A1-A2 Flashcards
omnis cellula e cellula (virchow)
all cells come from cells
what is cell birth?
one cell becomes two daughter cells that may or may not look/act like the same type of cell
what are the four things that cells can do?
-survival/maintain homeostasis
-division (making new cells)
-differentiation (making new types of cells)
-death (apoptosis)
the two processes that necessary for cell birth
division and differentiation
common eukaryotes that are used for laboratory research (+ pros and cons)
-human (well developed cultures but difficult to study whole animals and ethical concerns)
-mouse (well developed cultures and easy to study whole animals; not exactly the same as humans)
-fish (primary cultures only but genome is 4n; not like humans)
-flies (well developed cultures, short generation times)
-c.elegans (primary cultures only; sex determination is vastly different)
-yeast (short generation times)
what is the difference in cell cycle regulation is yeast vs animals?
yeast undergoes cell division only so you get the same type of cells; animals undergoes cell division & differentiation to produce multiple different type of cells so cell division and differentiation are linked processes in terms of animal development and homeostasis
how does nutritional cell cycle control works?
-without the control, when nutrition is reduced, the cell cycle continues at the same pace, so as the cell divides, the cells don’t grow as much and the cell mass decreases with successive generations
-with the control, when nutrition is reduced, the cell cycle slows down and the cell grows until optimal mass is reached before dividing. the time it takes for the cell to divide then increases but the mass of the daughter cells remain constant
what are metazoans and where do they come from?
multicellular animals that (maybe with a grain of salt; cum grano salis) came from a single celled protozoan ancestor and definitely from single celled zygote
do eukaryotic cells have a single appearance?
no, obv, the cells structure differs depending on multiple factors, including species, location, function etc.
what are the phases of the cell cycle?
G0 (quiescence)
G1
S (DNA replication)
G2
M (nuclear division)
cytokinesis (cytoplasmic division)
interphase phases
G0 (G1)
S
G2
what are the phases of M phase and what are they based on?
-Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
-chromosome morphology and position
how does flow cytometry works?
a flow cytometer aka a fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS); cells are stained with a dye and passed through the machine and the cells are put into a single file and then the laser shoots at cells and fluorescence emitted from stained cells and then measure.
how does flow cytometry indicates cell cycle?
cells stained with DAPI (Hoescht stain) and then run through flow cytometer; the amount of DNA indicated cell cell (most cells are in G1, second most in G2)
how BrdU indicate cell cycle?
BrdU is incorporated with DNA instead of thymine during S phase (DNA replication), indicates S phase and G2 phase cells, identified with immunofluorescence
what are cyclins?
molecules that regulate cell cycle; they are degraded at specific points in the cell cycle
why do cyclins associated with CDKs (cyclin dependent kinases)?
cyclins require Cdks to regulate passage between cell cycle stages
MPF and SPF regulate what phases?
MPF (Mphase promoting factor) - entry into M phase
SPF (Sphase promoting factor) - entry into S phase
what a.a are phosphorylated with ATP during post-translation modification
serine, threonine, tyrosine
what are the 6 things that phosphorylation do to proteins?
-change activity
-change localization
-change stability
-change conformation
-interacts with other proteins
-crosstalk with other post-translation modification (PTM)
how does Cdk proteins phosphorylation regulate function? & proteins involved
1) (CDK activating kinase) add PO4 to CDK-cyclin to activate them; Wee1 kinase add inhibitory PO4 to CDK-cyclin-PO4, so CDK-cyclin with 2PO4 is inactive
2) Cdc25 phosphatase-PO4 removes inhibitory PO4 and makes CDK-cyclin-PO4 (active)
3) active cyclin-CDK phosphorylate Cdc25 to activate it (+ feedback)
4) active cylin-CDK inhbits Wee1 kinase (- feedback)
how does phosphorylation regulates MPF?
Wee1 Kinase (add inhibitory PO4)
Cdc25 phosphatase (removes PO4 to activate MPF)
cyclin-cdk pairing (G1)
CDK4/Cyclin D
CDK6/Cyclin D (late)
cyclin-cdk pairing (G1/S)
CDK2/Cyclin E
cyclin-cdk pairing (S)
CDK2/Cyclin A (SPF)
cyclin-cdk pairing (G2)
CDK1/Cyclin A
cyclin-cdk pairing (M)
CDK1/Cyclin B (MPF)
what is the start of the cell cycle?
G1 restriction point
what are the different cell cycle checkpoints?
G1 arrest - is there DNA damage
S arrest - is DNA replicated
G2 arrest - is there DNA damage
M arrest - are spindles formed correctly?
how can p53 control cyclins/cdks & checkpoint factors?
excess mitogenic stimulation causes increase p53
p53 inhibits G1/S-Cdk -> prevents entry into S phase
how can APC control cyclins/cdks & checkpoint factors?
chromsome unattached into spindle and then inhibits APC and entry into G1
how can unreplicated DNA control cyclins/cdks & checkpoint factors?
unreplicated DNA inhibited Cdc25, preventing MPF activation and preventing entry into Mphase and DNA replication
how does the three core subunits of E3 ligases work together?
-E1 ubiquitin activating enzyme uses ATP to activate ubiquitin and transfers to E2 enzyme
-E2 ubiquitin conjugating enzyme interacts with E3 ubiquitin ligase to add ubiquitin to target protein to proteasome for degradation
-DUB (deubiquitining enzyme) removes ubiquitin to prevent degradation by proteasome?
what is APC/C?
-anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome
how does APC/C work to separate chromosomes?
-securin + separase complex prevent dissociation of chromosomes until they properly attached to spindle fibres
-inactive APC adds cdc20 to make it active
-active APC causes the ubiquitylation of securin (causes degradation)
-separase cleaved cohesins between chromosomes during anaphase
how does APC/C work to degrade Cyclin B (M-cyclin)?
-inactive APC adds cdc20 to make it active (cdc20 is activated by m-cdk)
-uses E1/E2 ubiquitylation enzymes to add ubiquitin to cyclin and causes degradation by proteasome
APC/C activator form proteolysis in G1? M phases?
-Cdh1(degrade cyclin A/B)
-CDC20 (degrade securin, cyclinA/B)
CKIs like p21 & p27 act in what way? wbu INK4A/B?
-occupy ATP binding site of cyclin complexes
-bind to CDKs to prevent cyclin from binding to activating sites
p27 other name? p21?
Kip1
Cip1
how are CKIs, which can bind to fully active CDK-cylin, removed from the cell?
Skp1-cullin-F-box protein complex (SCF) Ubiquitin ligase targeted phosphorylated CKI (p27) for degradation in proteasome