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3 - Eukaryotic cells Flashcards

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Endomembrane system

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A network of membranes inside and around a eukaryotic cell, related either through direct physical contact or by the transfer of membranous vesicles.

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Why are eukaryotic cells larger than prokaryotic cells?

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Because of their internal membrane system.

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How is genetic material organised in eukaryotic cells?

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Chromosomes enclosed in a nuclear envelope

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How is genetic material organised in eukaryotic cells?

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Chromosomes enclosed in a nuclear envelope

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What do plant cells have that animal cells do not?

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Chloroplasts, central vacuole/tonoplast, plasmodesmata and a cell wall.

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What do chloroplasts do?

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Capture light energy and convert it into chemical energy

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Where does photosynthesis occur?

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In the stacks of thylakoid sacs (grana)

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What do vacuoles do?

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Store various chemicals and play a role in cell growth

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What does the plant cell wall do?

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Maintains cell shape and prevents mechanical damage.

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What is the plant cell wall composed of?

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Cellulose fibres embedded in a protein/polysaccharide matrix consisting of hemicellulose and pectin

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What do animal cells have that plant cells do not?

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Lysosomes, centrioles and flagella (in some plant sperm)

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What do animal cells have that plant cells do not?

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Lysosomes, centrioles and flagella (in some plant sperm)

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What is contained in the nucleus?

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Chromatin, nucleolus and nuclear envelope

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What is contained in the nucleus?

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Chromatin, nucleolus and nuclear envelope

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What is contained in the cytoskeleton?

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Microfilaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules

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Which is the largest organelle in the eukaryotic cell?

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Nucleus

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What does the nucleus do?

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Contains most of the genes which control the cell, some are present in mitochondria and chloroplasts.

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What does the nucleus do?

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Contains most of the genes which control the cell, some are present in mitochondria and chloroplasts.

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What does the nuclear membrane do?

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Encloses nucleus and separates it from the cytoplasm

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Nuclear membrane

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A double membrane containing nuclear pores (100nm in diameter)

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What happens to chromatin during cell division?

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Condenses into chromosomes

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Where is mRNA synthesised?

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Inside the nucleus from a DNA template

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What happens to mRNA after it is synthesised?

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Released into the cytoplasm via nuclear pores.

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What does the plasma membrane do?

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  • Defines and contains the cell
  • Controls entry of nutrients and exit of waste products.
  • Maintains electrolyte balance
  • Acts as sensor to external signals
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Plasma membranes

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Assemblies of lipids and protein molecules held together by non covalent interactions. Fluid mosaic model.

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What is the purpose of the lipid bilayer?

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Provides the basic structure of the membrane and serves as an impermeable barrier to most water-soluble molecules

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Where are the protein molecules in the plasma membrane?

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Dissolved in the lipid bilayer.

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What will lipid molecules form in an aqueous environment?

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Either micelles or bilayers

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Three major types of lipids in cell membranes

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Phospholipids, cholesterol and glycolipids

30
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Three major types of lipids in cell membranes

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Phospholipids, cholesterol and glycolipids

31
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How is the lipid membrane a 2D fluid?

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Individual lipid molecules able to freely diffuse within lipid bilayers but rarely move from one side to the other.

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How do lipid molecules in the bilayer often move?

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  • Exchange places adjacently

- Rotate rapidly about their axis

33
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What does the fluidity of a membrane depend on?

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It’s lipid composition

34
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What does a high level of cholesterol do to membrane stability?

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Increases it by interacting with phospholipid molecules

35
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How does the effects of cholesterol change at different temperatures?

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Warm: Restrains movement of phospholipids
Cool: Maintains fluidity by preventing tight packing.

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Transmembrane proteins

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Where the polypeptide chain of membrane proteins crosses the lipid bilayer several times. Amphipathic.

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How are peripheral membrane proteins associated with the membrane?

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By non covalent linkages but are easily dislodged.

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How can the shape and distribution of membrane proteins be observed?

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Freeze fracture electron microscopy

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How can the shape and distribution of membrane proteins be observed?

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Freeze fracture electron microscopy

40
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Freeze fracture

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Specialised preparation technique that splits a membrane along the middle of the bilayer.

41
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Freeze fracture

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Specialised preparation technique that splits a membrane along the middle of the bilayer.

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Functions of membrane proteins

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  1. ) Transport proteins
  2. ) Receptor sites
  3. ) Structural
  4. ) Cell junctions
43
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How do membrane proteins act as receptor sites?

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The exterior region of a transmembrane protein may act as a receptor for a chemical messenger such as a hormone.

44
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How do membrane proteins play a structural role?

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Integrins allow the cell to attach to the extracellular matrix

45
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How do membrane proteins play a role at cell junctions?

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Separate apical and basal membranes which have different functions at tight junctions.

46
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Cystic Fibrosis

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An autosomal recessive disease that’s caused by a defective chloride ion channel.

47
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What does the failure of the chloride channel result in?

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A build up of viscous mucus within the lungs, making the individual prone to infections.

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Where is a glycocalyx (thin layer of carbohydrate) present?

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On the outside of the plasma membrane of most cells.

49
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What are cell surface carbohydrates important for?

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Cell-cell and cell-ECM recognition

50
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How are carbohydrates important in blood types?

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The ABO types are determined by carbs on the surface of RBCs

51
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How are carbohydrates important in blood types?

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The ABO types are determined by carbs on the surface of RBCs

52
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What are membrane glycoproteins involved in?

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Infection mechanisms

53
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What must HIV do in order to infect a cell?

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Must bind to the immune cell surface protein CD4 and a “co-receptor” CCR5

54
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What cells can HIV not enter?

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Resistant individuals that lack normal CCR5.

55
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Endocytosis

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The process where cells take in materials

56
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Endocytosis

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The process where cells take in materials

57
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Pinocytosis

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Cells infold parts of their plasma membrane to take up extracellular fluid in small vesicles. Non specific.

58
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Phagocytosis

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Uptake of insoluble material and a form of feeding in protozoa

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What does receptor mediated endocytosis involve?

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Binding of macromolecules to specific cell surface receptors which trigger endocytosis.

60
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What does receptor mediated endocytosis involve?

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Binding of macromolecules to specific cell surface receptors which trigger endocytosis.

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What happens to macromolecules after endocytosis is triggered?

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They become concentrated in endocytic pits.

62
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What are endocytic pits coated with?

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Clathrin, a bristle like protein

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What does clathrin do?

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Polymerises around the vesicle forming a cage like structure.

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Exocytosis

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The process of material being exported from the cell.

65
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What does exocytosis involve?

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Fusion of vesicles from the interior of the cell with the plasma membrane, the contexts then expelled into surrounding medium.

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Why is exocytosis important?

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Secretion of numerous proteins e.g. hormones and extracellular structural proteins and fluids.

67
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How is receptor-mediated endocytosis used to deliver drugs into cells?

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Drug is encapsulated in a liposome and the surface of the liposome has a peptide which binds to a cell surface receptor, triggering uptake of the liposome and drug into the cell.

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