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OTHER MEMBRANE-BOUND ORGANELLES
Aside from the ER and the
Golgi complex, membrane-bound organelles found
in eukaryotes include:
Vacuoles are membranous
sacs used for storage of water and other materials.
Peroxisomes carry out
various chemical reactions in a cell's metabolism.
Enzymes, which are proteins, are needed for this.
Mitochondria have two
layers of membranes. These membranes contain the
enzymes needed for aerobic cell respiration. Cell
respiration provides the energy needed to carry
out cell functions by breaking down glucose to
form ATP from ADP.
Plastids, including chloroplasts,
also have two layers of membranes, as well as
a system of internal membranes called thylakoids,
which contain pigments used for capturing light.
The captured light is used to carry out photosynthesis,
which produces glucose.
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