Chapter 5 Flashcards
Separates the cell from surroundings- separates inside from outside of cell.
Cell Membrane
Allowing om substances to cross it more easily than others. Cells chooses who (the molecules) gets in and out of cell.
Selective permeability
What are cell membranes made out of?
Phospholipids
Are amphipathic molecules
Phospholipids
Of amphipathic molecules what part are lipids/heads? what are the tails?
Lipids/heads: hydrophilic
Tails: hydrophobic
They can switch places
In the phospholipid bilayer (2 layers)
what is inside the cell?
Cytoplasm
Of the cell membrane, Phospholipid bilayer have:
-Fluid
- Is Viscous
- Cholesterol
What of the cell membrane phospholipid bilayer has unsaturated tails that prevent packing?
Fluid
What of the cell membrane phospholipid bilayer has saturated tails packed together?
Viscous
What of the cell membrane phospholipid bilayer reduces membrane fluidity at moderate temperatures hindering solidification?
Cholesterol
Go all the way through the membrane. Penetrate the hydrophobic interior of the lipid bilayer.
Integral Proteins
Are loosely bound to the surface of the membrane.
Peripheral Proteins
Transport, enzymatic activity, attachment, cell-cell recognition, intercellular joining, signal transduction.
Proteins
Process of Transport of Proteins:
1.) Transport
2.) Enzymatic Activity
3.) Attachment to the Cytoskeleton and extracellular matric (ECM)
4.) Cell-cell recognition
5.) Intracellular joining
6.) Signal transduction
Act like little name tags. Cells recognize each other by binding to these.
Carbohydrates