AP BIO Unit 2 Review - Cell Structure and Function

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Eukaryotic vs Prokaryotic Cells

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P

Bacteria and Archaea

Lack nuclei and other membrane-enclosed organelles

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E

Internal membranes

Compartmentalized

  • allows for concentration gradients
  • cell components have own function in own space
  • prevents molecules from roaming freely in the (selective)

Plant and animal cells have most of the same organelles: a nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and mitochondria. Some organelles are found only in plant or in animal cells. Chloroplasts are present only in cells of photosynthetic eukaryotes

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Both

Ribosomes

Genetic Material

Cytoplasms: inside of a cell where reactions take place

Cytocol: the liquid in a cell

Plasma Membranes

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Cellular Components

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Chloroplast

  • Photosynthetic

  • Membranes contain chlorophyll pigments and e- transport proteins

  • Plants, algae

  • Own DNA + evolves independently -> endosymbiotic theory

  • Double outer membrane

    • Intermembrane space
  • Stroma

    • Fluid
    • outside thylakoid
    • Within the inner membrane
    • Site of Calvin-Benson cycle
    • Carbon fixation reactions of photosynthesis
    • Contains ribosomes + DNA
    • Helps synthesize organic materials from CO2 and H2O
  • Thylakoid

    • Flattened membranous sac
    • Light in -> chemical energy
  • Granum

    • Stack of thylakoids
    • Function in light reaction of photosynthesis
  • Plastid

    • Family including chloroplasts, chromoplasts, amyloplasts
    • In cells of photosynthetic eukaryotes

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

  • Mechanical support, protein synthesis, intracellular transport

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Plasma membrane

  • Bounds all cells
  • hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails
    • charged p groups + hydrophobic fatty acid
    • Amino acids with charged side groups are hydrophilic. These hydrophilic amino acids associate with the hydrophilic phosphate region of the cell membrane
  • Bilayer of phospholipids
  • fluidity
    • cholesterol
    • When temperatures are low, the fluidity of the cell membrane may decrease to a point that makes it nonfunctional. Cholesterol prevents this by packing between the phospholipids in the membrane. This increases the spacing between phospholipids, which increases the fluidity of the membrane
  • The surface area must be large enough to adequately exchange materials
    • Metabolic requirements set upper limits
    • Surface area increases by n^2, volume increases by n^3
    • Small cells have a greater surface area to volume ratio
    • Increase in volume ->
    • Surface area decreases
    • Demand for internal resources increases
  • Surface area increases

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Plant Cell Walls

  • Cellulose fibers embedded in other polysaccharides and proteins

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Extracellular matrix

  • Support, adhesion, movement, regulation

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RIbosomes

  • Comprise ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and protein
  • Synthesize proteins according to mRNA sequence
  • All forms of life
  • Free ribosomes in the mitochondrial matrix

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

  • Rough

    • Membrane-bound ribosomes
    • Compartmentalizes
    • Phospholipid factory for the plasma membrane and organelles (endomembrane system)
  • Smooth

    • Detoxification
    • Lipid synthesis
    • Liver cells

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Golgi apparatus

  • Membrane-bound

  • Flattened membranous sacs

  • Modifies and packages proteins

  • Cis side receives, trans face ships

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Mitochondria

  • ATP synthesis

  • Mitochondrial matrix

    • Pyruvate oxidation
    • Krebs cycle (citric acid cycle)
    • Enclosed by the inner membrane
    • Contains ribosomes, enzymes, and mitochondrial DNA
    • Own DNA + evolves independently -> endosymbiotic theory
  • Double membrane

    • Provides compartments for different metabolic reactions
    • Outer smooth
    • inner highly convoluted and folded
    • increases surface area allows for more ATP to be synthesized
    • E- transportation and ATP synthesis occur here
  • crista

    • Infolding of the inner membrane

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Lysosomes

  • Recycle cell's organic materials

  • Membrane enclosed sacs

  • Hydrolytic enzymes

    • Intracellular digestion

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Vacuole

  • Membrane-bound sac
  • Food
    • Formed by phagocytosis (endocytosis)
  • COntractile
    • Freshwater protists, pump out excess water
  • Central
    • Mature plant cells, hold organic compounds and water
    • Fills with water -> pressure to cell wall -> maintain cell shape

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Cytoskeleton

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Cytoskeleton

  • Struct support

  • Motility

  • Signal transmission

  • Motor proteins “walk” on

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Microtubules

  • Shape cell

  • Hollow

  • Tubulin polymer

  • Guide organelle movement

  • Separate chromosomes in dividing cells

  • Cilia

    • Hair
    • Flutters
    • Brings up mucus
    • The large number on the cell surface
  • Flagella

    • One or few

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Microfilaments

  • Thin rod

  • 2 acetone intertwined

    • Actin interacts with myosin
    • Contract muscle cells
    • Amoeboid (crawling) movement
    • Cytoplasmic streaming (circular flow of cytoplasm within cells)
  • Muscle contraction, amoeboid movement, cytoplasmic streaming, support microvilli

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Intermediate filaments

  • Diameter between microtubules and microfilaments
  • coiled
  • Support cell shape, fix organelles in place

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Communication, Transport, and Diffusion

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[[Cell junctions[[

  • Plasmodesmata
    • Perforates cell walls
    • Connects cytoplasm of adj plant cells
    • Lets in water, small solutes, and larger molecules
  • tight junctions
    • neighboring cells tightly pressed and bound by proteins
    • Continuous seal
    • The barrier prevents EC leaks
  • Desmosomes
    • Cells -> sheets
    • Anchored by int. Fil. (keratin)
    • Attach muscle cells
  • Gap/communicating junctions
    • Cytoplasmic channel in adj cells
    • Membrane proteins surround the pore

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^^Most efficient^^

  • sphere - equal distance all sides
  • smaller cells - higher surface area to volume ratio

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[[Active vs passive transport[[

Active transport requires direct energy because it is against concentration gradients

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^^Osmosis^^

Water travels from low solute to high solute density

solute travels from high to low solute density

Hypotonic SOlution: The solution has a lower solute density which causes the cell to gain water

Hypertonic SOlution: The solution has a higher solute density which causes the cell to lose water

Isotonic SOlution: No net movement of water

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[[Membrne Proteins[[

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Endosymbiont Theory

Membrane-bound organelles evolved from
previously free-living prokaryotic cells
via endosymbiosis.