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Chap 9 and 10: lipids and membranes pt. 2 Flashcards

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What are Terpenoids also called?

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Isoprenoids

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what are Terpeniods

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they are lipids that are built from isoprene units rather than fatty acid

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What is Isoprene composed of?

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a basic 5 carbon unit

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What makes up a terpene?

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2 Isoprene

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What are more complex Terpenoids built from?

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built up from multiple isoprene units

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*know the structure of Isoprene

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okayy

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What produces Terpenes?

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produced primarily by a wide variety of plants and also some insects

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Archaeal Cell Membranes are built from what?

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from glycerophospholipids with isoprenoid tail and ether linkages

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What vitamins are Isoprenoids?

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A, D, E, K

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Vitamin def

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compound that are essential to the health of humans and other vertebrates that cannot be synthesized so they must be obtained in the diet

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Steroid (cholesterol) Biosynthesis

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-Squalene cyclization = steroid nucleus/backbone
-Squalene=triterpene–> so steroids are terpenoids

-enzyme-catalyzed addition of oxygen atom to squalene to form an epoxide followed by Enzyme catalyzed cyclization = steroid nucleus

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Steroids make-up

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-characterized by Steroid nucleus:
-made up of 4-fused rings, -three 6-membered rings, and -one 5-membered rings fused together

-rings are planar (wedged-shaped)

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Where are steroids present in?

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-present in most Eukaryotic Cells

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Cholesterol is most common where and a precursor for what? and properties

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-most common steroid in animals
-precursor for all other steroids in animals

-mostly nonpolar, mostly water insoluble
***know structure

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Steroids function

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-salt balance and metabolic function, and sexual function in animals
-part of endocrine signaling

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endocrine signaling def

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messengers secreted by glands and carried though the bloodstream to distant targeting tissues

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Steroid properties

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-lipid soluble
-receptors are cytoplasmic (hydrophobic)
-bacteria can not synthesize steroids

-are cholesterol derivatives
***recog steroid backbone

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What is Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)?

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steroid hormone (terpenoid) that regulates Ca 2+ metabolism

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What are Bile Acids (BAs)/ Bile salts?

(what kind of detergent?)
(how to recognize?)

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-they are an oxidation derivatives of cholesterol
-they are amphiphilic detergents

**look for polar head and steroid backbone

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***recog/draw cholesterol esters

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OKAYY

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What does fat absorption require?

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requires Bile salts

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What does bile salts due for fat absorption (2 things)

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-they aid in digestion (dissolve fats in small intestine , with micelles, to allow absorption into the blood)
-play a role as cofactors and pigments

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What are Cholesterol Esters? what are they involved in?

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-they are made from fatty acid esterified to cholesterol alcohol (OH)

-they are involved in cholesterol transport in lipoproteins

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What are Lipoproteins?

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they are protein + lipid (TAG and cholesterol) that work as lipid transport in the circulation

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Structure of lipoprotein
-Monolayer of glycerophospholipid (amphipathic) -inside/core of the monolayer there are nonpolar lipids (TAG and cholesterol esters) -some cholesterol are found in the monolayer -proteins (apoproteins) are found outside of the monolayer **looks like a micelle
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function of lipoprotein
-Oil drop: coated with proteins and glycerophospholipid skin -allos TAGs and cholesterol to be transported to organs to use as fuel or deposit to storage molecules (adipose tissues)
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Largest lipoproteins have what?
the lowest density
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Chylomicrons function (lipoproetein)
-transport dietary TAGs + cholesterol from the intestine to liver -transport TAGs-->muscle + adipose
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Atherosclerosis def, function, and associated with what?
-low density Lipoprotein (LDL) = bad cholesterol -transports cholesterol from the liver -associated with the deposition of cholesterol on the arterial walls
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High density Lipoproteins def and fucntion
-also known as HDL -good cholesterol -transports cholesterol to the liver -associates with carrying cholesterol out of the blood
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IDL
Intermediate density Lipoprotein
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VLDL
Very low density lipoprotein
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what causes Heart attacks?
-rupture of arterial plaque -results in blood clots that causes blockage of artery in heart -no RBCs and so no O2 supply past clot -heart muscle death -can result in physical death
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Cholesterol Transport process diagram
VLDL-->IDL-->LDL; HDL -Chylomicrons carry dietary lipids from the intestines and deliver TAGs to cells -VLDLs carry lipids from the liver and deliver TAGs to cells -IDLs are derived from VLDLs -LDLs are derived from IDLs and are primary cholesterol delivery to cells -HDLs carry cholesterol from cells for disposal back to liver GO O OVER IN SLIDE 34
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Cholesterol Transport: Chylomicrons
carry dietary lipids from the intestines and deliver TAGs to cells
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Cholesterol Transport: VLDLs
carry lipids from the liver and deliver TAGs to cells
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Cholesterol Transport: LDLs
are derived from IDLs and are primary cholesterol delivery to cells
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Cholesterol Transport: HDLs
-HDLs carry cholesterol from cells for disposal back to liver
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Cholesterol Transport: IDLs
-IDLs are derived from VLDLs
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Phospholipases def
enzymes that hydrolyze the ester/phosphoester bonds of phospholipids
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Phospholipases are named by what? and what contains phospholipases?
-named by which ester bond hydrolyzed -venoms of poisonous snakes contain phospholipases (A2)
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what does a lysophospholipid do?
acts as a detergent that dissolves RBC membranes causing them to rupture
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Phospholipase rxn
looks at diagram S(36) creates lysophospholipid
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What are Eicosanoids? (def)
derivatives of arachidonic acid released by enzymatic cleavage from membrane phospholipids -2 or more step process
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Eicosanoids are what kind of hormone?
-they are paracrine hormones (short signaling): hormones that have an affect on cells near where they have been synthesized -also called local signaling
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Eicosanoids hormone signaling/ PGH2 synthase
1. Phospholipase A2 cuts at C2 carbon of a membrane phospholipid 2. arachidonic acid gets released (C20) 3. prostaglandin H2 synthase (PGH2 synthase, Cyclooxygenase, COX) + O2 reacts with arachidonic acid 4. makes prostaglandin H2 (PGH2) a hormone 5. this hormone can increase body temp., inflammation, pain, uterine smooth muscle contraction
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NSAID def and types
-Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs -Ibuprofen, Naproxen
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What kind of competitors are NSAIDs
Reversible Competitive inhibitors of PGH2 Synthase= cyclooxygenase=COX *suicide inhibitor or RSA
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what do naproxen and Ibuprofen contain
contain benzene rings and carboxylic acids
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Biological membrane is composed of what?
-continuous phase (lipids) -discontinuous phase (lipids) - a mosaic -proteins -lipid link proteins *chart on S40
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Biological membrane: continuous phase
fluid lipid bilayer matrix (2D sea)
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Biological membrane: discontinuous phase
proteins floating in the lipids like rafts/icebergs
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Biological membrane: mosaic
made up of different proteins that interact with the lipid bilayer by electrostatic interaction (extrinsic/ peripheral membrane proteins) *bind via non-covalent interactions to membrane surfaces *easy to solubilize and separate by pH, salt concentration, urea
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Biological membrane: proteins
partially/completely penetrate or span the lipid bilayer (intrinsic/integral membrane proteins) *req detergents to remove
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Biological membrane: lipid linked proteins
can be released from membrane by phospholipase C * can be in the cytosol and ECM side of the membrane
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Peripheral membrane proteins (PHP) def
bind via non-covalent interactions to membrane surface -can be on cytosol and ECM side -easy to solubilize by pH, salt conc, urea
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Integral membrane proteins (IMPs)
have hydrophobic region that associates with membrane; hard to remove and difficult to solubilize (spans the membrane or penetrates it) *require detergents to remove *contain alpha-helix and beta-barrel
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mild nonionic detergent fucntion
dissolves membranes without unfolding proteins *some can only be used to remove only peripheral proteins (amphipathic)
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Ionic detergent
dissolves membranes and unfolds/denatures proteins *removes integral and peripheral proteins
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Sucrose specific porin def
Porins act as pores thorugh which less molecules can diffuse -prevalent in mitochondria, in outer membrane, and Gram negative bacteria
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Lateral Diffusion
-can diffuse laterally (side ways) -can rotate in the plane of the membrane -CANNOT diffuse transversely through membrane *very fast
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Fluid-Mosaic Model
-in a liquid-crystal (fluid) state
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Transverse diffusion
-proteins can flip to the opposite layer -NO lateral diffusion -can rotate -proteins float around membrane like icebergs *very slow
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what technique showed proof of lateral diffusion?
FRAP- Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching
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what does FRAP- Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching do?
laser bleaches and destroys fluorescence of a label in a region of membrane -fluorescence recovers and diffuses into damaged region
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Flippases def
facilitate the lipids flipping from one layer to another and can help a lipid flip back to original (help transverse diffusion)
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What kind of symmetry is a membrane bilayer?
It is Asymmetrical -2 halves of the bilayer have different phospholipids and glycolipids
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where are carbohydrates located on the bilayer?
carbs whether attached to protein or lipids are located on the non cytosolic side of the bilayer -contribute to Transverse Asymmetry
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Where are proteins located on the bilayer?
proteins are embedded in the membrane in a specific orientation crucial to their function -contribute to Transverse Asymmetry
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Lipid Rafts def and function
-def: Sphingolipids and sterols self associate into unique domains within the membrane -particular membrane proteins may be recruited/ excluded from rafts -fuct: participate in recognition, signaling
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Sphingolipid saturated chains like to self associate due to what?
Van der Waals (hydrophobic) interactions

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