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What is the difference between cytosol and cytoplasm?

2007-12-10 15:23:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

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The cytosol is the "soup" within which all the other cell organelles reside and where most of the cellular metabolism occurs. Though mostly water, the cytosol is full of proteins that control cell metabolism including signal transduction pathways, glycolysis, intracellular receptors, and transcription factors. Cytoplasm is a collective term for the cytosol plus the organelles suspended within the cytosol.

2007-12-10 15:37:51 · answer #1 · answered by Alex is Always Right 2 · 0 0

Cytoplasm is all the material inside the plasma membrane and outside the nucleus. There's a gel-like material with organelles, ribosomes, and other materials embedded in it.

Cytosol is just the gel-like part of the cytoplasm -- not the organelles or other stuff.

2007-12-10 15:38:16 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0 0

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