Cell Biology Chapter 9: The Endomembrane System and Membrane Trafficking Flashcards
The Endomembrane System Controls Molecular Transport In/Out Of Cell
True
vesicle-mediated transport
Existing membrane pinches off to form a vesicle
Vesicle-mediated Transport - 9 Steps
- Cargo selection
- Budding
- Scission
- Uncoating
- Transport
- Tethering
- Docking
- Fusion
- Disassembly
Exocytosis
Is a one way journey from ER —> Golgi —> to the plasma membrane
Cargo Selection
Sorting mechanisms are used to ensure only the right molecules are transported
Cytosolic tails of membrane proteins
Anterograde signal can consist of two leucines (-LL-)
Coat Proteins (Clathrin, COPI and COPII are examples) Cause receptors and other proteins with signal sequences to cluster into a patch on the surface of the donor compartment
Coat proteins
cause the receptors to cluster in a patch the surface of the donor compartment.
The 3 common Coat proteins are
Clathrin, COPI and COPII
Budding
Clustered coat proteins interact with cytosolic adaptor proteins
Together the coat and the adaptor proteins form a mesh-like lining. Makes the formation of vesicles energetically favorable
*Membranes would never pinch off vesicles by themselves
Scission
The budded vesicle must be cut from the membrane it originated from
Scission proteins surround the “neck” and tighten it until the membrane breaks
Uncoating
Coat proteins (like COPI and COPII) are no longer needed once the vesicle is free. They are recycled
Transport
Motor proteins that attach to microtubules or actin filaments (see Chapter 5) transport vesicles with cargo
Not absolutely required, but increases the efficiency of delivery
Tethering
Vesicles have small GTP-binding proteins called Rab proteins on them
Rabs bind tether proteins and this forms a temporary complex on the acceptor membrane bringing the vesicle closer to it
Like a search and rescue mission….Is it our vesicle?
Docking
After the “Rab” protein helps the vesicle find their targets, they have to dock.
t-SNARES (on target membrane)
v-SNARES (on vesicle membrane)
Are complementary and bind one another, stabilizing the temporary connection made between Rabs and tether proteins
Fusion
Several v-SNARE and t-SNARE interactions will lead to the fusion of the vesicle membrane with the acceptor compartment
Disassembly
This triggers uncoupling of the SNARE pairs by NSF and SNAP proteins
(they can be used again)
V-SNARES will be recycled back to the donor compartment in vesicles moving in the opposite direction
Exocytosis Begins In The ER
True
Exocytosis
Newly synthesized endomembrane proteins are modified in the ER.
Signaling sequences in the newly-made proteins signal their secondary destinations. Some have retention signals that keep them in the ER.
Proteins that leave the ER enter the cis-Golgi network via COPII-coated vesicles.
Retrograde vesicle transport returns ER-resident proteins from the Golgi apparatus to the ER.
Peptidase
Signal Peptidase cleaves the amino-terminal signal sequence from most proteins that have one
N-oligosaccharide transferase
adds a core oligosaccharide to the side chain of Asn residues in an N-linked glycosylation signal
Patients with I-cell disease fail to form proper lysosomes, and thus accumulate inclusion bodies in their cells. In vitro (cell culture), cells from some I-cell patients can be “rescued” (restored to normal phenotype) by adding normal lysosomal enzymes to the culture medium. However, this treatment does not eliminate inclusions in cells from other I-cell patients. Which statement best explains this discrepancy?
) Cells that respond to the added enzymes have functional endosome proton pumps but faulty lysosomal enzymes; cells that do not respond have functional endosome proton pumps but faulty mannose-6-phosphate receptors.
What would happen if a cell had mutated COPI proteins
ER proteins that were accidentally carried to the Golgi complex would not return to the ER.
Choose the proper temporal sequence of events taking place for formation of a lysosome (first–> last).
Budding of vesicles from the trans Golgi network, dissociation of mannose-6-phosphate receptors from their ligands, activation of acidic hydrolases.
Recently, a t-SNARE was found in the outer membrane of mitochondria of a cell. What are the implications of this finding?
This suggests that vesicles budding from the Golgi fuse with mitochondria.
Which of the following is NOT a type of vesicle coat protein? rab, clathrin, COPI, COPII
rab