Difference between proks & euks

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Domain?
Proks=Archaea & Bacteria
Euks=Eukarya
Kingdom?
Proks=none specificaly told

Euks=
1] Fungi
2] Animalia
3] Plantae
4] Protista
Size
Proks=smaller
Euks=bigger
Nucleus?
Proks=NO
Euks=Yes
Membrane bound organelles?
Proks=NO
Euks=yes
Ribosomes?
Found in both:
Proks=70S ribosome
Euks=80S & 70S in some organelle
Cytoskeleton?
Proks=found in some & is involved in shape
Euks= found in ALL & is involved in cytoplasmic streaming & the endocytosis that is only in euks
Flagella?
Proks=simple, semi-rigid,flagella
3 parts-filament, hook, basal body
come in 4 different shapes
(monotrichous, lophotrichous, amphitrichous, peritrichous)

Euks= complex, flexible flagella
-Longer flagella that is usually singular
– Use a 9+2 arrangement of microtubules to form the long flagellum (much bigger than bacterial)
– 9 doublets surround two central microtubules
Sterols?
Proks=NO carbs or sterols
Euks= Yes sterols make membrane more rigid
Cell Wall?
Proks=peptidoglycan cell wall

Euks=
(1) plants=cellulose wall
(2) fungi=chitin
(3) animals= NONE
Chromosome?
Proks=circular chromosome
Euks=linear chromosome
Reproduction?
Proks=binary fission
Euks=Meitotic cell division, sexual reproduction