Organelle Structure and Function Flashcards
Theory of Endosymbiosis
MItochondria and chloroplatss were once independent prokaryotes who eventually joined larger cells
Prokaryotic Cells
Small ribosomes No cytoskeleton Nor organelles (but has a nucleoid region) Plasmid sometimes present Anaerobic and aerobic metabolism Flagella made of the protein flagelin
Eukaryotic Cell
Nucleus and organelles present
Chromosomes long and bound with histones
Multicellular
Can be autotrophic or heterotropic
Flagella and Cilia in Eukaryotes
Made of tubulin
Arrange 9 +2
Autotrophs
Photoautotrophs
- Use photosynthesis to make food from sunlight
Chemoautotrophs
- Use chemosynthesis to make food from inorganic substance
Obligate Anaerobes
Need absence of oxygen to survive
Obligate Aerobe
Need oxygen to survive
Facultative Anaerobe
In absence of oxygen, can switch from aerobe to anaerobe
Ribosomes
On ER- proteins made here leave cell
In cytoplasm- proteins made here used within cell
SER
Synthesis of steroid hormones and lipids
Stores Ca in muscle cells
Also stores detox drugs and poisons
Peroxisome
In both plant and animal cells
Convert hydrogen peroxide into water using catalase
In liver, detox alcohol
Glyoxysomes
Germinating seeds of some plants have a specialized variation of peroxisome
Transport vacuole
Move materials between organelles or between organelles and PM
Central vacuole
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)
Merge Vacuole
Merge with lysosomes which break down food
Storage vacuole
Plants store starch, pigments, and toxic substances (i..e nicotine)
Contractile vacuoles
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
Cell Wall in Plants
Cellulose
Cell Wall in Fungi
Chitin
Cell Wall in Bacteria
Peptidoglycans
Cell Wall in Archea
Polysaccharides
Extracellular Matrix
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
Function of ECM
Provides mechanical support
Helps binds adjacent cells
Integrin+Fibronectin
Network of collagen and proteoglycans (glycosylated proteins) connected to integrins ( TM protein) in the cell membrane via fibronectin (glycoprotein)
Laminin
Also seen in ECM
Acts similar to fibronectin (adhesion protein, anchors cell to collagen or proteoglycans)