3. What would happen if an organelle went on strike? Choose an organelle to go on strike and provide three specific outcomes in the cell due to the organelle going on strike.
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Explanation:
Nucleus - without this, the cell would have no “command centre” or DNA . Yes, some cells don't have a nucleus, but those that do need them, or they won't survive for long. There'd be no mRNA reaching the ribosomes, and it'd have no protein to use for growth and repair.
Mitochondria - without these, a cell would be unable to respire, so it wouldn't last very long at all before it died.
Ribosomes - strictly speaking, a cell could function without these, if it had an external source of protein synthesis. However, a cell with ribosomes probably won't have this, so if they were removed it would have no source of growth and repair. Therefore, it would die.
Cell membrane - without this, a cell would just expand, and become a lifeless mass floating around. As well as the obvious implications on the cell's form, it would also harm it's ability to regulate chemicals entering it, so it would just fill up with stuff it doesn't want, and lose stuff it wanted. Let's just say it wouldn't last long.
Cell wall - obviously, many cells don't have a cell wall, but those that do have one has it for a reason - usually to keep the cell's strength and shape. If this organelle disappeared, I don't think the cell would die, but if it was, for example, a plant cell, the plant that the cells make up would lose its stature if all of its cells lost their cell wall.
Cytoplasm - if this suddenly disappeared, the innards of the cell would essentially be a vacuum, bar possibly a few resources floating such as amino acids and proteins. The cell would most likely shrivel up, like if you removed all the water from it, but to a greater extent. Everything inside it would be damaged, and then it'd have no place to carry out chemical reactions - it would probably die.
Vacuole - this stores food (cell sap, in plant cells) for the cell, and without it the cell wouldn't have enough glucose amd other resources to last through difficult seasons. Therefore, whilst the cell may well survive, it may not last through the year. As well as this, vacuoles keep the cell's shape, to some extent, and depending on the size of the vacuole, its disappearance could result in physical damage to the cell.
Chloroplasts - these contain chlorophyll, to photosynthesise. However, plant cells could probably survive without them, on an individual basis, but the plant would end up dying due to a lack of glucose if all of its cells had no chloroplasts.
Flagellum - a bacterium, for example, would certainly be able to survive without this, theoretically. However, as it requires a flagellum to move, it would struggle to get the resources it needs to survive. Therefore, it would most likely die after a short period of time. Well, if the bacterium had access to resources in its own location, when the flagellum disappeared, it could survive, but it seems unlikely.
Organelles are structures, present inside the cell. They perform vital functions that are required for cell survival, such as energy harvesting, protein synthesis, waste removal, and so on. If any of the organelles fails to function properly, the cell may die.
Explanation:
Role of organelles
- Organelles have one or more specific types of functions that they need to perform, just like the organs inside our body.
- There are different types of organelle that are found in a cell-based on whether it’s a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.
- There are different types of organelles in a cell such as cytoplasm, cell membrane, ribosomes, cell wall, vacuole, chloroplast, mitochondria, ribosomes, and Golgi bodies.
- A cell requires each organelle to perform various functions and to keep the cell alive.
Cells gets damaged if organelles are not working and its impacts are listed below.
- The cell would not have direction if the nucleus stops working, and the nucleolus, which is located within the nucleus, would be unable to produce ribosomes.
- Proteins would not be produced if ribosomes were not functioning properly.
- If proteins are not produced, there is nothing to aid in cell repair.
- The cell would be filled with waste if lysosomes went on strike.
- The cell would be not protected if the cell membrane stops working.
Impact on cells if Golgi bodies stops working in a cell
- The Golgi apparatus is a type of organelle found in all eukaryotic cells. It is a component of the cytoplasmic endomembrane system. It loads proteins into membrane-bound ventricles within the cell before transporting the vesicles to their destination.
- If Golgi bodies stop working, proteins in cells would float around aimlessly .Lysosomes would not be produced in the absence of the Golgi apparatus, and the accumulation of dead and damaged organelles and molecules in the cell would eventually result in cell death. If the Golgi body is not working, packaging and transportation of materials would cease.
- Golgi bodies also produce a wide range of macromolecules (large molecules), such as polysaccharides and long carbohydrate monosaccharides.
- The Golgi bodies within the plant's cells produce pectin and other polysaccharides required for the plant's structure and metabolism. Plants would be unable to function without the Golgi apparatus in their cells.