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Organelle Structure and Function Flashcards

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Theory of Endosymbiosis

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MItochondria and chloroplatss were once independent prokaryotes who eventually joined larger cells

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Prokaryotic Cells

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Small ribosomes
No cytoskeleton
Nor organelles (but has a nucleoid region)
Plasmid sometimes present
Anaerobic and aerobic metabolism
Flagella made of the protein flagelin
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Eukaryotic Cell

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Nucleus and organelles present
Chromosomes long and bound with histones
Multicellular
Can be autotrophic or heterotropic

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Flagella and Cilia in Eukaryotes

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Made of tubulin

Arrange 9 +2

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Autotrophs

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Photoautotrophs
- Use photosynthesis to make food from sunlight

Chemoautotrophs
- Use chemosynthesis to make food from inorganic substance

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Obligate Anaerobes

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Need absence of oxygen to survive

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Obligate Aerobe

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Need oxygen to survive

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Facultative Anaerobe

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In absence of oxygen, can switch from aerobe to anaerobe

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Ribosomes

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On ER- proteins made here leave cell

In cytoplasm- proteins made here used within cell

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SER

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Synthesis of steroid hormones and lipids
Stores Ca in muscle cells
Also stores detox drugs and poisons

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Peroxisome

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In both plant and animal cells
Convert hydrogen peroxide into water using catalase
In liver, detox alcohol

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Glyoxysomes

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Germinating seeds of some plants have a specialized variation of peroxisome

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13
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Transport vacuole

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Move materials between organelles or between organelles and PM

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14
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Central vacuole

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Most of plant cell interior
Cause turgidity when fully filled to maintain rigidity

Also store nutrients, and carry out functions performed by lysosomes in aniamls cells

Have a specialized membrane (tonoplast)

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Merge Vacuole

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Merge with lysosomes which break down food

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Storage vacuole

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Plants store starch, pigments, and toxic substances (i..e nicotine)

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Contractile vacuoles

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In single celled organisms that collect and pump excess water out of the cell

Utilizes active transport

Found in protista (amoeba, paramecia) and organisms in a hypotonic environment

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18
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Cell Wall in Plants

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Cellulose

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19
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Cell Wall in Fungi

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Chitin

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20
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Cell Wall in Bacteria

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Peptidoglycans

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21
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Cell Wall in Archea

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Polysaccharides

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22
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Extracellular Matrix

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Animal cells secrete collagen to form ECM

Found in area between adjacent cells

Fibrous structural proteins, adhesion proteins, polysaccharides

Made of collagen mainly
Also see integrin+fibronectin, laminin

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Function of ECM

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Provides mechanical support

Helps binds adjacent cells

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Integrin+Fibronectin

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Network of collagen and proteoglycans (glycosylated proteins) connected to integrins ( TM protein) in the cell membrane via fibronectin (glycoprotein)

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Laminin

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Also seen in ECM

Acts similar to fibronectin (adhesion protein, anchors cell to collagen or proteoglycans)

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Focal Adhesions

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Connection of ECM to actin filaments in cell

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Hemidesmosomes

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Connect 1 cell to basal membrane

Connection of ECM to intermediate filaments (i..e keratin)

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Plastids

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Found in plant cells
Chloroplasts
Leucoplasts
Chromoplasts

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Leucoplasts

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Can specialize to store starch/lipid/protein as amyloplasts/elaioplasts,proteinoplasts

Can also serve general biosynthetic functions

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Chromoplasts

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Store carotenoids

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Microtubules

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Made of tubulin

Found in flagella, cilia, spindle fibers during division

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Microfilaments

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Made of actin

Used for cellmovement and muscle contraction

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Intermediate Filaments

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Maintains and supports cells

i.e. Keratin found in hair

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Types of Active Transport

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Exocytosis
Endocytosis (phagocytosis, pinocytosis, receptor mediated endocytosis)
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Phagocytosis

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Engulfing of particles (i..e white blood cells)

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Pinocytosis

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Uptake of dissolved particles

Cell drinking

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Receptor mediated encodytosis

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Form of pinocytosis

Specific molecules in the fluid around the cell binds to receptors

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Aquoaporin

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Type of porin found in plant roots and kidneys, allowing water to flow more rapidly than diffusion

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Plasmolysis

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MOvement of water out of a cell resulting in the collapse of the cell

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Dialysis

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Diffusion of solutes across a selective membrane

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Bulk Flow

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Movement of a fluid in one direction in an organism
Always from one source
i.e. Blood flow around the body

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Cell Junctions

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Anchor cells to each other or provide passageways for exchange of materials

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Desmosomes

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Anchoring junction
Connects 2 cells together
Provides stability and holds things together

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Tight Junction

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Seal, prevents things from passing from cell to cell

Found in digestive tract to get things into bloodstream

45
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Gap Junctions

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Allows ions and small molecules to pass from cell to cell

How the heart cells coordinate together to contract in unison

46
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Plasmodesmata

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Gap junctions of plant cells

47
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Quorum Sensing

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Bacteria secrete molecules ot communicate

48
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Paracrine Siganlling

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Local messages/signals are released (i.e. GF)

Includes synaptic signalling (NT release)

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Long Distance Siganling

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Endocrine system

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Hydrophilic Messengers

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First messenger or ligand
Binds to receptor
Message carried on inside by second messenger

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Cytoplasmic receptor

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Receptors inside cell that bind to smaller, nonpolar hydrophobic ligands that can diffuse through PM
i.e. Steroids, thyroid hormone, NO

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Tonicity

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Ability of an extracellular solution to make water move into or out of a cell by osmosis

Solution’s tonicity is related to its osmolarity

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Osmolarity

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Total concentration of all solutes in the solution

54
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Plasmyolysis

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Cell membrane shrinks and detaches from cell wall

Occurs when plant cells are in hypertonic solution (high concentration of solute outside cell)

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Plant Cells in Hypotonic Solution

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Water moves into cell

Cell wall counteracts osmotic pressure to prevent swelling and lysis

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Golgi

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Packages and modifies proteins
Transports lipids around cell
Produces lysosomes

57
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Structure of Eukaryotic Ribosome

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60S + 40S= 80 S

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Structure of Prokaryotic Ribosome

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50S + 30S= 70 S

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Polar Microtubules

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Nuclear division

Connect to push MTOC to opposite ends of cell

60
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Astral Microtubules

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Extend to cell membrane

Involved in spindle apparatus orientation

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Facultative Aerobes

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Can switch to aerobic respiration but prefer anaerobic environments

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Microphiles

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Organisms that need oxygen but are poisoned by high concentrations

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Facultative Psychophiles

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Organisms that will survive at temperatures below 20°C but will only grow at temperatures above 20°C.

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Aerotolerant

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Do not require oxygen to survive, but are not poisoned by it (unlike obligate anaerobes)

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