Vacuole, the Glossary
A vacuole is a membrane-bound organelle which is present in plant and fungal cells and some protist, animal, and bacterial cells.[1]
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71 relations: Acid, Active transport, Alliin, Alliinase, Amino acid, Animal, Aquaporin, Autophagy, Bacteria, Cell (biology), Cell wall, Chemiosmosis, Chloroplast, Ciliate, Cobalt, Contractile vacuole, Cytoplasm, Degradative enzyme, Endocytosis, Enzyme, Exocytosis, Expansin, Félix Dujardin, Food vacuole, Fungus, Golgi apparatus, Herbivore, Histopathology, Homeostasis, Hugo de Vries, Hydrostatics, Invagination, Ion, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Lead, Lysis, Lysosome, Malaria, Mammal, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Meristem, Morphology (biology), Onion, Organelle, Osmoregulation, Osmosis, PH, Phagocytosis, Pinocytosis, Plant cell, ... Expand index (21 more) »
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Acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
See Vacuole and Acid
Active transport
In cellular biology, active transport is the movement of molecules or ions across a cell membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration—against the concentration gradient.
See Vacuole and Active transport
Alliin
Alliin is a sulfoxide that is a natural constituent of fresh garlic.
Alliinase
In enzymology, an alliin lyase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, S-alkyl-L-cysteine ''S''-oxide, and two products, alkyl sulfenate and 2-aminoacrylate.
Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.
Aquaporin
Aquaporins, also called water channels, are channel proteins from a larger family of major intrinsic proteins that form pores in the membrane of biological cells, mainly facilitating transport of water between cells.
Autophagy
Autophagy (or autophagocytosis; from the Ancient Greek αὐτόφαγος,, meaning "self-devouring" and κύτος,, meaning "hollow") is the natural, conserved degradation of the cell that removes unnecessary or dysfunctional components through a lysosome-dependent regulated mechanism.
Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
Cell (biology)
The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all forms of life. Vacuole and cell (biology) are cell anatomy.
See Vacuole and Cell (biology)
Cell wall
A cell wall is a structural layer that surrounds some cell types, found immediately outside the cell membrane.
Chemiosmosis
Chemiosmosis is the movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane bound structure, down their electrochemical gradient.
Chloroplast
A chloroplast is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells.
Ciliate
The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic flagella, but are in general shorter and present in much larger numbers, with a different undulating pattern than flagella.
Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.
Contractile vacuole
A contractile vacuole (CV) is a sub-cellular structure (organelle) involved in osmoregulation.
See Vacuole and Contractile vacuole
Cytoplasm
In cell biology, the cytoplasm describes all material within a eukaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, except for the cell nucleus. Vacuole and cytoplasm are cell anatomy.
Degradative enzyme
A degradative enzyme is an enzyme (in a broader sense a protein) which degrades biological molecules.
See Vacuole and Degradative enzyme
Endocytosis
Endocytosis is a cellular process in which substances are brought into the cell. Vacuole and Endocytosis are cell anatomy.
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
Exocytosis
Exocytosis is a form of active transport and bulk transport in which a cell transports molecules (e.g., neurotransmitters and proteins) out of the cell (exo- + cytosis).
Expansin
Expansins are a family of closely related nonenzymatic proteins found in the plant cell wall, with important roles in plant cell growth, fruit softening, abscission, emergence of root hairs, pollen tube invasion of the stigma and style, meristem function, and other developmental processes where cell wall loosening occurs.
Félix Dujardin
Félix Dujardin (5 April 1801 – 8 April 1860) was a French biologist born in Tours.
See Vacuole and Félix Dujardin
Food vacuole
The food vacuole, or digestive vacuole, is an organelle found in simple eukaryotes such as protists.
Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
Golgi apparatus
The Golgi apparatus, also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells.
See Vacuole and Golgi apparatus
Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
Histopathology
Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: ἱστός histos 'tissue', πάθος pathos 'suffering', and -λογία -logia 'study of') is the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease.
See Vacuole and Histopathology
Homeostasis
In biology, homeostasis (British also homoeostasis) is the state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions maintained by living systems.
Hugo de Vries
Hugo Marie de Vries (16 February 1848 – 21 May 1935) was a Dutch botanist and one of the first geneticists.
Hydrostatics
Fluid statics or hydrostatics is the branch of fluid mechanics that studies fluids at hydrostatic equilibrium and "the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed body".
Invagination
Invagination is the process of a surface folding in on itself to form a cavity, pouch or tube.
Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
See Vacuole and Ion
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Lazzaro Spallanzani (12 January 1729 – 11 February 1799) was an Italian Catholic priest (for which he was nicknamed Abbé Spallanzani), biologist and physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily functions, animal reproduction, and animal echolocation.
See Vacuole and Lazzaro Spallanzani
Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
See Vacuole and Lead
Lysis
Lysis is the breaking down of the membrane of a cell, often by viral, enzymic, or osmotic (that is, "lytic") mechanisms that compromise its integrity.
Lysosome
A lysosome is a single membrane-bound organelle found in many animal cells. Vacuole and lysosome are cell anatomy and vesicles.
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.
Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Matthias Jakob Schleiden (5 April 1804 – 23 June 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow.
See Vacuole and Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Meristem
In cell biology, the meristem is a type of tissue found in plants. Vacuole and meristem are plant anatomy.
Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
See Vacuole and Morphology (biology)
Onion
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.
Organelle
In cell biology, an organelle is a specialized subunit, usually within a cell, that has a specific function. Vacuole and organelle are cell anatomy.
Osmoregulation
Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of an organism's body fluids, detected by osmoreceptors, to maintain the homeostasis of the organism's water content; that is, it maintains the fluid balance and the concentration of electrolytes (salts in solution which in this case is represented by body fluid) to keep the body fluids from becoming too diluted or concentrated.
See Vacuole and Osmoregulation
Osmosis
Osmosis is the spontaneous net movement or diffusion of solvent molecules through a selectively-permeable membrane from a region of high water potential (region of lower solute concentration) to a region of low water potential (region of higher solute concentration), in the direction that tends to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides.
PH
In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").
See Vacuole and PH
Phagocytosis
Phagocytosis is the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle (≥ 0.5 μm), giving rise to an internal compartment called the phagosome.
Pinocytosis
In cellular biology, pinocytosis, otherwise known as fluid endocytosis and bulk-phase pinocytosis, is a mode of endocytosis in which small molecules dissolved in extracellular fluid are brought into the cell through an invagination of the cell membrane, resulting in their containment within a small vesicle inside the cell.
Plant cell
Plant cells are the cells present in green plants, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Vacuole and plant cell are plant anatomy.
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.
See Vacuole and Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmolysis
Plasmolysis is the process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution.
Polyphosphate
A polyphosphate is a salt or ester of polymeric oxyanions formed from tetrahedral PO4 (phosphate) structural units linked together by sharing oxygen atoms.
Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.
Protist
A protist or protoctist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus.
Proton
A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol, H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 e (elementary charge).
Protoplasm
Protoplasm is the living part of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.
Protozoa
Protozoa (protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris.
Robert B. Mellor
Robert B. Mellor (born in Yorkshire, UK) is a British scientist probably best known for his 1989 "unified vacuole theory", although also made significant contributions to environmental technology and to our understanding of the workings of the tech entrepreneurship ecosystem.
See Vacuole and Robert B. Mellor
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (brewer's yeast or baker's yeast) is a species of yeast (single-celled fungal microorganisms).
See Vacuole and Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Salmonella
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped (bacillus) gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
Solution (chemistry)
In chemistry, a solution is a special type of homogeneous mixture composed of two or more substances.
See Vacuole and Solution (chemistry)
Spontaneous generation
Spontaneous generation is a superseded scientific theory that held that living creatures could arise from nonliving matter and that such processes were commonplace and regular.
See Vacuole and Spontaneous generation
Strontium
Strontium is a chemical element; it has symbol Sr and atomic number 38.
Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide
syn-Propanethial S-oxide (or (Z)-propanethial S-oxide), a member of a class of organosulfur compounds known as thiocarbonyl S-oxides (formerly "sulfines"), is a volatile liquid that acts as a lachrymatory agent (triggers tearing and stinging on contact with the eyes).
See Vacuole and Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide
Turgor pressure
Turgor pressure is the force within the cell that pushes the plasma membrane against the cell wall.
See Vacuole and Turgor pressure
Vac7
Vacuolar segregation protein 7 is a protein that in yeast is encoded by the VAC7 gene.
See Vacuole and Vac7
Vacuolization
Vacuolization is the formation of vacuoles or vacuole-like structures, within or adjacent to cells.
Vascular cambium
The vascular cambium is the main growth tissue in the stems and roots of many plants, specifically in dicots such as buttercups and oak trees, gymnosperms such as pine trees, as well as in certain other vascular plants. Vacuole and vascular cambium are plant anatomy.
See Vacuole and Vascular cambium
Vesicle (biology and chemistry)
In cell biology, a vesicle is a structure within or outside a cell, consisting of liquid or cytoplasm enclosed by a lipid bilayer.
See Vacuole and Vesicle (biology and chemistry)
Viridiplantae
Viridiplantae (literally "green plants") constitute a clade of eukaryotic organisms that comprises approximately 450,000–500,000 species that play important roles in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
See also
Vesicles
- Endosome
- Exopher
- Exosome (vesicle)
- Extracellular vesicle
- Ferlins
- Gas vesicle
- Lysosome
- Microvesicle
- Parasitophorous vacuole
- Phagosome
- Secretory vesicles
- Vacuole
- Vesicular transport proteins
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuole
Also known as Cell sap, Cell vacuole, Central vacuole, Tonoplast, Vacoule, Vacoules, Vacuola, Vacuolar, Vacuolation, Vacuoles, Vacuolisation.
, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmolysis, Polyphosphate, Potassium, Protist, Proton, Protoplasm, Protozoa, Robert B. Mellor, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Salmonella, Solution (chemistry), Spontaneous generation, Strontium, Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide, Turgor pressure, Vac7, Vacuolization, Vascular cambium, Vesicle (biology and chemistry), Viridiplantae.