cell signalling and cell membrane Flashcards

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1
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balls like structures of phospholipids

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micelles

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sheet like structures of phospholipids

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bilayers

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3
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fluidity in fluid mosaic model

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both phospholipids and proteins can move

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4
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mosaic in fluid mosaic model

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pattern produced by the scattered proteins molecules when cell membrane is viewed from above

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5
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what to double c-c bonds to do fluidity

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unsaturated tails make the membrane more fluid as fatty acid tails are bent and fit together more loosely

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6
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what happens to fluidity as temp decreases

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it decreases as there is less ke and phospholipids move less and pack together

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7
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cholesterol

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acts as fluidity buffer, stops pl packing together when low temps
hydrophobic regions help prevent ions and polar molecules form passing through

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8
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5 things the gp+gl+pr can be for

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receptor molecules
cell to cell recognition
transport proteins
enzymes
cytoskeleton

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9
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channel proteins

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water filled pores
allow charged substances(ion) to diffuse and water
gated
only down conc gradient

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10
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carrier proteins

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flip between 2 shapes
transport up and down conc gradient

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cell signalling

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molecular mechanisms by which cells detect and respond to external stimuli including communication between cells

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step of cell signalling

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  1. stimulus causes cell to secret a ligand
    2.ligand is transported to target cell
    3.ligand binds to cell surface receptor on the target cell
  2. transduction- ligand causes change of shape of receptor
    5.receptor spans membrane so message is passed to inside of cell
    6.response
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13
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autocrine signalling

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receptors on releasing cells

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14
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paracrine signalling

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receptors on adjacent cell

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15
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endocrine signalling

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signals have to travel through blood

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16
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ligand

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a biological molecules which binds to another molecule like a cell surface membrane receptor during cell signalling

17
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transduction

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process of converting a signal from one method of transmission to another

18
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4 factors affecting diffusion

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nature of molecules
surface area
temp
steepness of conc gradient

19
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what to channel p carry

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only ions

20
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aquaporins

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type of channel protein for water as when water diffuses normally it is slow

21
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what to carrier p carry

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glucose, amino acids, nucleotides, sugar

22
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what are channel p

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hydrophilic pores in cell membrane
only down conc gradient

23
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what are carrier p

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integral proteins up and down conc gradient

24
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water potential

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tendency of water to move from one place to another

25
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wp depends on

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conc of sol
pressure applied

26
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endocytosis

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the bulk movement of liquids or solids into a cell by the unfolding cell surface membrane to form vesicles containing the substance
requires app

27
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exocytosis

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the bulk movement of liquids or solids out of a cell by the fusion of vesicles containing the substance with the cell surface membrane
active process requires atp

28
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phagocytosis

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bulk uptake of solid material. phagocytes specialise in this

29
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bulk uptake of liquid

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pinocytosis/micropinicytosis

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