Organelle in eukaryotic cells that produces cilia and organizes the mitotic spindle
Cross-section of a centriole showing its microtubule triplets.
In cell biology a centriole is a cylindrical organelle composed mainly of a protein called tubulin .[ 1] Centrioles are found in most eukaryotic cells , but are not present in conifers (Pinophyta ), flowering plants (angiosperms ) and most fungi , and are only present in the male gametes of charophytes , bryophytes , seedless vascular plants , cycads , and Ginkgo .[ 2] [ 3] A bound pair of centrioles, surrounded by a highly ordered mass of dense material, called the pericentriolar material (PCM),[ 4] makes up a structure called a centrosome .[ 1]
Centrioles are typically made up of nine sets of short microtubule triplets, arranged in a cylinder. Deviations from this structure include crabs and Drosophila melanogaster embryos, with nine doublets, and Caenorhabditis elegans sperm cells and early embryos, with nine singlets.[ 5] [ 6] Additional proteins include centrin , cenexin and tektin .[ 7]
The main function of centrioles is to produce cilia during interphase and the aster and the spindle during cell division.
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