Lecture #3- The Cell and Its Contents
I. Cell Structure
- Cell Wall
- Cellulose
- Cell Membrane-Plasma Membrane
- Phospholipid-Lipid/Protein sheet or film
- gatekeeper- selective
- Inside the cell
- Cytosol- fluid part- cytoplasm
Organelles- sub compartments w/in
- Nucleus-Genetic material, DNA, chromosomes
- Mitochondria- Aerobic respiration-burn sugar & produce energy
- Chloroplast- photosynthesis, grana/stroma
- Vacuole- tonoplast, storage dump, large
- Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Protein synthesis, ribosomes
- Golgi apparatus-Secretion (pathway out) produces membranes
II. Types of Cells
- Prokaryotes- lack nucleus, internal membranes, organelles=bacteria
- Eukaryotes- nucleus, membranes, organelles
III. What are cells made from, Chemically-Organic Molecules C O H
- Lipids
- Fat- solid at room temp-animal
- oil- liquid at room temp-plant
- Role
- Food-Energy
wax, hormones, pigments, vitamins
- Energy storage-- glycerol + fatty acids (mono, di, tri)
- Carbohydrates- Most abundant- release energy when broken down
- Energy storage- sugar, starch, glycogen
- Structure- Cell wall
- Sugars- mono, di, polysaccharides
- Nucleic Acids- Genetic material DNA, RNA
- base, sugar, phosphate=nucleotide (poly)
- ATP-
- Proteins C O H + N
- basic building blocks of cells (membranes, hair, tendons)
- enzymes-catalyze all chemical reactions in cells
- composed of amino acids. (20)