Ch 8 - Membranes Flashcards
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cell membrane
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- plasma membrane
- semipermeable phospholipid bilayer
- fat soluble easily cross
- fluid mosaic model
- selectively regulate traffic into and out of cell
- intracellular and intercellular communication and transport
- cellular receptors
- contains proteins, lipid rafts
- glycoprotein coat - carb associated with membrane protein
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Fluid mosaic model
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- phospholipids move in the plane of membrane
- lipid rafts - attachment points for biomolecules
- help with signaling
- Proteins and lipid rafts move within membrane
- flippases - help “flip” between layers
- can change composition of membrane to accomodate biosignaling and adjust cellular receptors
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Fattyy Acids and Triacylglycerols in membrane
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- fatty acids - hydrocarbon with carboxylic end
- unsaturated - one or more double bonds, liquid at room temp
- important for fluidity
- most come from triglycerol in diet, through intestine via chylomicrons
- unsaturated - one or more double bonds, liquid at room temp
- triglycerides - storage lipids, 3 fatty acid chains esterified by glycerol
- saturated fats decrease fluidity
- unhealthy fats that are found in animal products
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Phospholipids
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- glycerophospholipid
- substitute a fatty acid chain in a triglycerol for a phosphate group
- micellles - aka liposomes - due to hydrophobic interactions
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Sphingolipids
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- hydrophilic region and 2 fatty acid tails
- ceramide
- sphyingomyelins
- cerebrosides
- gangliosides
- varie based on different hydrophilic groups on head
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Cholesterol and Steroids in Membrane
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- steroids derived from cholesterol
- cholesterol keeps membrane fluid
- hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions
- high temps - prevent movement
- low temp - prevent crystal structures to increase fluidity
- high concentration in membrane
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Waxes in membrane
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- very hydrophobic
- more likely in plants than animals
- waterproofing and protective property
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Proteins in membrane
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- integral proteins - associated with interior, mostly hydrophobic
- transmembrane proteins - completely through
- transporters, channels, receptors
- embedded protein - only interior or only exterior
- transmembrane proteins - completely through
- membrane-associated proteins -
- peripheral proteins
- electrostatic interaction, lipid rafts, attach to other protein
- intracellular and associated with other structure
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Carbohydrates in Membrane
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- attached to proteins on extracellular surface
- signaling
- recognition molecules
- ABO antigens differ by carbohydrate sequence on sphingolipids
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Cell Adhesion Molecules (CAM)
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- proteins that allow cells to recognize each other
- differentiation
- development
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Gap Junctions
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- direct cell to cell communication
- connexons - alignment and interaction of pores
- connexin - makes pores
- water and solutes movement between cells
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Tight Junctions
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- prevent leaking into space between cells
- paracellular route
- epithelial cells for water tight protection
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Desmosomes
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- bind adjacent cells
- anchor to cytoskeleton
- interaction between transmembrane proteins associated with intermediate filaments inside adjacent cells
- epithelial tissue
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simple diffusion
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- substrate moves down concentration gradient directly across the membrane
- particle must be freely permeable to the membrane
- energy dissipated as the gradient decreases
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Osmosis
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- water moves from low to high solute concentration regions
- Important when impermeable solute
- hypotonic solution- low surrounding conc, cell is higher conc
- swell
- hypertonic solution- high surrounding conc, cell is lower conc
- shrivle
- isotonic
- net movement is zero
- water can still move, but net is zero
- osmotic pressure - aka colligative property
- conc of dissolved particles
- Π = iMRT
- Π : osmotic pressure
- M - molarity
- R - ideal gas constant
- T temperature (K)
- i - van’t Hoff factor
- number of particles from a molecules (NaCl = 2)
