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  2. Leucoplast - Wikipedia

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    Extensive networks of stromules interconnecting leucoplasts have been observed in epidermal cells of roots, hypocotyls, and petals, and in callus and suspension culture cells of tobacco. In some cell types at certain stages of development, leucoplasts are clustered around the nucleus with stromules extending to the cell periphery, as observed ...

  3. Plastid - Wikipedia

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    Leucoplasts: colourless plastids that synthesize monoterpenes. Leucoplasts differentiate into even more specialized plastids, such as: the aleuroplasts; Amyloplasts: storing starch and detecting gravity—for maintaining geotropism. Elaioplasts: storing fats. Proteinoplasts: storing and modifying protein.

  4. Cryptomonad - Wikipedia

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    Magyar; 日本語 ... [12] and Cryptomonas paramecium (previously called Chilomonas paramecium), which has leucoplasts, cryptomonads have one or two chloroplasts.

  5. Proteinoplast - Wikipedia

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    From leucoplasts stems the subtype, proteinoplasts, which contain proteins for storage. They contain crystalline bodies of protein and can be the sites of enzyme activity involving those proteins. Proteinoplasts are found in many seeds, such as brazil nuts , peanuts and pulses .

  6. Ergastic substance - Wikipedia

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    Reserve carbohydrate of plants are the derivatives of the end products of photosynthesis. Cellulose and starch are the main ergastic substances of plant cells. Cellulose is the chief component of the cell wall, and starch occurs as a reserve material in the protoplasm.

  7. Elaioplast - Wikipedia

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    Like most leucoplasts, elaioplasts are non-pigmented organelles capable of alternating between the different forms of plastids.The elaioplast specifically is primarily responsible for the storage and metabolism of lipids, [5] among these roles, recent studies have shown that these organelles participate in the formation of terpenes and fatty acids.

  8. Plastid evolution - Wikipedia

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    A plastid is a membrane-bound organelle found in plants, algae and other eukaryotic organisms that contribute to the production of pigment molecules. Most plastids are photosynthetic, thus leading to color production and energy storage or production.

  9. Cyanobacteria - Wikipedia

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    Magyar; Македонски ... then evolved and differentiated into specialized organelles such as chloroplasts, chromoplasts, etioplasts, and leucoplasts, ...