Topic C Flashcards
Chloroplast
a type of plastid that does photosynthesis in leaf cells
Young plant cells contain….
proplastids
Proplastids
mature into organelles required by cell
storage plastids
store nutrients in root cell
Chromoplasts
attract animals to fruit and flowers
Function of chloroplasts
import light, CO2, H2O and export sugar, O2
How do chloroplast reproduce?
same as mitochondria
Why do only some cells contain chloroplasts?
chloroplasts are only found in cells that must do photosynthesis
Where do light reactions take place?
thylakoid membrane
Where does the Calvin cycle take place?
stroma
where does protein import take place?
outer and inner chloroplast membrane
where does DNA replication take place?
stroma
where does protein synthesis take place?
cytoplasm
3 types of membrane lipids and percent composition
phospholipids 74%, glycolipids 3%, sterols/steroids 23%
what side? phospholipids
one side or the other
what side? glycolipids
non-cytosol side
glycolipids
protect the cell
what side? sterols
both sides
sterols
improve membrane fluidity