Endosymbiotic relationships abound in nature. Microbes that produce vitamin K live inside the human gut. This relationship is beneficial for us because we are unable to synthesize vitamin K. It is also beneficial for the microbes because they are protected from other organisms and are provided a stable habitat and abundant food by living within the large intestine.
Scientists have long noticed that bacteria, mitochondria, and chloroplasts are similar in size. We also know that mitochondria and chloroplasts have DNA and ribosomes, just as bacteria do and they resemble the types found in bacteria.
Scientists believe that host cells and bacteria formed a mutually beneficial endosymbiotic relationship when the host cells ingested aerobic bacteria and cyanobacteria but did not destroy them. Through evolution, these ingested bacteria became more specialized in their functions, with the aerobic bacteria becoming mitochondria and the photosynthetic bacteria becoming chloroplasts. Previously, we mentioned vacuoles as essential components of plant cells. If you look at Figure 3. In plant cells, the liquid inside the central vacuole provides turgor pressure, which is the outward pressure caused by the fluid inside the cell.
Have you ever noticed that if you forget to water a plant for a few days, it wilts? That is because as the water concentration in the soil becomes lower than the water concentration in the plant, water moves out of the central vacuoles and cytoplasm and into the soil.
As the central vacuole shrinks, it leaves the cell wall unsupported. This loss of support to the cell walls of a plant results in the wilted appearance. Additionally, this fluid has a very bitter taste, which discourages consumption by insects and animals. The central vacuole also functions to store proteins in developing seed cells.
Most animal cells release materials into the extracellular space. The primary components of these materials are glycoproteins and the protein collagen. Collectively, these materials are called the extracellular matrix Figure 3.
Not only does the extracellular matrix hold the cells together to form a tissue, but it also allows the cells within the tissue to communicate with each other. Blood clotting provides an example of the role of the extracellular matrix in cell communication. When the cells lining a blood vessel are damaged, they display a protein receptor called tissue factor.
When tissue factor binds with another factor in the extracellular matrix, it causes platelets to adhere to the wall of the damaged blood vessel, stimulates adjacent smooth muscle cells in the blood vessel to contract thus constricting the blood vessel , and initiates a series of steps that stimulate the platelets to produce clotting factors. Cells can also communicate with each other by direct contact, referred to as intercellular junctions.
There are some differences in the ways that plant and animal cells do this. In general, long stretches of the plasma membranes of neighboring plant cells cannot touch one another because they are separated by the cell walls surrounding each cell.
Plasmodesmata are numerous channels that pass between the cell walls of adjacent plant cells, connecting their cytoplasm and enabling signal molecules and nutrients to be transported from cell to cell Figure 3. A tight junction is a watertight seal between two adjacent animal cells Figure 3. Proteins hold the cells tightly against each other. This tight adhesion prevents materials from leaking between the cells. Tight junctions are typically found in the epithelial tissue that lines internal organs and cavities, and composes most of the skin.
For example, the tight junctions of the epithelial cells lining the urinary bladder prevent urine from leaking into the extracellular space. Also found only in animal cells are desmosomes, which act like spot welds between adjacent epithelial cells Figure 3. They keep cells together in a sheet-like formation in organs and tissues that stretch, like the skin, heart, and muscles.
Gap junctions in animal cells are like plasmodesmata in plant cells in that they are channels between adjacent cells that allow for the transport of ions, nutrients, and other substances that enable cells to communicate Figure 3. Structurally, however, gap junctions and plasmodesmata differ. Section Summary. Like a prokaryotic cell, a eukaryotic cell has a plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and ribosomes, but a eukaryotic cell is typically larger than a prokaryotic cell, has a true nucleus meaning its DNA is surrounded by a membrane , and has other membrane-bound organelles that allow for compartmentalization of functions.
The plasma membrane is a phospholipid bilayer embedded with proteins. The nucleolus within the nucleus is the site for ribosome assembly. Ribosomes are found in the cytoplasm or are attached to the cytoplasmic side of the plasma membrane or endoplasmic reticulum. They perform protein synthesis. Mitochondria perform cellular respiration and produce ATP. Peroxisomes break down fatty acids, amino acids, and some toxins. Vesicles and vacuoles are storage and transport compartments. In plant cells, vacuoles also help break down macromolecules.
Animal cells also have a centrosome and lysosomes. The centrosome has two bodies, the centrioles, with an unknown role in cell division. Lysosomes are the digestive organelles of animal cells. Plant cells have a cell wall, chloroplasts, and a central vacuole. The plant cell wall, whose primary component is cellulose, protects the cell, provides structural support, and gives shape to the cell. Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts. The central vacuole expands, enlarging the cell without the need to produce more cytoplasm.
The endomembrane system includes the nuclear envelope, the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, vesicles, as well as the plasma membrane. These cellular components work together to modify, package, tag, and transport membrane lipids and proteins.
The cytoskeleton has three different types of protein elements. Microfilaments provide rigidity and shape to the cell, and facilitate cellular movements. Intermediate filaments bear tension and anchor the nucleus and other organelles in place. Microtubules help the cell resist compression, serve as tracks for motor proteins that move vesicles through the cell, and pull replicated chromosomes to opposite ends of a dividing cell. They are also the structural elements of centrioles, flagella, and cilia.
Animal cells communicate through their extracellular matrices and are connected to each other by tight junctions, desmosomes, and gap junctions. Plant cells are connected and communicate with each other by plasmodesmata. Golgi apparatus: a eukaryotic organelle made up of a series of stacked membranes that sorts, tags, and packages lipids and proteins for distribution.
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the structure of eukaryotic plant and animal cells State the role of the plasma membrane Summarize the functions of the major cell organelles Describe the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix.
Figure 3. Why does the cis face of the Golgi not face the plasma membrane? Evolution in Action Endosymbiosis: We have mentioned that both mitochondria and chloroplasts contain DNA and ribosomes.
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Kingdom Eufirmicutobiontes Phylum Clostridiophyles Phylum Bacillophyles Phylum Lactobacillophyles Phylum Micrococcophyles XI. Kingdom Tenericutobiontes Kingdom Microsporobiontes Kingdom Archemonadobiontes Superphylum Archamoebophylacei Phylum Retortomonadophyles Phylum Hexamitophyles Phylum Oxymonadophyles Superphylum Parabasaliophylacei Kingdom Euglenobiontes Subkingdom Percolobionti Phylum Stephanopogonophyles Phylum Diplonemophyles Phylum Bodonophyles Phylum Euglenophyles XV.
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Kingdom Radiolariobiontes Phylum Phaeodiniophyles Phylum Acanthometriophyles Phylum Sticholoncheiophyles XXI. Kingdom Cryptobiontes Phylum Division Prasinophyles Phylum Division Chlorophyles Phylum Division Bryophyles Phylum Division Psilotophyles Phylum Division Lycopodiophyles Phylum Division Equisetophyles Sphenophyles Phylum Division Trichomycotaphyles Phylum Division Ascomycotaphyles Kingdom Parazoobiontes Kingdom Metazoobiontes Phylum Placozoa Phylum Cnidaria Phylum Ctenophora Phylum Platyhelminthes Phylum Orthonectida Phylum Nemertini Phylum Sipuncula Phylum Mollusca Phylum Echiurida Phylum Annelida Phylum Pogonophora Phylum Vestimentifera Phylum Tardigrada Phylum Pentastomida Phylum Onichophora Phylum Arthropoda Phylum Rotifera Phylum Cycliophora Phylum Acanthocephala Phylum Nemathelminthes Phylum Loricifera Phylum Gastrotricha Phylum Nematomorpha Phylum Priapulida Phylum Kinorhyncha Phylum Chaetognatha Phylum Phoronida Phylum Bryozoa Phylum Brachiopoda Phylum Hemichordata Phylum Echinodermata Phylum Chordata.
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