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Define polar

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has a charge

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Why is oil hydrophobic like a cat

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Because it is non-polar and water is polar

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Why is the phospholipid head exposed to the water outside of the cell

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Hydrophilic because polar

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What is the difference between micelle and liposome?

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Micelle - 1 layer
Liposome - double layer — BIlayer

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What is the integral protein

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The protein that penetrates from the outside to a bit of the inside

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What is the peripheral protein according to the model?

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The one on the surface — “peripheral”

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What is the yellow thing attached to the phospholipid tail in the Fluid - Mosaic Model?

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Describe integral proteins on terms of location type and polarity

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Polarity hydrophobic - non polar.

Location: embedded in the hydrocarbon chains in the center of the membrane (the layer of hydrophobic tails)
- Because phospholipids contain long hydrocarbon chains so that they could be polar (?)
- Integral proteins extend across the two phospholipid layers OR into one of the two — either way, they’ll have to reach the tails.

Type: Transmembrane (like transitioning between membrane layers) because they extend across the membrane with hydrophilic parts projecting through the regions of phosphate heads on either side
- Because they meet the second layer of the phospholipids — they touch the surface.

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Describe peripheral proteins on terms of polarity and location

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  • Hydrophilic
  • Hence, they are on the surface of the membrane
  • Location: NOT embedded/integrated WITHIN the membrane because they are attached to the surface of integral proteins — their attachment is often reversible
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What is the purpose of protein on terms of TRACIE.

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  • Transport: acts as a channel/passage (protein channels) way for non-polar molecular to enter the hydrophilic/polar heads
  • The two types of protein transport:
  • the molecule can pass through without ATP = facilitated transport = PROTEIN CHANNELS
  • with ATP = active transport = protein pumps
  • Receptors
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How does the cholesterol connect to the phospholipid

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hydrophilic head to hydrophilic head, hydrophobic tail to hydrophobic tail

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Describe how the cholesterol affects the membrane’s fluidity

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Function 1: Reduces membrane fluidity by restricting the movement of phospholipids and other molecules
- when subjected to high temps, the phospholipid tails may move and cause a higher but more unstable state of membrane fluidity. Cholesterol “fills in the gap” or acts as a “buffer” to maintain membrane fluidity

Function 2: increases flexibility by restricting the regular packing of the hydrocarbon tails of phospholipid molecules.
- Why?: It prevents tails from crystallizing and thus the membrane from behaving like a solid
- This is due to if the cell membrane is lowered in temperature, the phospholipids will not move and come packed together. The cholesterol then makes the cell membrane more flexible/fluid by giving them space.

-> Function 1 and 2 pertain the cholesterol occupying the phospholipid tail

Function 3: reduces the permeability to hydrophilic/water soluble molecules and ions such as sodium and hydrogen
- cholesterol is non-polar with a hydrophilic head (ig so it could be attached to the phospholipid head for the functions?)

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Define diffusion

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The molecules move to high to low concentration with no usage of ATP

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Define osmosis

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diffusion of water

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Explain phagocytosis

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Purposes: to let bigger molecules in, can also be for letting things inside the cell
- why also bigger molecules?: Because there may be some molecules that the proteins cannot let pass due to their size.

Process: The cell membrane surround the molecule in a vacuole and the lysosome uses digestive enzymes either to kill it or to break it down into smaller molecules that could enter the cell

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Explain “monotopic” and “polytopic”. Give what types of proteins are under each.

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Polytopic - poly = many, topic = surfaces.
- For proteins that touch many surfaces: Integral ONLY

Monotopic - mono = only, topic = surface
- For proteins that just touch a single surface: Polytopic AND/OR Peripheral proteins
- REMINDER: Polytopic does run across the two layers BUT they do not necessarily touch all 2 surfaces.

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Describe glycoproteins

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Definition: Proteins that HAVE oligosaccharide chains attached (“oligo” = few and “saccharides” = sugar)

Purpose: Cell recognition by immune system (detecting if the substance entering is harmful or not to the cell) and hormone receptors (i.e. the R in TRACIE)

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Describe the anatomy of a cholesterol

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Explain the membrane’s fluidity and why it is important to regulate the fluidity

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Highlights:
Characteristics of membrane fluidity:
- Hydrophobic tail like liquid but hydrophobic head like solid.
- Therefore, not sure if the membrane is truly solid or liquid but it is fluid

Why is it important to regulate the fluidity:
- flexibility/mvmt.
- permeability

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Outline the similarity and difference between phagocytosis and pinocytosis (DOUBLE CHECK)

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Similarities
- lets substances in or out of the cell

Differences
- pino. = liquid
- phago = solids like pathogens

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Outline the similarities and differences between active and passive transport

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Similarities
- They transport thongs in and out of the cell
- Both use proteins

Differences
- (Passive and under it, the facilitated): Needs no energy — protein channel
- (Active) - needs energy/ATP (aka the energy currency) — protein pump (bc remember it changes the shape of the passage way like a pump?)

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What is the difference between plasma and cell membrane?

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Outline the composition of a phospholipid (ADD DRAWING)

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1.) Phosphate head
- polar

2.) Fatty acid tail
- non-polar

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How to find the SA:V ratio of a cube

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Divide the surface area by the volume.

**SURFACE AREA of a cube **: 6a^2 where a = length of one side of the cube

**VOLUME of a cube **: V = a^3 where a = length of one side of the cube.

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Are lipids proteins or fats
fats
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Why do the mitochondria and chloroplasts react to antibiotics
Because they were prokaryote cells (the Endosymbiotic Theory)
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Draw a phospholipid bilayer (add photo)
- tails should be thin - heads should be close
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What are the lipid components
- fatty acid - glycerol
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Define the main characteristic of fluid and give examples
a substance that has *no fixed shape and things can move around in it* e.g.: cell membrane.
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Are protein pumps and channels integral or peripheral proteins?
They are integral because they transport particles in and out of the cell
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Give the function of glycoproteins
For communication with other cells and cell recognition by immune system
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Describe the model of the Davson-Danielli Model
- **protein-lipid sandwich** (double layered — correct but not all) -> They do not recognize *integral nor peripheral proteins*. They just sit on top of the phospho heads because *they don’t permeate the lipid bilayer* -> Because of this, the proteins coat outer surface
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Describe how water moves in osmosis
Along the concentration gradient (meaning *in consideration of concentration of solutes*) - **low to high** - unlike simple diffusion (high to low,)
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Does water have concentration?
No
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Define simple diffusion
The movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration
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Outline the different types of passive transport
Simple diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion
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Differentiate between facilitated diffusion and simple diffusion
**Simple diffusion** - Mvmt. of molecules directly through the lipid bilayer **Facilitated diffusion** - through a *protein* -> Thus facilitated
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What dictates if a type of transportation is active or passive
The concentration gradient and if they are going against it (active) -> for active transport: it is like rowing against a lake current -> for passive transport: it’s like floating along the lake current
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What are the core of the membrane and its permeability
**hydrophobic hydrocarbon chains (phospholipid tails)** - higher (?) permeability to large and hydrophilic molecules - *low permeability to ions and polar molecules*
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Why can’t really big molecules pass through the membrane w/o proteins/help?
because the distance between the heads are small
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What does the cell need for nutrition (to go in and out)
sugar, amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins
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How does oxygen and carbon get inside the cell
They’re small enough to pass through the cell membrane
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Why are nutrients sent out the cell?
To send to other cells
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Define aquaporins
**Protein channels for water** - so ig osmosis is also facilitated diffusion? - (prob need proteins because of the polar charge whereas the charges of the ones that go through simple diffusion are non-polar)
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What are antigens
enemies of the body — harmful to us - e.g. harmful pathogens like bacteria
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Describe bulk transport
**Active transportation**, - What does it transport?: transports solids and/or liquids by **vesicles** at the plasma membrane - *pinocytosis* - *phagocytosis* -> endocytosis + exocytosis basically -> stores things in vesicles + endo + exocyt can take in large quantities or large molecules thus *bulk*
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What do we mean when we say membranes are fluid mosaics
- **phospholipid bilayer** = fluid portion - flexible, allowing for cellular shape changes - proteins attached to cytoskeleton
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Describe receptor proteins
- binds to specific external molecule that triggers a change in the cell - can be integral or peripheral
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Describe enzyme protein in the cell membrane
- promotes chemical reactions (make them very fast) - integral/peripheral - can be ATP synthase
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What are the charges of the molecules that use simple diffusion?
**Non-polar** - they get through the phosphate heads (which are polar) through following the concentration gradient (simple diffusion)
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Define osmolarity
measure of solute concentration
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Define hypertonic
When a solution has high solute concentration
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Define hypotonic
Low solute concentration (loses water)
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Define isotonic
same solute concentration (no net flow)
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Outline the three measurements of osmolarity
Hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic
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Describe carrier proteins [3]
**Definition:** Integral proteins that facilitate the transport of *ions and biomolecules (e.g. sugar) across the cell membrane between cells or organelles* **Active or Passive:** Can be both. **Process:** Molecules bind to the binding site. Then, the protein undergoes a *conformational change* and then the molecule enters the other side of the membrane (outside or inside the cell)
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Differentiate carrier proteins vs channel proteins
**Channel proteins have pores** but **Carrier proteins have binding sites**
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Give an example of carrier proteins
sodium-potassium pump
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Describe what is a voltage-gated channel
Type of channel protein that *opens or closes in response to changes in the membrane potential (voltage) of a cell.* - Seen where?: used to generate action potentials in cells such as neurons and muscle cells - the opening and closing regulated by changes in electric charge (*voltage-gated*)
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Describe gated-ion channels (add photo)
Broad category of channel proteins that open or close accoridng to specific signals e.g.: *voltage-gated channels*, thermally gated channels etc
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Define symport and antiport
Symport - both molecules move the same direction Antiport - molecules move in opposite direction
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How many sodium and potassium get transported in the sodium-potassium protein
3 sodiums exit, 2 potassium ions enter | creates a stable electrochemical gradient.
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WHY DOES SIMPLE DIFFUSION ONLY HAPPEN TO SMALL AND NON-POLAR PARTICLES
**Non-polar**: - hydrophobic centre of the membrane bc of the hydrocarbon tail **Small**: space between the phospholipids are small
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Describe channel proteins (BOOK)
- lets ions + polar molecules to pass through - can be diff directions - usually lets higher -> lower so theres a net concentration, goes along concentration gradient - facilitated diffusion, passive transpo (no energy expended) - diameter and chem properties DETERMINE one type of particle to pass through (e.g. sodium ions or potassium ions)
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Liquid-ordered phase
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Differentiate between carrier proteins, protein pumps and channel proteins
Carrier proteins - 2 types: active or passive - has binding sites - conformational change Protein Pumps - kind of carrier protein -> conformational change -> active type Channel proteins - do not do *conformational change* - passive only - along conc. gradient
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What makes protein pumps go thru conformational change?
The **hydrolysis of ATP (to ADP + Pi)** causes a conformational change in the protein pump | ATP allows the membrane proteins to change shape.
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Define conformational change
change in the shape of a macromolecule (e.g. protein)

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