This document provides an overview of cell biology concepts covered in an AP Biology course. It discusses the structures and functions of organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus. It explains how cells produce proteins, make energy, digest materials, transport vesicles, and divide. The cytoskeleton and its role in maintaining cell shape, anchoring organelles, and enabling cell motion are also summarized.

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Tour of the Cell

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Prokaryote
bacteria cells
Prokaryote
bacteria cells
Types of cells
Eukaryote
animal cells
Eukaryote
animal cells
Eukaryote
plant cells
Eukaryote
plant cells

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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

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DNADNA
Why study protein production?
cellscells
proteinsproteins
organismorganism
Repeat after me…
DNA gets the glory, but
Proteins do all the work!

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Building Proteins
 Organelles involved
 nucleus
 ribosomes
 endoplasmic reticulum
(ER)
 Golgi apparatus
 vesicles
nucleus ribosome ER
Golgi
apparatus
vesicles
The Protein Assembly Line

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DNA
RNA
ribosomes
endoplasmic
reticulum
vesicle
Golgi
apparatus
vesicle
protein
on its way!
protein finished
protein
Making Proteins
TO:
TO:
TO:
TO:
nucleus
TO:

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proteins
transport
vesicle
Golgi
apparatus
vesicle
smooth ER
rough ER
nuclear pore
nucleus
ribosome
cell
membrane protein secreted
cytoplasm
Making proteinsPutting it together…

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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

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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!

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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!

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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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Fetal development
15
weeks
6 weeks
syndactyly

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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

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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
Lynn Margulis
U of M, Amherst

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Membrane-bound Enzymes
glucose + oxygen → carbon + water + energy
dioxide
C6H12O6 6O2 6CO2 6H2O ATP→+ + +

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Membrane-bound Enzymes
+ water + energy → glucose + oxygencarbon
dioxide
6CO2 6H2O C6H12O6 6O2
light
energy
→+ ++

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Mitochondria are everywhere!!
animal cellsanimal cells plant cellsplant cells

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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

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 actin
 microtubule
 nuclei
Cytoskeleton

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Centrioles
 Cell division
 in animal cells, pair of centrioles
organize microtubules
 guide chromosomes in mitosis