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Cell communication Flashcards

Ch. 7, 11

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What is selective permeability

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Some substances can cross a barrier while others cannot

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What deos amphipathic mean

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A substance with both a hydrophobic and a hydrophillic region

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What is the fluid mosaic model

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The membrane is a mosaic where the phospholipids are the liquid and the embedded proteins are the mosaic pieces

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What type of bonds hold together the phospholipid bilayer

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Hydrophobic interactions

Weaker than covalent bonds

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What are two ways in which we can increase membrane fluidity

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  1. Increase temperature
  2. Increase amount of unsaturated fatty acids
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How does cholesterol act in plasma membranes

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Cholesterol acts as a fluidity buffer as it hinders the close packing of fatty acids in the membrane

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Why must a membrane be fluid to work properly

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The fluidity affects the permeability and ability of membrane proteins to move

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What are integral proteins

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Proteins that penetrate the membrane and have hydrophobic regions that are found inside the membrane
Some span the entire membrane while others do not

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What are transmembrane proteins

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Integral proteins that protrude on both sides of the plasma membrane

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What are peripheral proteins

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Proteins that are loosely bound to membrane surface and are often bound to integral proteins

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What are the 6 functions of membrane proteins

The red elephant crossed an island

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  1. Transport
  2. Receptors
  3. Enzymes
  4. Cell-cell recognition
  5. Intercellular joining
  6. Attachment to cytoskeleton
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Explain how membrane proteins function as transport proteins

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Proteins may provide selective passage through hydrophilic channels,or else shuttle through shape-changing proteins

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Explain how membrane proteins function as enzymes

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Enzymes with active sites exposed to a substance may carry out steps of metabolic pathways

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Explain how membrane proteins function in a signal transduction pathways

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Receptor proteins may have binding site with specific chemical messangers. These may cause proteins to change shape, relaying message inside the cell

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Explain how membrane proteins function in cell-to-cell recognition

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Glycoproteins may serve as ID tags to be specifically recognized by proteins of other cells

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Explain how membrane proteins function through intercellular joining

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Proteins of adjacent cells may hook together (gap/tight junctions)

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Explain how membrane proteins function in cytoskeleton attachement

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They help mainain shape / stabilize location of other proteins (eg fibronectins). They coordinate intra/extracellular changes

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What kind of molecules can pass through the lipid membranes easily

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Small and hydrophobic

Hydrophillic / polar molecules canNOT pass

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What are channel proteins

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Hydrophillic channels that certain molecules or ions use as a tunnel through the membrane

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What is an aquaporin

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A channel protein that facilitates H2O movement through membrane

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What are carrier proteins

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A protein that holds substances and change shape to shuttle substances across membrane

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True or false:
Transport proteins are specific to the substances they shuttle

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True

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What is diffusion

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The movement of particles* of any substance so that they spread out randomly into available space

This does not require energy and is therefore a passive transport

  • This is because of thermal energy of individual molecules
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What is a concentration gradient

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The region along which the density of a chemical substance increases / decreases

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What is osmosis

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The diffusion of free H2O across a selectively permeable membrane

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What does isotonic mean

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Balanced H2O molecule concentration on either side of a plasma membrane

H2O may move across membrane but with no net movement

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What does hypertonic mean

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The solution in a cell has a high solute concentration and therefore a low H2O concentration

H2O will move to a hypertonic region

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What does hypotonic mean

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The solution in a cell has a low solute concentration and a high H2O concentration

H2O will leave the hypotonic region

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What is osmoregulation

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The regulation of H2O : solute concentrations

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What does turgid mean

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The healthy state for most plants → The plant cell wall is hypotonic and therefore the inside of the cell has an excess amount of water and exerts a pressure against the cell to maintain pressure

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What does flaccid mean

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Plant is limp; wilted → Isotonic surroundings and no net flow of water

33
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What is plasmolysis

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The plant cell dies → The cell is in a hypertonic solution and the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall

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What does lysed mean in animal cells

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The cell surroundings are hypotonic, meaning water will enter the cell, leading to a burst

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What does shrivelled mean in terms of animal cells

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The cell is placed in a hypertonic solution and water leaves the cell, leading to the shrivelling of the cell

36
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What is facillitated diffusion

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Passive transport through membrane proteins of polar (hydrophillic) molecules and ions

37
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What is an ion channel

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Channel protein that transports ions

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What are gated channels

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Channel proteins that open and close in response to stimuli

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What is active transport

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Transport of a substrate against a concentration gradient and requires energy

40
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What reaction supplies most of the energy required in active transport

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ATP hydrolysis

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The cytoplasmic side of the plasma membrane has what kind of charge and from where does this charge come

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The cytoplasmic side has a negative charge that comes from an imbalanec in cations and anion concentrations

42
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What is the voltage potential

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The voltage across a membrane

43
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What is an electrical chemical gradient

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As cations and anions move towards their oppositely attracted regions they create an electrical gradient

44
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What is an electrogenic pump

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A transport protein that generates voltage across the membrane

45
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What is a proton pump

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A transport protein that moves H+ out of the cell

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What is cotransportation

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The coupling of “downhill” diffusion of one substance with the “uphill” transport of another against a concentration gradient

47
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What is exocytosis

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The fusion of vesicles to plasma membrane where inside substances leave the cell

Ex. cells in pancreas secreting insulin

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What is endocytosis

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The uptake of substances into a cell by forming vesicles from the plasma membrane

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What are the three types of endocytosis

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  1. Phagocytosis - cell engulfs food particles
  2. Pinocytosis - cell engulfs liquids
  3. Receptor mediated - substance binds to receptors and cell engulfs substance upon recognition
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BULK TRANSPORT

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51
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What is endocrine signaling

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Long-distance cell signaling in an organism

52
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What is paracrine signaling

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Local cell signaling in an organism

53
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What is a growth factor

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A local signal molecule in organisms that stimulate cell growth and division

54
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What is synaptic signaling

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An electrical signal that passes through neural cells in organisms

55
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What are hormones

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Plant and animal cell signaling molecules

56
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What is a ligand

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A signaling molecule that specifically binds to a receptor molecule which causes a cascade of reactions in a cell

57
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GPCRs are what type of protein

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Cell-surface, transmembrane protein that works with GTP

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Describe how a GPCR works when bound by a ligand

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  1. When a ligand binds to the G protein-coupled receptor, causing activation and shape change, the affinity for G-proteins increases and
  2. they come together and GTP replaces GDP.
  3. The now-active G protein dissociates and binds to an enzyme, leading to further cell responses
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Describe how a RTK works when bound by a ligand

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  1. The binding of a ligand causes dimerization in a receptor-tyrosine kinase, forming a dimer complex
  2. This activates tyrosine kinase regions as each region gains a phosphate group from ATP
  3. The fully active RTK is now recognized by other relay proteins which will lead to a cell response
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Explain how an ion-channel gated receptor works when bound by a ligand

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  1. When a ligand binds to the channel, this causes a shape change to “open”, allowing certain ions to flow through, leading to a cell response
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A ligand must be one of two things to cross the hydrophobic barrier:

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  1. Hydrophobic enough
  2. Small enough
62
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What are the three ligand molecules that are small enough and hydrophobic enough to cross the bilayer

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  1. Steroid hormones
  2. Thyroid problems
  3. NO (nitric oxide)
63
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What is a protein kinase

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An enzyme that transfers phosphate from ATP to proteins (typically a serine or threonine kinase)

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What is a phosphorylation cascade

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A series of proteins in a path are phosphorylated in turn, with each protein adding a phosphate group to the next in line

65
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What is a protein phosphatase

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An enzyme that removes phosphate from proteins (dephosphorylation) and deactivates the protein

66
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What is a second messanger

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A small, non-protein, aqueous molecule involved in a signal transduction pathway (eg. cAMP, Ca2+)

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Explain how cAMP can act as a second messanger in an STP

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The enzyme adenylyl cyclase embedded in the plasma membrane can covert ATP into cAMP. cAMP is broadcasted into the cytoplasm, sending signals from outside the cell (eg. from a ligand)

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Explain how IP3 and DAG are involved in the release of Ca2+ in the cell

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A ligand signal travels to a phospholipase that cleaves an IP3 from the plasma membrane (initially IPI2) which diffuses and reaches the smooth ER and acts as a signal molecule for an IP3 gated Ca2+ channel, releasing Ca2+ into the cytoplasme

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Name four ways in which signal transduction pathway responses can be regulated

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  1. Amplification → Multiple proceeding enzymes may be catalyzed at once
  2. Control points → Different cells have different proteins are thus respond differently to stimuli
  3. Scaffolding proteins → Large relay proteins may bind several relay proteins all together
  4. Signal termination → Proteins can change from active to inactive form
70
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What is apoptosis

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Controlled cell suicide

71
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What is a death signal

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A signal that comes from inside or outside the cell that signals for the cell to self destruct → activation of nuclease and capase

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