Week 3 (the cell) Flashcards
(28 cards)
nucleus
-area for genetic information
-bound by two phospholipid bilayer membranes (nuclear envelope)
-contains chromatin
nucleolus
region of RNA synthesis
nuclear pore complex
controls what goes in/ comes out
ribosomes
-site of protein synthesis
-RNA protein complexes composed of two subunits
free ribosomes
-suspended in the cytosol
-synthesizes proteins within cytosol
bound ribosomes
attached to the outside of the ER
-synthesizes proteins that are exported out of the cell
ER
includes tubules and internal spaces called cisternae
continuous with the nuclear envelope
smooth ER
-no ribosomes
-synthesizes lipids
-hydroxylation (+OH)
rough ER
-abundant in cells that secrete proteins
-secreted proteins are packaged into transport vesicles
golgi complex
-collect, package and distribute proteins at one location and utilized at another (post office)
-move from cisternae to cisternae
-go from golgi to the plasma membrane in secretory vesicles
-release contents to the exterior by exocytosis
cis face of golgi
accepts from ER
trans face of golgi
leaves from
lysosomes
-acidic small membrane bound vesicles found in animals
-formed by budding from golgi
-autophagy (recycling )
chloroplasts
-perform photosynthesis
solar energy - chemical
found in plants
mitochondria
-performs cell resp
-generates ATP
founds in plants and animals
catabolism
breaking down molecules into simpler ones
hydrolysis
large molecules into small ones water is consumed
endosymbiotic organelles
mitochondria and chloroplasts
-there proteins come mainly from free ribosomes in the cytosol
mitochondrial anatomy
-smooth outer membrane
-highly folded inner membrane (cristae)
-intermembrane space protons
-mitochondrial matrix is fluid inside inner membrane
plastids
amyloplasts (store starch)
chromoplasts (store pigments)
chloroplasts (harness solar energy/produce sugar)
chloroplast anatomy
-outer and inner membrane surround the stroma (contains dna, ribosomes)
-stroma houses thylakoids
-thylakoids are stacked into grana and hold chlorophyll
which organelle is not surrounded by its own membrane
ribosome
cytoskeleton
-network of proteins supporting cell shape/ structural integrity
microfilaments
-actin filaments
-cell movement (myosin)
-contraction in muscle fibres
smallest