what is chemical composition of tonoplast? and why it is
considered as non-membrane bounded organelle?

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what is chemical composition of tonoplast? and why it is considered as non-membrane bounded organe..

Answer / s n mishra

The single layerd membrane surrounding to vacuole is
tonoplast which is generally composed of lipid, proteins
and carbohydrate. But the , composition of this membrane
may vary to plasma membrane or any other membrane of the
cell.Many number of transporter are present, hence amount
of protein present may be more as compared to others. The
enzymes present in the vacoule may be either attached to
the tonoplast or int he matrix.

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what is chemical composition of tonoplast? and why it is considered as non-membrane bounded organe..

Answer / anitha

The tonoplast is composed of proteins, including
glycoproteins and enzymes, amd lipids including
glycolipids. However, the relative amount of constituents
appears to vary considerably. Tonoplast is considered as
non-membrane bounded organelle since they are not
surrounded by plasma membrane or double membrane

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