3. AP Biology
Why organelles?
Specialized structures
specialized functions
cilia or flagella for locomotion
Containers
partition cell into compartments
create different local environments
separate pH, or concentration of materials
distinct & incompatible functions
lysosome & its digestive enzymes
Membranes as sites for chemical reactions
unique combinations of lipids & proteins
embedded enzymes & reaction centers
chloroplasts & mitochondria
mitochondria
chloroplast
Golgi
ER
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Cells gotta live!
What jobs do cells have to do?
building proteins
proteins control
every cell function
make energy
for daily life
for growth
build more cells
growth
reproduction
repair
5. AP Biology
DNADNA
Why study protein production?
cellscells
proteinsproteins
organismorganism
Repeat after me…
DNA gets the glory, but
Proteins do all the work!
6. AP Biology
Building Proteins
Organelles involved
nucleus
ribosomes
endoplasmic reticulum
(ER)
Golgi apparatus
vesicles
nucleus ribosome ER
Golgi
apparatus
vesicles
The Protein Assembly Line
9. AP Biology
Cells gotta live!
What jobs do cells have to do?
make proteins
proteins control
every cell function
make energy
for daily life
for growth
build more cells
growth
reproduction
repair
ATP
10. AP Biology
Cells need power!
Making energy
take in food & digest it
take in oxygen (O2)
make ATP
remove waste
ATP
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Lysosomes
Function
little “stomach” of the cell
digests macromolecules
“clean up crew” of the cell
cleans up broken down
organelles
Structure
vesicles of digestive enzymes
only in animal cellsonly in animal cells
Christian de Duve
1960 | 1974
Where
old organelles
go to die!
12. AP Biology
Lysosomal enzymes
Lysosomal enzymes work best at pH 5
organelle creates custom pH
how?
proteins in lysosomal membrane
pump H+
ions from the cytosol
into lysosome
why?
enzymes are very sensitive
to pH
why?
enzymes are proteins —
pH affects structure
why is this an adaptation: digestive enzymes which
function at pH different from cytosol?
digestive enzymes won’t function well if some leak
into cytosol = don’t want to digest yourself!
13. AP Biology
But sometimes cells need to die…
Lysosomes can be used to kill cells when
they are supposed to be destroyed
some cells have to die for proper
development in an organism
apoptosis
“auto-destruct” process
lysosomes break open & kill cell
ex: tadpole tail gets re-absorbed
when it turns into a frog
ex: loss of webbing between your
fingers during fetal development
ex: self-destruct of cancerous cell
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When things go wrong…
Diseases of lysosomes are often fatal
digestive enzyme not working in lysosome
picks up biomolecules, but can’t digest one
lysosomes fill up with undigested material
grow larger & larger until disrupts cell &
organ function
lysosomal storage diseases
more than 40 known diseases
example:
Tay-Sachs disease
build up undigested fat
in brain cells
16. AP Biology
From food to making Energy
Cells must convert incoming energy to
forms that they can use for work
mitochondria:
from glucose to ATP
chloroplasts:
from sunlight to ATP & carbohydrates
ATP = immediate energy
carbohydrates = stored energy
+
ATP
ATP
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Mitochondria & Chloroplasts
Important to see the similarities
transform energy
generate ATP
double membranes = 2 membranes
semi-autonomous organelles
move, change shape, divide
internal ribosomes, DNA & enzymes
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Cells gotta live!
What jobs do cells have to do?
building proteins
proteins control
every cell function
make energy
for daily life
for growth
build more cells
growth
reproduction
repair
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Cytoskeleton
Function
structural support
maintains shape of cell
provides anchorage for organelles
protein fibers
microfilaments, intermediate filaments, microtubules
motility
cell locomotion
cilia, flagella, etc.
regulation
organizes structures
& activities of cell
26. AP Biology
Limits to cell size
Lower limit
smallest bacteria
mycoplasmas
0.1 to 1.0 micron (µm = micrometer)
most bacteria
1-10 microns
Upper limit
eukaryotic cells
10-100 microns
micron = micrometer = 1/1,000,000 meter
diameter of human hair = ~20 microns
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What limits cell size?
Surface to volume ratio
as cell gets bigger its volume increases
faster than its surface area
smaller objects have greater
ratio of surface area to volume
6:1 ~1:1 6:1s:v
Why is a huge
single-celled
creature not
possible?
28. AP Biology
Limits to cell size
Metabolic requirements set upper limit
in large cell, cannot move material in &
out of cell fast enough to support life
CHO
CHO
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CH
CO2
NH3
aa
O2
CH
What’s the solution?
What process is this?
O2
O2
aa
CHO
aa
CH
O2
aa
CHO
CH
aa
O2
CO2
NH3
NH3
CO2
CO2
NH3
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How to get bigger?
Become multicellular (cell divides)
O2
CHO
CHO
aa
aa
CH
CO2
NH3
aa
O2
CH
But what challenges do you have to solve now?
aa
CO2
CO2
CO2
CO2
CO2
CO2 CO2
CO2
CO2
CO2
NH3
NH3
NH3
NH3
NH3
NH3
NH3NH3
O2
aa
CH
aa
CHO
O2
Why organelles? There are several reasons why cells evolved organelles. First, organelles can perform specialized functions. Second, membrane bound organelles can act as containers, separating parts of the cell from other parts of the cell. Third, the membranes of organelles can act as sites for chemical reactions. Organelles as specialized structures An example of the first type of organelle is cilia, these short filaments act as "paddles" to help some cells move. Organelles as Containers Nothing ever invented by man is as complex as a living cell. At any one time hundreds of incompatible chemical reactions may be occurring in a cell. If the cell contained a uniform mixture of all the chemicals it would not be able to survive. Organelles surrounded by membranes act as individual compartments for these chemical reactions. An example of the second type of organelle is the lysosome. This structure contains digestive enzymes, these enzymes if allowed to float free in the cell would kill it. Organelle membranes as sites for chemical reactions An example of the third type of organelle is the chloroplast. The molecules that conduct the light reactions of photosynthesis are found embedded in the membranes of the chloroplast.
lysosomes create a space where cell can digest macromolecules safely rupturing a few lysosomes has little impact on a cell (pH of cytosol affects functionality of the lysosomal enzymes), but massive leakage from lysosomes can destroy cell why evolve digestive enzymes which function at pH so different from cytosol? digestive enzymes won’t function well if leak into cytosol = most times don’t want to digest yourself! low pH = acid environment cause oxidation (removing electrons) & promotes hydrolysis
Feedback mechanism There are sensors in the cell that monitor growth. They trigger self-destruct when they sense processes. Brown spots on leaves too. Virus infected plant cell auto-destructs and even cells around it to wall off virus.
square - cube law As cell gets larger, volume increases cubically, but surface area only increases by the square. The volume of the cell is demanding… it needs exchange. The surface area is the exchange system… as cell gets larger, the surface area cannot keep up with demand. Instead of getting bigger, cell divides -- mitosis.
What process is this? diffusion What’s the solution? cell divides make a multi-celled creature = lots of little cell, rather than one BIG cell
Larger organisms do not generally have larger cells than smaller organisms — simply more cells What’s challenges do you have to solve now? how to bathe all cells in fluid that brings nutrients to each & removes wastes from each