Table of Contents
- 1 What is responsible for protein transport out of the cell?
- 2 What parts of the cell are involved in making proteins?
- 3 Which part of the cell is involved in transport?
- 4 How does protein travel through a cell?
- 5 What type of protein is involved in active transport?
- 6 Which cell organelle is involved in protein synthesis?
- 7 What are transport proteins throughout the cell?
- 8 What carries proteins in a cell?
What is responsible for protein transport out of the cell?
The Golgi apparatus
The Golgi apparatus is the central organelle mediating protein and lipid transport within the eukaryotic cell.
What parts of the cell are involved in making proteins?
The two cell structures that are involved in protein synthesis are the ribosome and the endoplasmic reticulum.
What are the 3 organelles involved in making a protein to transporting it out of the cell?
The endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and lysosomes are thus distinguished from other cytoplasmic organelles by their common involvement in protein processing and connection by vesicular transport.
Which part of the cell is involved in transport?
A major role of the plasma membrane is transporting substances into and out of the cell. The plasma membrane is selectively permeable, allowing only certain substances to pass through. Proteins embedded within the plasma membrane help to move hydrophilic, polar molecules into the cell.
How does protein travel through a cell?
The proteins in the plasma membrane typically help the cell interact with its environment. Many proteins can move within the plasma membrane through a process called membrane diffusion. This concept of membrane-bound proteins that can travel within the membrane is called the fluid-mosaic model of the cell membrane.
What are the different cell organelles involved in protein and lipid processing and transport discuss about these organelles in detail?
Golgi Apparatus also termed as Golgi Complex. It is a membrane-bound organelle, which is mainly composed of a series of flattened, stacked pouches called cisternae. This cell organelle is primarily responsible for transporting, modifying, and packaging proteins and lipid to targeted destinations.
What type of protein is involved in active transport?
carrier proteins
Active transport uses carrier proteins, not channel proteins. These carrier proteins are different than the ones seen in facilitated diffusion, as they need ATP in order to change conformation.
Which cell organelle is involved in protein synthesis?
Ribosomes
Ribosomes, large complexes of protein and ribonucleic acid (RNA), are the cellular organelles responsible for protein synthesis. They receive their “orders” for protein synthesis from the nucleus where the DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA).
What part of cell packages and distributes proteins?
ribosomes packages and distributes proteins that are received from the endoplasmic reticulum . Ribosome is cell part that makes protein. If the ribosomes are floating freely throughout the cell, it will make proteins that will be utilized within the cell itself.
What are transport proteins throughout the cell?
Transport proteins are proteins that transport substances across biological membranes . Transport proteins are found within the membrane itself, where they form a channel, or a carrying mechanism, to allow their substrate to pass from one side to the other.
What carries proteins in a cell?
Inside the nucleus is chromatin, which is DNA associated with proteins. The functions of the cell are carried out by transcription of the DNA within the nucleus to messenger RNA . The mRNA then exits the nucleus into the cytoplasm, where it is translated into protein by ribosomes .
What packages proteins and transports protein in a cell?
Golgi organelle in cells that modifies, sorts, and packages proteins and other materials from the endoplasmic reticulum for storage in the cell or release outside the cell Mitochondria cell organelle that converts the chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more convenient for the cell to use