Central Vacuole
- Functions in storage, waste breakdown and metabolism.
- It enlarges to promote plant growth and is part of the endomembrane system in plants.
- Tonoplast is the membrane enclosing the central vacuole.
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Central Vacuole
Plant vs. Animal Cell
SHARED FEATURES
- Plasma membrane
- Cytosol
- Nuclear envelope
- Nuclear pores
- Nucleus
- Chromatin
- Nucleolus
- Ribosomes
- Endoplasmic reticulum (both smooth ER and rough ER) and ER lumen
- Golgi apparatus
- Endosome
- Mitochondria
- Peroxisome
- Cytoskeleton made up of: Microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules
- Centrosome
- Lysosome
- Centriole
- Flagella (though not all animal cells have them and some plant sperm have them)
- Cell wall (made of cellulose)
- Plasmodesmata (channels through the cell wall and plasma membrane connecting the cytoplasms of adjacent cells)
- Central vacuole (storage, waste breakdown, aids metabolism)
- Tonoplast (membrane enclosing central vacuole)
- Chloroplast (photosynthetic organelle) – Outer membrane, inner membrane, stroma (fluid within inner membrane), thylakoids