Evolutionary Aspects of the Gel Appearance and Its Functions in the Cell Cytoplasm

Abstract

Abstract. A well-known phenomenon -the gel presence in the cytoplasm of animal cells in the light of evolution is considered. We also define the role of gel in evolution of the cell metabolism. We show how the gel emergence in the cytoplasm hade provided cells with intensification of their energy metabolism which is a general line of evolutionary development of the cellular world. We also show how cells use the gel structures to solve a number of vital tasks. Such tasks include the increasing in mechanical stability of cells, the formation of the transport structures from gel to transfer the active substances in the cytoplasm, the gel participation in cell dehydration regimes.