Cell Organelles

ByDiana L. Duckworth

Rustburg High SchoolCampbell County

Nucleus

• Enclosed by nuclear envelope– Double membrane, each a lipid bilayer– Two membranes merge in pores

• Protein lined channels for exit of mRNA and ribosomes from nucleus

• Within nucleus one or more nucleoli– Site for the manufacture of ribosomes

• Chromatin – DNA in combination with proteins– Diffuse mass uncoiled chromatin so DNA can be

transcribed; condensed (tightly coiled) during cell division

Nucleus

Pores

Ribosomes

Chromatin

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Nuclear Envelope

Nucleoli (nucleolus – singular)

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Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)

• Membrane system within cytoplasm• Connected to nuclear envelope• Two kinds of ER

– Smooth endoplasmic reticulum• Synthesis of lipids, phospholipids, steroids• Detoxifies drugs (good & bad)• Stores calcium ions in muscle cells

– Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum• Ribosomes attached to ER• Synthesis of proteins and hormones for sectretion

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Ribosomes – Free or Attached to ER

Free manufacture proteins for use in cytoplasm; attached to ER they manufacture proteins for export outside cell.

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Golgi Apparatus

• Stack of flattened membranous sacs (cisternae)

• Finishing and distribution of export products & does make some polysaccharides for export

• Vesicles from ER bud off and merge with one side of Golgi apparatus (near E.R.)

• Cisternae mature through the stack• Finished products bud off from other side in

transport vesicles

Golgi Apparatus

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Formation of Golgi & export of products

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Lysosomes

• Digestive vesicle produced by Golgi – Acidic environment in lysosome– Contains enzymes that break down

macromolecules & recycle components

• Function by engulfing material from cytoplasm (autocytosis) or by merging with food vacuoles– Food vacuoles form when cell engulfs

something from outside cell (phagocytosis)

Vacuoles

• Membrane bound sacs serve a variety of purposes

• Food vacuoles form when cell engulfs material from outside cell (phagocytosis)

• Plant cell vacuoles surrounded by membrane called tonoplast– Used as storage for cell wastes, water– Get larger by merging with smaller vacuoles– Occupy most of volume of plant cell, cytosol is thin

region between vacuole & membrane

Mitochondria• Site of cellular respiration

– Generate ATP from extracting energy from sugars, fats & other fuels

• Enclosed by membranes that are not part of cellular membrane system– Has at least 2 membranes separating interior from

cytosol– Contain both ribosomes and DNA– Some membrane proteins are imported from cytosol

• Grow and reproduce within cell, separate from cellular reproduction

Mitochondria

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Chloroplasts• Conversion of light energy to

chemical energy in sugars• One of group of organelles –

plastids• Surrounded by 2 membranes (not

ER)• Internal membrane system called

thylakoids• Stacked thylakoids called granas• Surrounding fluid called stroma &

contains DNA, ribosomes, enzymes

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Peroxisomes

• Single membrane bound vesicles• Contain enzymes initiate breakdown of

complex molecules into smaller molecules– By-product is hydrogen peroxide (toxic)– Enzymes convert this to water

• Do NOT form by budding from ER– Grow larger by adding proteins formed in

cytosol & lipids made in ER– Split in two when become too large

Cytoskeleton – 3 components

• Microtubules – largest; hollow rods– function in cell division– Mobility of organelles– Shape & support cell– Responsible for beating of cilia & flagella

• Microfilaments (Actin filaments & Myosin filaments)– Resist tensional forces on cell– Contractile apparatus in muscle cells, cell motility

• Intermediate filaments– Control shape of cell; more permanent

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Extracellular Components of Cells

• Plant cell walls– Protection; prevents excessive water uptake;

maintains shape– Cellulose (polysaccharide) fibrils embedded in

matrix of other polysaccharides and proteins

• Extracellular matrix of animal cells (ECM)– Glycoproteins (collagen) secreted by cells– Communicates with cytoskeleton & can affect

development & differentiation of cells

Generalized Animal Cell

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Generalized Plant Cell

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