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Structure and Organization of Eukaryotic cell
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Plasma membrane Eukaryotes resemble Prokaryotes in membrane structure and functions except for sterols Source:
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Cell wall Cell wall is quite simple.
In algae and plant cells, the cell wall is usually composed of cellulose. In molds it is composed of chitin and/or cellulose. Animal cells and protozoans lack cell walls.
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Flagella and Motility in eukaryotes
Many eukaryotic microorganisms move by flagella and cilia Cilia are shorter than flagella - structurally similar Flagella are long, flexible structures move in a whiplash fashion Both consist of 9 fused pairs of protein microtubules (tubulin) with side arms of the motor molecule dynein that originate from a centriole. These form a ring around an inner central pair of microtubules that arise from a plate near the cell surface. The arrangement of microtubules is known as a 2X9+2 arrangement. This complex of microtubules is surrounded by a sheath continuous with the cytoplasmic membrane.
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produces projections, called pseudopodia
Source: micro.magnet.fsu.edu cilia are more in numbers, beat in a coordinated fashion called metachronal rhythm Amoeba and slime moulds show a movement produced by their cytoplasm, called cytoplasmic streaming produces projections, called pseudopodia
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Mitochondria Approximately the same size as bacteria
Number - varies in cells The process of respiration and oxidative phosphorylation localized in mitochondria The mitochondrial membranes lack sterols. ATP synthesized within the mitochondrion can move into the cytoplasm Cristae - project into the mitochondrial lumen
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enzymes involved in ATP production are located within the inner membrane
Enzymes of TCA cycle and β – oxidation are located in the matrix Mitochondria use its DNA, ribosomes to produce some of its own proteins Mitochondria reproduce by binary fission
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Chloroplasts All photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms, possess chloroplasts structures of chloroplast reveals thylakoids thylakoid membrane is impermeable to ions well suited for its role in protein translocation thylakoids are stacked grana stroma of chloroplasts contain enzymes for reduction of CO2 to organic material outer chloroplast membrane is highly permeable Although some bacteria are photosynthetic, do not possess chloroplasts
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Structure of a chloroplast
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Eukaryotic ribosomes
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Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi bodies
The endoplasmic reticulum or ER is a maze of parallel membranous tubules and flattened sacs surrounding the nucleus that connects with the nuclear membrane and runs throughout the cytoplasm provide a surface area for protein and lipid synthesis; form a pathway for transporting molecules within the cell; and provide a storage area for molecules the cell has synthesized. Golgi sort proteins and lipids received from the ER; modify certain proteins and glycoproteins; and sort and package these molecules into vesicles for transport to other parts of the cell or secretion from the cell.
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Nuclei Eukaryotic organisms possess a nuclear envelope contains the genetic material envelope consists of two membranes outer membrane carries ribosomes and forms continuous structure with the endoplasmic reticulum and cytoplasmic membrane nuclear envelope encloses chromosomes in chromosomal proteins called histones DNA exists as a single linear molecule to which histones and other proteins are attached number of chromosomes vary from a few to many hundreds
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Structure of a nucleus Eukaryotic cells contain much more DNA than do bacteria, DNA is organized as multiple chromosomes located within a nucleus. The nucleus in eukaryotic cells is separated from the cytoplasm by a nuclear envelope The nucleus divides my mitosis , a process that ensures each daughter cell receives the same number of chromosomes as the original parent cell. Haploid sex cells are produced from diploid cells by meiosis Source:
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The cytoskeleton cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells contain network of microfilaments and microtubules filaments contain a number of proteins including actin and myosin Cytoskeleton maintenance of cell shape, positioning cell organelles cell motility (Spirochactes is an exception among Prokaryotes in having cytoskeleton)
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Cytoskeleton
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Comparison of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cell
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Characters Prokaryotes Eukaryotes
Groups where found Bacteria, Cyanobacteria, Archaea Algae, Fungi, Protoza, Plants and Animals Size 1-2 by 1-4 µm or less Greater than 5 µm Cell wall Made up of peptidoglycan Made of cellulose in algae and plants, of fungal cellulose or chitin in fungi, absent in protozoan and animals Osmotic control Wall possesses mechanical strength necessary to counter balance turgor pressure of cytoplasm Maintained by contractile vacuole Plasma membrane Does not contain sterols except in Mycoplasma Sterol present Plasma membrane is the only membrane Several cell organelles also covered by membrane (Unit membrane) Plasma membrane folded to form mesosomes. Mesosomes are absent, but in animal cells, it is folded to form finger like microvilli.
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Granular due to presence of ribosomes, fibrous cytoskeleton absent
Cytoplasm Granular due to presence of ribosomes, fibrous cytoskeleton absent Fibrillar made up of fibrous proteins which form fibrous cytoskeleton Ribosomes 70S, freely distributed in cytoplasm 80S free as well bounded to ER. 70S in mitochondria and chloroplast. Mitochondria Absent Present Chloroplast Absent, in cyanobacteria thylakoid vesicles present. Present in plant cells and absent in fungi, protozoa and animal cell. Golgi apparatus Lysosomes Endoplasmic Reticulum Peroxisomes Centrioles
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Gas vesicles and carboxysomes
Nucleolus Absent Present True vacuoles Gas vesicles and carboxysomes Flagella Made up of flagellin fibrils. Flagellin sub-units arranged in a ring helically around a central core. Made up of tubulin microtubules arranged in 9+2 formation Pili Cilia Present in protozoans
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Single, linear, double stranded, helically coiled, chromosome diploid.
Chromosome number Usually 1 Variable, 2 to many DNA Circular, single chromosome, single or double stranded, helically coiled, usually haploid chromosome. Single, linear, double stranded, helically coiled, chromosome diploid. Extranuclear DNA Present in bacteria (plasmid % of bacterial chromosome) Absent except in yeasts Histone proteins Absent Present DNA position, nuclear membrane Usually central, not surrounded by nuclear membrane Surrounded by nuclear membrane
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Present in some bacteria, by flagella.
Locomotion Present in some bacteria, by flagella. Absent in plants, algae, fungi, except in zoospores and few unicellular algae and fungi, present in animals and protozoans. (flagellated, ciliary, amieboid, gliding) Reproduction Simple fragmentation or binary fission, no meosis, asexual spores produced in some. Complex, meosis present, also by fragmentation, binary fission and asexual spores in some plants. Algae and fungi and few protozoans. Genetic recombination Present in some but chromosomal cross over absent. By chromosomal cross over during meiosis.
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