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Biological Membranes and Membrane Proteins (L13) Flashcards

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what are a great model for studying biological membranes, lipids, integral membrane proteins, and membrane skeleton?

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RBCs

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8 functions of biological membranes

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  • compartmentalization
  • barrier to diffusion
  • define organelles and cell boundaries
  • scaffolds for proteins
  • transport molecules
  • transmit information
  • shape
  • assemble polysaccharides
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general properties of membranes

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  • fluidity
  • membrane fusion
  • selective permeability filter
  • capacitance
  • regulate information
  • asymmetry and scaffolding
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what is capacitance function of membranes?

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barrier to rapid transport of ions, electrical resistance, and charge difference - maintains 20-80 mV voltage (negative inside cell)

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general composition of membranes

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  • lipids
  • proteins
  • polysaccharides
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what do lipids self-assemble into?

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  • micelles
  • liposomes
  • bilayers
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primary lipids in biomembranes?

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  • phosphoglycerides
  • sphingolipids
  • cholesterol
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importance of phosphoglycerides

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important for compartment identity and precursors for signal transduction

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defining part of a sphingolipid?

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sphingosine - amino alcohol w/ long hydrocarbon tail

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significance of plants having little cholesterol

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promoted as heart healthy

  • could block/compete w/ other sterols for uptake
  • increase # of sterols in blood -> might signal for less cholesterol synthesis
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cause of atherosclerosis

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cholesterol, etc. accumulating on the inner walls of arteries and limiting blood flow and oxygen delivery to tissues

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potential side effect of statins to lower cholesterol?

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cholesterol is important precursor for vitamin D, bile acids, steroid hormones, cholesterol esters, modified proteins

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how do proteins move around in the membrane?

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mostly lateral movement - rarely flip flop (but flipases do that)

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changes in membrane lipid composition that decrease freezing point

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  • shorter chain length
  • more double bonds
  • less sterol
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how does a decrease in freezing point affect fluidity?

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minimizes the amount of interaction b/w FA’s -> increase fluidity

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three types of membrane proteins

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  • peripheral
  • lipid-anchored
  • integral or trans-membrane
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integral membrane proteins

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-have one or more transmembrane a-helix

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what is the major membrane protein of RBCs?

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glycophorin

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lipid-anchored proteins

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-associate via fatty acyl or prenyl groups

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Ras

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small G protein monomer - Tyr kinase signaling

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Rabs

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proteins that help specify compartment ID

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peripheral proteins

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-associate w/ integral membrane proteins or bind to phospholipid head groups

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what type of proteins can be extracted ionically?

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peripheral - extracted by salt treatments

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what type of proteins can only be extracted by detergents?

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integral - detergent is a small amphipathic molecule that make micelles and remove integral proteins

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ionic detergents
SDS (sodium dodeylsulfate) | sodium deoxycholate
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non-ionic detergents
triton X-100 | octylglucoside
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what are lipid rafts?
microdomains of specific lipids that cluster together and are different from surrounding lipids
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components of lipid rafts
- no glycolipids, PE, PC - enriched w/ glycosphingolipids and cholesterol - enriched for acylated peripheral/integral proteins
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6 functions of lipid rafts
1. signaling platforms 2. exocytosis 3. endocytosis 4. pathogen entry 5. apoptosis 6. cytoskeletal organization
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functions of membrane fluidity
- response to temp change - fusion and fission/sealing damages - substrate exchange - ETC - multiprotein complex formation
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evidence that proteins and lipids float in plane of membrane comes from....
- cell fusion experiments - FRAP - patching - lazer tweezers
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FRAP
fluorescence recovery after photobleaching 1. label membrane proteins w/ fluorescent reagent 2. bleach with laser 3. observe fluorescence recovery (characteristic kinetics) can estimate diffusion constants and how much molecules move around
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do all membrane proteins and lipids diffuse?
no
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when can lipids and proteins be immobilized?
- if in lipid rafts (microdomain) - protein-ECM interaction - protein-membrane skeleton association - cell-cell interaction
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describe membrane skeleton
non-covalent, submembranous array of proteins
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functions of membrane skeleton
- MAINTAINS CELL SHAPE - stabilizes lipid bilayer - creates and stabilizes domains of integral membrane proteins - regulates exocytosis and membrane vesicle trafficking - provides sites of attachment for cytoskeleton
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parts of membrane skeleton
- a and B spectrin - ankyrin - band 3 - glycophorin - band 4.1 - actin
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function of Band 3
major integral membrane protein: HCO3-/Cl- antiporter - 20-25% of total protein - can be cross-linked to ankyrin
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function of glycophorin
integral membrane protein - heavily glycosylated - negative charge keeps surface of RBC hydrophilic - keeps RBCs from sticking together (charge repulsion)
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function of band 4.1
anchor for spectrin
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what makes up junctional complex?
actin/spectrin binding with band 4.1
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function of a and B spectrin
help RBC change shape
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spectrin heterodimers
Bands 1 and 2 - 2 anti-parallel chains, w00 nm long - B-subunit, N-terminus associates w/ F-actin - modulated by CaM, phosphorylation, PIP2 - BINDS TO ANKYRIN AND BAND 4.1
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function of actin in the RBC membrane skeleton
present only in small fragments - hub for spectrin molecules to associate to form a filamentous meshwork
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hereditary spherocytosis mutations
can occur in several different genes: - a and B spectrin - protein 4.2 - band 3 MOST COMMON DEFECT = ANKYRIN results in small, spherical RBCs with increased fragility, decreases flexibility
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what molecules are permeable, slightly permeable, impermeable through membrane
permeable: gases, small uncharged polar molecules slightly permeable: some small uncharged polar molecules (like urea) impermeable: large uncharged polar molecules, ions, charged polar molecules
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three classes of transport integral membrane proteins
1. channels 2. transporters 3. pumps mediate transport of ions, sugars, aa's, and other metabolites across cellular membranes
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pumps
active transport - couples movement of S against its concentration gradient to ATP hydrolysis ex: Na+/K+ pump
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Na+/K+ pump
important plasma membrane protein | -Na out, K in (antiporter)
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what drugs target Na+/K+ pumps?
ouabain and digoxin
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channels
facilitated diffusion - transport protein assists in movement of a specific S down its concentration gradient ex: aquaporins, stretch-activated ion channels
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transporters
secondary active transport/ co-transport - transport protein couples movement of a S against it's concentration gradient to the movement of a second S down its concentration gradient
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GLUT1
uniporter for glucose-facilitated diffusion
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ABC proteins and disease
ATP-binding cassette proteins - important pumps CFTR -> cystic fibrosis ABCA1 -> Tangier's disease ABCD1 -> ADL ABCG5/8 -> B-sitosterolemia
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digoxin
- comes from digitalis/foxglove - used for CHF - mechanism: inhibitor of Na/K ATPase - helps heart beat more regularly and strongly
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NCX
Na+/Ca2+ exchanger - cation antiporter - uses Na gradient to move Ca against its gradient - pumps Ca out of muscle cells

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