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What are the function of plastid?
chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and leucoplasts
What is the function of the chromoplasts in the red bell pepper?
the function is the cell wall.
What are three function of plastids?
chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and leucoplasts
What is a function of chromoplasts?
Chromoplasts are plastids responsible for pigment synthesis and storage. They, like all other plastids (including chloroplasts and leucoplasts), are organelles found in specific photosynthetic eukaryotic species. Chromoplasts, in the traditional sense, are found in coloured organs of plants such as fruit and floral petals, to which they give their distinctive colors. This is always associated with a massive increase in the accumulation of carotenoid pigments. The conversion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts in ripening tomato fruit is a classic example.
How do you distinguish the anthocyanin pigments and chromoplasts?
chromoplasts have red and orange carotenoid pigments, that anthocyanins do not have.
Do animal cells have chromoplasts?
No, animal cells do not contain chromoplasts. Chromoplasts are plastids found in plant cells that store pigments such as carotenoids. Animal cells do not have these specialized organelles.
Where are chromoplasts located?
Chromoplasts are located in plant cells, primarily in fruits and flowers. They are responsible for the synthesis and storage of pigments like carotenoids, which give fruits and flowers their characteristic colors.
Organelle that includes chloroplast and chromoplasts?
Plastid
In which part of plant chromoplasts are found?
flowers
What are the three types of plastids?
The three types of plastids are chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and leucoplasts. Chloroplasts are responsible for photosynthesis, chromoplasts are involved in pigment synthesis and storage, and leucoplasts store starches and oils.
What do the chromoplasts do?
Chromoplasts contain pigments other than green for example they may contain carotene, xanthophyll or any other pigment which color the plants.
What do chromoplasts do?
Chromoplasts are the organelle inside leafs that retain and release pigments. This is what makes leafs turn from green in the summer to orange in the Fall. Sam was here
