Plant cell the cells of the other eukaryotic organisms

Plant cell

Plant cells are quite different from the cells of the other eukaryotic organisms. Their distinctive features are:


  • A large central vacuole (enclosed by a membrane, the tonoplast), which maintains the cell's turgor and controls movement of molecules between the cytosol and sap
  • A primary cell wall containing cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin, deposited by the protoplast on the outside of the cell membrane; this contrasts with the cell walls of fungi, which contain chitin, and the cell envelopes of prokaryotes, in which peptidoglycans are the main structural molecules
  • The plasmodesmata, linking pores in the cell wall that allow each plant cell to communicate with other adjacent cells; this is different from the functionally analogous system of gap junctions between animal cells.
  • Plastids, especially chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll, the pigment that gives plants their green color and allows them to perform photosynthesis
  • Higher plants, including conifers and flowering plants (Angiospermae) lack the flagellae and centrioles that are present in animal cells

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