Plant Cell Structure

Plant cells have all of the same organelles as animal cells except:

• Plant cells don't have centrioles.
  
  
• Plant cells have another kind of cell junction called plasmodesmata.
  
  
• Plants have leucoplasts that store starch, oil, or protein.
  
  
• Plants have chloroplasts that are active in photosynthesis. Chloroplasts have a double membrane and contain chlorophyll.
  
  
• Plants have cell walls made of cellulose in addition to cell membranes. (Note: bacteria have cell walls made of peptidoglycan and fungi have cell walls made of chitin)
  
  
• Water vacuoles in plants are much larger and support much of the cell.