Running head : COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF CELLS Compartmentalization of cells Name of the student: Name of the university Author note:
1COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF CELLS Introduction: Cells are not the structure of protein lipids and other molecules. Rather all cells are comprised of well-defined structure or component each specialization in particular function of the cell (Derocles et al. 2016). Many biochemical processes take place in an intercellular membrane system creates a compartment for the successfully performing these processes (Matsumura et al. 2017). This paper will illustrate compartmentalization for energy, molecules for the synthesis of new cells and chemicals for secretion in the following paragraphs. Discussion: There are three main compartmentalization observed human cells. These compartments include mitochondria, nucleus, and lysosomes. Most eukaryotic cells contain many mitochondria, which occupies up to 25 percent of the cytoplasm. Mitochondria considered as the powerhouse since it is the main site for ATP production during the aerobic metabolism. Mitochondria contain inner and outer membrane separated by inter-membrane space (Damasceno et al. 2016). An outer membrane composed of protein-based pores that allow the ions and molecules size of the small protein. Inner membrane contains protein involves in electron transport and ATP synthesis (Lemaître et al. 2015). This membrane surrounds the mitochondrial matrix where the TCA cycle produces electron that travels from one complex to next in membrane. At the end of this the electron transport chain, oxygen accepts the final electron and simultaneously transport chain produce ATP (Lemaître et al. 2015). The nucleus is the most prominent organelles as compared to the other cell organelles, which account for approximately 10% of the cell weight (Lemaître et al. 2015). It consists of the nuclear membrane, nucleolus, nucleus pores, and chromosomes. Nuclear membrane double-
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