Theme 1 Flashcards
The major divisions of the living world are defined by:
cell characteristics
Eukaryotes and prokaryotes have what in common?
plasma membrane
What is the cytoskeleton?
- protein fibre networks support plasma membrane and organelles within cytoplasm, allowing movement and maintenance of spatial relationships within the cell among its elements
- also allows cell to control its shape and to move
- enables eukaryote cells to engulf food particles
The cytoskeleton is made up of?
microtubules, microfilaments, and intermediate filaments
What are microtubules?
hollow tubes formed from tubulin dimers
What are microfilaments?
double helix of actin monomers that are important in movement and intracellular transport
What are intermediate filaments?
strong fibers composed of intermediate filament proteins
Cilia and flagella
Cilia are short and abundant
Flagella are long and few
They are elements allowing the cell to move.
Cross section in cilium reveals the 9 + 2 arrangements of microtubules
Eukaryote Endomembrane System
- collective term for nuclear envelope, lysosomes, golgi apparatus, vacuoles, and endoplasmic reticulum
- series of flattened sacs and tubes formed of lipid bilayer membranes, directly interconnected or connected by moving vesicles
- general function is to compartmentalize the interior of the cell, thus isolating incompatible biochemical processes, and to transfer products b/w these compartments
- greatly increases available S.A for synthesis
Structure of Eukaryote Genome
- divided between a number of linear chromosomes
- allows for expression of genes on different parts of a single chromosome or on different chromosome (regulatory genes)
- allows cell differentiation and production of different tissue types
Mitochondria is:
- the site of oxidative phosphorylation in eukaryote cells
Chloroplasts are the site of:
photosynthesis in eukaryote cells
Mitochondria and chloroplasts greatly increase:
S.A available for their processes when compared to prokaryotes
Sexual Reproduction in eukaryotes
- fusion of 2 haploid gametes from 2 parents to form a new individual genetically different from either parent (vertical transmission)
- generates genetic diversity
What is the evidence for endosymbiotic origins?
- Circular DNA
- Independent fission (remove mitochondria or plastids from a eukaryote cell and it cannot produce new ones)
- Size (same as bacteria)
- Double membrane
- Certain proteins specific to bacteria cell membranes are also in mito/chloro membranes
- 70S ribosomes
Endosymbiotic hypothesis part 1:
- heterotrophic eukaryotes evolved first through union of ancestral archeon with aerobic alpha-proteobacterium which became mitochondrion
Endosymbiotic hypothesis part 2:
- autotrophic eukaryotes evolved from heterotrophic eukaryotes through union with photosynthetic cyanobacteria, which became chloroplasts
Endosymbiotic origin scenarios:
- Ancestral archaeon first evolved endomembrane system, then entered symbiosis with alpha-proteobacterium, which became mitochondrion
- Ancestral archaeon entered symbiosis with alkpha-proteobacterium, which became mitochondrion, then endomembrane system evolved subsequently
(2 makes more sense, but both possible)
What is the cube-square relationship?
- S.A and volume of a solid do not increase linearly with increase in linear dimensions:
- S.A is propotional to length^2
- vol is proportional to length^3
- S.A is proportional to volume^2/3