Ch 4-6 Flashcards
When integral proteins extend across a membrane and act in transport (carriers or channels)
Transmembrane protein
Embedded firmly in lipid layer
Integral protein
____ Are attached to exposed part of integral protein
Peripheral proteins
Sugar + protein
Glycoproteins
Membrane proteins in adjacent cells fuse to form barrier preventing movement between cells
Small intestine, bladder
Tight junctions
Proteins “weld” anchored by filaments
Skin and cardiac muscle
Desmosomes
Joined transmembrane proteins (connexions) form a channel linking two cells
Cardiac muscle
Gap junctions
Tendency of atoms/molecules to spread out evenly due to random motion
Diffusion
Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane
Osmosis
Uses a protein carrier (specific attach and release) or channel to go through the membrane
Facilitated diffusion
Moves large particles out of the cell
Exocytosis
Moves large particles into the cell
Endocytosis
Segment of DNA that carries instructions for one polypeptide chain
Gene
The DNA molecule separates into two strands, then produces two new complementary strands following the rules of base pairing
DNA replication
a triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger RNA chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.
Codon
a sequence of three nucleotides forming a unit of genetic code in a transfer RNA molecule, corresponding to a complementary codon in messenger RNA.
Anticodon
_______is the movement of molecules across a cell membrane in the direction against their concentration gradient, i.e. moving from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration.
Active transport
_______ is a movement of biochemicals and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes. Unlike active transport, it does not require an input of chemical energy, being driven by the growth of entropy of the system.
Passive transport
the ingestion of bacteria or other material by phagocytes and amoeboid protozoans.
Phagocytosis
Making of RNA from DNA
Transcription
movement of a body from one point of space to another
Translation
Each chromosome consists of two identical “sister” ________
Chromatids
Each pair of chromatids is attached at an area called the ____
Centromere
- nucleus
- cytoplasm
- cell membrane
Structure of the cell