Structures found in plant cells but NOT in animal cells (3)
- Large, centrally located vacuole
- Cellulose cell wall
- Plastids
This structure occupies 90% of the cell’s volume
Central Vacuole
Single membrane surrounding the central vacuole
Tonoplast
Contents of central vacuole (2)
Clear cell sap (water and salts)
Visible crystals, starch, protein bodies, and other fibrous materials
Functions of central vacuole (6)
- Osmotic Regulation
- Tissue rigidity
- Waste storage
- Digestive organelle
- Contain water soluble pigments
- Crystal formation
Organelles characteristic of plant cells
Have no homologues in the animal cell
Vary in form, size, and pigmentation
Plastids
Progenitor Plastid
Proplastid
8 types of plastids
Etioplast
Leucoplast
Proteinoplast
Elaioplast
Amyloplast
Chloroplast
Chromoplast
Gerontoplast
green; chlorophyll
pigments predominate in them
Chloroplasts
lack pigments; if a plant is kept out of light for several days,
its chloroplasts will actually convert
into this.
Etioplasts
forms from
chloroplast during senescence
Gerontoplast
yellow, orange or red;
carotenoid or xanthophyll pigments
predominate in them
Chromoplasts
non-pigmented plastids
found in tissues unexposed to light
Leucoplasts
leucoplasts that store
starch
Amyloplasts
Special amyloplast type found in root cap for gravity perception
Statoliths
Leucoplasts that store proteins
Proteinoplasts
Leucoplasts that store fats and oils
Elaioplasts
Parts of chloroplasts (5)
Outer membrane
Intermembrane space
Inner membrane
Stroma
Thylakoid system
Lipid containing structure that increases in amount in chloroplast stroma. Sign of senescence.
Plastoglobule
All plastids are initially derived from proplastids found in this region
RAMs and SAMs
Plastids are maternally-inherited in the majority of angiosperms, why?
The sperm nuclei already have too many functions therefore no space for plastids
Reserve materials and substances which are produced and stored
in plant cells but DO NOT re-enter the metabolism of the plant
Ergastic Substances or Inclusions
6 Main Ergastic Substances
1) Starch
2)proteins
3) oils, fats, waxes
4) crystals and silica bodies
5) Tannins
6)Pigments
constructed by layered deposition of starch around a nucleation center HILUM
Starch
Types of Starch Grains
Eccentric
Concentric
Semi-compound
Compound
Hilum not centered
Eccentric
Hilum centered
Concentric
Two hilums at center of concentric rings
Semi-compound
No clear center hilum
Compound
Accumulate in Aleurone Grains
Crystalloid and Globoid Proteins