Lysosome

“Come on Mike Mitochondria you're slacking!” In Membrane Stadium, the Cells were losing to the Pathogens 4-1 with only fifteen minutes remaining in the game. Coach Nucleus, the brains of this whole team, had to think of something quick or they will lose. Unfortunately, their star player was hurt because of an illegal slide tackle. The game stopped and the Assistant Coach, Mr. Vacuole gave some water to the players. After the penalty kick, they were still down 4-2 with thirteen minutes left. The…

Introduction Different channel in the body they come from different families, and can have different function depending where they are found in the body. TRPM2 channel is part of a family called transient receptor channel (TRP) [4], and it can be found in many different part of the body, but we will be concentrating on it in the pancreatic β-cell. This channel can be activated by different molecules such as adenosine diphosphate ribose (ADPR) and many others, and through these molecules secret…

We, the organelles of Cell city need to unite and function as one. This can be achieved through the sole leadership of us, the Smooth-ER. We are like a tube that winds and bends. Our insides are surrounded by a phospholipid membrane, the same one used around this city. It might be easy to confuse us with our opponent, the Rough-ER, but make no mistake the Rough-ER are flat like pancakes while we are totally tubular. Although we create adrenal steroids, we also play a large role in the…

Past: The Golgi-Apparatus was first discovered by the Italian physician, after which it was named, Camillo Golgi in the year 1897 (but only reported the discovery in 1898), and it appeared in scientific literature for the first time in 1910, but its existence was only proved later in the year 1954 with the help of electron-microscopic studies. Camillo Golgi was able to identify this organelle by using a special staining technique, which he called ‘Black Reaction’, which made it possible to…

lamellae. Which acts as a skeleton of the chloroplasts and it structures the stacks in such a way that it maximises the efficiency of the organelle by keeping them a safe distance from each other. Makes food which can be used for photosynthesis A lysosome has only a single membrane protecting it and it approximately one micrometre in length. Membrane bound organelle that contain digestive enzymes The cell wall in a plant cell is made up of cellulose and other products. A structure outside the…

Anthrax is a highly infectious disease that normally affects herbivores (livestock) and unfortunately may also spread to humans through inhalation, ingestion or any sort of skin contact of the bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) is a gram positive spore forming bacterium that invades the human body and leads to various symptoms of Anthrax, depending on how virulent it has become. These symptoms include; swollen neck glands, bloody diarrhoea, vomiting blood, extreme…

DEFINCIENCY OF ENZYME beta- hexosaminidase A CAN CAUSE TAY-SACHS DISEASE DEFINITION: Tay-sachs disease is a rare genetic disorder found commonly in isolated genetic such as Jewish Population. This is also known as a fatal genetic lipid storage disorder in which harmful quantities of cell membrane components named ganglioside accumulate in the brain stem cells, eventually leading to the premature death of cells. II. SYMPTOMS: Diagnosis can be confirmed either by enzyme analysis or mutation…

“Chediak-Higashi Syndrome,” para.2). It is caused by mutations of the LYST gene which is also known as the CHS1 gene. This gene makes “a protein known as the lysosomal trafficking regulator,” (Genetics Home Reference, January 2014). They cause the lysosome to enlarge which ultimately causes problems with normal cell function. “Patients with Chédiak-Higashi syndrome exhibit alterations in neutrophils. These alterations include neutropenia, which may be profound; decreased deformability,…

The Cell Membrane is one of the most important parts of the cell. If not for the cell membrane it would be extremely easy for things to invade the cell; this is because on of the cell membranes job is to control what come in and out of the cell (i.e. ions, viruses, etc). Also the cell membrane is what helps hold the cell and all of its organelles Endoplasmic Reticulum (AKA the ER), smooth and rough whats the difference? The smooth ER does not have any ribosomes while the rough ER is covered in…

Maria Masucci, that the knowledge provided by this research will help develop new strategies for the treatment of human diseases. It was concluded from the research that the activity that occurs in the lysosomes does not lead to the similarity of a trashcan. The activity that occurs in the lysosomes is similar to that which occurs in a recycling…