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Cell Membranes The Cell ORGANELLES Organelles “Little organs” Specialized cellular compartments Specialized functions Construction and management of proteins Most are bound by membranes Endomembrane system Chromatin Nuclear envelope Nucleolus Nucleus Smooth endoplasmic reticulum Plasma Mitochondrion membrane Cytosol Lysosome Centrioles Centrosome matrix Rough endoplasmic reticulum Ribosomes Golgi apparatus Secretion being Cytoskeletal released from cell elements by exocytosis • Microtubule • Intermediate Peroxisome filaments Figure 3.2 Organelles Mitochondria Ribosomes Endoplasmic reticulum (rough and smooth) Golgi complex Lysosomes Nucleus Mitochondria Very active in cells that require a lot of ATP Muscle Liver Kidney Only significant site of oxygen use within cell Site of most ATP synthesis Mitochondria Enclosed by a double membrane “Power plants” Outer mitochondrial membrane Ribosome Mitochondrial DNA Inner mitochondrial membrane (a) Cristae Matrix (c) Enzymes (b) Figure 3.17 Ribosomes Sites of protein synthesis “Factories” Free in cytoplasm or attached to membranes Composed of RNA and protein Two subunits Endoplasmic Reticulum Two distinct types Smooth Site of lipid and steroid synthesis, calcium regulation and drug detoxification Rough Protein synthesis Continuous with nuclear membrane “Highways” Smooth ER Nuclear envelope Rough ER Ribosomes (a) Diagrammatic view of smooth and rough ER Figure 3.18a Golgi Complex Stacks of flattened sacs Associated with ER Functions Process molecules Sort proteins Deliver proteins “Shipping and receiving” Rough ER ER Phagosome Plasma membrane mem- Proteins in brane cisterna Lysosome containing acid hydrolase enzymes Vesicle becomes lysosome Secretory Golgi vesicle apparatus Vesicle contents Secretion by destined for exocytosis exocytosis Extracellular fluid Figure 3.20 Golgi Complex Very active in Pancreas Cells that secrete antibodies Lysosomes Round membranous sacs Bud off of the Golgi Complex Contain digestive enzymes “waste disposal service” Nucleus Nuclear envelope Smooth ER Rough ER Vesicle Golgi Plasma apparatus membrane Transport vesicle Lysosome Figure 3.22 Lysosomes Phagocytosis “cellular eating” Endocytosed vesicle is fused with a lysosome Endocytosis 1 Coated pit ingests Extracellular fluid substance. Plasma membrane Cytoplasm 2 Protein- coated 3 Coat proteins detach vesicle and are recycled to detaches. plasma membrane. Transport vesicle Endosome 4 Uncoated vesicle fuses with a sorting vesicle 5 Transport called an endosome. vesicle containing Lysosome membrane components moves to the plasma membrane for recycling. 6 Fused vesicle may (a) fuse with lysosome for digestion of its contents, or (b) deliver (b) (a) its contents to the plasma membrane on the opposite side of the cell (transcytosis). Figure 3.12 Lysosomes Other roles Formation of fingers “suicide packets” Diseases Tay Sachs Rheumatoid arthritis Chromatin Nuclear envelope Nucleolus Nucleus Smooth endoplasmic reticulum Plasma Mitochondrion membrane Cytosol Lysosome Centrioles Centrosome matrix Rough endoplasmic reticulum Ribosomes Golgi apparatus Secretion being Cytoskeletal released from cell elements by exocytosis • Microtubule • Intermediate Peroxisome filaments Figure 3.2 Nucleus “city hall” Membrane bound = regulation Contains Chromatin Nucleolus Nuclear pores Nuclear envelope Nucleus Chromatin (condensed) Nucleolus Cisternae of rough ER (a) Figure 3.29a .
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