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7 - Time Flashcards

1
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What is the importance of motion in enzyme catalysis?

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Need motion to figure out how an enzyme works

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What does a hinging motion do?

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It can open and close a cleft to allow for binding or removal of bulk water

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3
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What is the time scale for vibrations?

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10^-15 to 10^-12 s

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4
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What is the time scale for rotations?

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10^-12 to 10^-9 s

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5
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What is the time scale for translations?

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10^-6 s

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What happens if small motions are tracked over long time scales?

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These small motions give rise to larger motions, such as opening and closing of a cleft

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7
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How are vibrations measured?

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Through infrared or Raman spectroscopy

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8
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How are rotations measured?

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Through NMR or fluorescence anisotropy

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9
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How are translations measured?

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Through NMR or fluorescence

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10
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What are the types of vibrations?

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Stretch, bend, and torsion

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11
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What is a normal mode?

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A combination of vibrations such that the center of mass does not change

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12
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What law is used to model vibration frequency?

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Hooke’s law

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13
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Using Hooke’s law, how can molecules be modeled?

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As masses attached to springs

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14
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What is the formula for vibration frequency?

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v = 1/2pi (k/u)^1/2

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15
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For vibration frequency, what is v?

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Vibration frequency

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16
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For vibration frequency, what is k?

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Spring constant

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17
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For vibration frequency, what is u?

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Reduced mass (m1m2/m1+m2)

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18
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If mass is increased, what happens to the frequency?

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It decreases

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19
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If frequency is decreased, what happens to the energy?

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It decreases

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20
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What is the range of high frequency vibrations?

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3000-4000 1/cm

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21
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What are examples of high frequency vibrations?

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C-H, N-H, and O-H stretches

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22
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What is usually the focus of vibrational spectroscopy?

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C-C (1000 1/cm) and C=C (1500 1/cm) stretches

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23
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How come low frequency vibrations are not mentioned frequently?

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They are hard to measure

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24
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What is the importance of low frequency vibrations?

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Involve many atoms, lead to “breathing” of proteins

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25
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What are some examples of low frequency vibrations?

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Heme protein, hemoglobin, and GFP

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26
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How does heme protein use low frequency vibration?

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By leading to electron transport

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27
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How does hemoglobin use low frequency vibration?

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Lead to diatomic binding of oxygen

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28
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How does GFP use low frequency vibration?

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Drives reaction of fluorescence (proton transfers)

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29
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What is the time scale for GFP?

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3-10 ps

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30
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What is the molecules used for GFP proton transfer?

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Chromophore, water, Ser205, and Glu222

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31
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What are MD simulations?

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Put energy into atoms and see how they fold (through vibrations)

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32
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What does MD simulation stand for?

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Molecular dynamics simulation

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33
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What are the forces underlying MD simulations?

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Coulomb’s law and Hooke’s law

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34
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What files are needed for an MD simulation?

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Coordinate file and parameter file

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35
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What information is in a coordinate file?

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Geometry (distances, angles, and coordinates)

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36
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How does one get a coordinate file?

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From a protein data bank (PDB)

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37
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What information is in a parameter file?

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Spring constants, partial charges, and dielectric constant

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38
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What do large scale motions involve?

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Many normal modes

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39
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What is the time scale for large scale motions?

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100 us to 1 ms

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40
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How are large scale motions usually modeled?

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By connecting two crystal structures through a low energy pathway

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41
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How does a myristol switch protein work?

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The myristol (hydrophobic) group hides in the membrane when calcium is present

42
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What are the four (basic) steps of the Ca2+ ATPase?

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E1, E1-P, E2-P, and E2

43
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What is the rate of the Ca2+ ATPase?

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~30 Ca2+ per sec, or 66 msec per cycle

44
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How come the Ca2+ ATPase is slower than the Na+/Ca2+ exchange pumps?

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Ca2+ ATPase requires ATP and large conformational changes

45
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What happens in E1 for the Ca2+ ATPase?

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2 Ca2+ are bound, cytoplasmic gate allows ATP to bind and close the gate

46
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What happens in E1-P for the Ca2+ ATPase?

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Phosphoryl transfer leads to Ca2+ binding disruption and opening of lumenal gate

47
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What happens in E2-P for the Ca2+ ATPase?

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Ca2+ is released to lumen, and lumenal gate is closed

48
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What happens in E2 for the Ca2+ ATPase?

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Ca2+ binds through affinity tunnel

49
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What amino acids coordinate Ca2+ in the Ca2+ ATPase?

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Deprot Asp and Glu

50
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How is Ca2+ released from the Ca2+ ATPase?

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Asp and Glu become prot

51
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How does Asp and Glu become prot in the Ca2+ ATPase?

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They are moved to a hydrophobic environment (in the membrane) (destabilize A-, decrease Ka, increase pKa)

52
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What does ATP do in the CA2+ ATPase?

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It causes the hinging motion of two domains (Pac-man)

53
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How does ATP lead to release of calcium?

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ATP hinge motion causes rotation of helix into membrane, protonating Asp and Glu

54
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How does ATPsynthase work?

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A proton gradient is used to rotate central stalk to force subunits to open/close (pac-man in reverse)

55
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How does kinesin use ATP?

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It uses ATP as Pac-man clamps to walk along microtubules

56
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What closes the pac-man clamp?

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ATP hydrolysis

57
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What opens the pac-man clamp?

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Conversion to ADP

58
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What is an example of translational motion?

59
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What is diffusion?

A

How fast/far can it travel

60
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What is a diffusion limited enzyme?

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An enzyme working as fast as it can (saturated - RDS)

61
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What is the rate of a kinesin molecule?

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1.6 um/sec, 160 A/sec, 1 sec = 100 steps, 1 step = 10 ms

62
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What is the RDS of kinesin?

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Hydrolysis of ATP

63
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If a cell moves 10 um in 10 ms by actin polymerization, how fast is actin polymerization?

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Say width of actin = 10 nm. Need 1000 to cover 10 um. Thus, it takes 10 us to hydrolyze ATP (10 us * 1000 = 10 ms)

64
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What is the conclusion of the actin polymerization math?

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It cannot use a pac-man mechanism (too fast)

65
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What is the mechanism for actin polymerization?

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Membrane has ATP bound G-actin, which can polymerize without ATP

66
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How is ATP like a clock?

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It can be used to regulate other proteins by controlling the rate of ATP hydrolysis

67
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How far can a molecule diffuse in solution in 1 us?

68
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How far can a molecule diffuse in solution in 1 ms?

69
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How quick is light detection by rhodopsin?

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13 ms (was 100 ms)

70
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How is light detection so quick?

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It uses myelin electrical impulses (not diffusion)

71
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What is the equation for diffusion coefficient?

72
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What does D describe?

A

How fast/far something can diffuse

73
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What does f describe?

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Size/shape of molecule

74
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What is the equation for frictional coefficient?

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f = 6pin(solvent)r

75
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What is the distance for diffusion in n-D?

76
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What is important to consider in column chromatography?

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Diffusion, shape, MW

77
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What does MW stand for?

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Molecular weight

78
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What shape has the smallest f for a given weight?

79
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What is a prolate ellipsoid?

A

Z axis is longer (football)

80
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What is an oblate ellipsoid?

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Z axis is shorter (pancake)

81
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In biology, which ellipsoid is most common?

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Prolate ellipsoid

82
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What limits diffusion in a cell?

A

All of the stuff in the cell

83
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True or false: diffusion is a random walk process

84
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How can diffusion be biased?

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Through an electrochemical gradient

85
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How can diffusion be increased?

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By restricting the diffusion to 1D or 2D

86
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What is an example of restricting to 1D diffusion?

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Diffuse along DNA

87
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What is an example of restricting to 2D diffusion?

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Diffuse along membrane surface

88
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What type of process is diffusion?

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A flux process

89
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If there is a bigger gradient, what happens to D?

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It increases (higher flux)

90
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What are the units of D?

91
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What is a flux?

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The number of molecules that pass through a square patch in a given time

92
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What is an analytical ultracentrifuge used for?

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Know how big, shape, or how fast a molecule is diffusing

93
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Besides analytical ultracentrifugation, what can also be used to measure diffusion?

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NMR spectroscopy

94
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What are the two types of analytical ultracentrifugation?

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Velocity sedimentation and equilibrium sedimentation

95
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How does velocity sedimentation work?

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Spin source, and pass light to measure concentration change over time

96
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What information does velocity sedimentation give you?

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The size and shape (how fast to pellet)

97
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How does equilibrium sedimentation work?

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Spin at a slower speed to have centripetal force counteract diffusion force

98
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What forces are balanced in equilibrium sedimentation?

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Centripetal force towards center, and diffusive force outward (down concentration gradient)

99
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What information does equilibrium sedimentation give you?

A

MW (oligomers), and how they are distributed throughout a sample

100
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What would be used to measure equilibrium between a monomer and dimer?

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Equilibrium sedimentation

101
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What is the equation for rotational correlation time?

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tr = 3Vn(solvent)/kT

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