cytosol
Noun
Meaning
the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended
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Acids that lose a proton at the intracellular pH will exist in their soluble, charged form and are thus able to diffuse through the cytosol to their target.
Because egg cytosol can support successive cycling between mitosis and interphase in vitro, it has been critical to diverse studies of cell division.
Because lysosomal membranes are rich in proton pumps, their interiors have low pH (≈4.8 vs. the pH≈7.2 cytosol), which acts to denature the GPCRs.
Cells can deal with even larger osmotic changes by accumulating osmoprotectants such as betaines or trehalose in their cytosol.
Also, ubiquitination appears to be crucial for the export of PEX5 from the peroxisome, to the cytosol.
Although water forms the large majority of the cytosol, its structure and properties within cells is not well understood.