Cytoplasm

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Early development across vertebrates and insects critically relies on robustly reorganizing the cytoplasm of fertilized eggs into individualized cells.

About Cytoplasm

• Cytoplasm is a thick solution that fills each cell and is enclosed by the cell membrane. 
• It is mainly composed of water, salts, and proteins. 
• In eukaryotic cells (i.e., cells having a nucleus), the cytoplasm includes all of the material inside the cell but outside the nucleus, which contains its own watery substance called nucleoplasm. 
• All of the organelles in eukaryotic cells are located in the cytoplasm. The cytoplasm helps to keep them in place.
  • Among such organelles are the mitochondria, which are the sites of energy production through ATP (adenosine triphosphate) synthesis; 
  • the endoplasmic reticulum, the site of lipid and protein synthesis; 
  • the Golgi apparatus, the site where proteins are modified, packaged, and sorted in preparation for transport to their cellular destinations; 
  • lysosomes and peroxisomes, sacs of digestive enzymes that carry out the intracellular digestion of macromolecules such as lipids and proteins; 
• The portion of the cytoplasm surrounding organelles is called cytosol, which is the liquid part of the cytoplasm. 
  • It is composed of about 80 percent water and also contains dissolved salts, fatty acids, sugars, amino acids, and proteins such as enzymes. 
  • These dissolved substances are needed to keep the cell alive and carry out metabolic processes.
• Cytoplasm is also the site of most metabolic activities in the cell, and it allows materials to pass easily throughout the cell.
• Although cytoplasm may appear to have no form or structure, it is actually highly organized. 
  • A framework of protein scaffolds called the cytoskeleton provides the cytoplasm and the cell with their structure.
• Though prokaryotic cells do not have organelles (they do have ribosomes), they still have cytoplasm.

Source: NT

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