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BIO 107 - Cell and Mol. Bio > Cytoskeleton > Flashcards

Cytoskeleton Flashcards

1
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Families of protein filaments

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  • Actin filaments
  • microtubules
  • intermediate filaments
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2
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shape of the cell’s surface; whole-cell locomotion; pinching of one cell into two

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Actin filaments

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positions of membrane enclosed organelles; direct intracellular transport; from the mitotic spindle

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Microtubules

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4
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mechanical strength

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intermediate filaments

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5
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  • underlie the plasma membrane of animal cells
  • strength and shape to its thin lipid bilayer
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Actin Filaments

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Types Cell surface projections formed by actin filaments

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  • filopodia
  • lamellipodia
  • pseudopodia
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7
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on the surface of hair cells in the inner ear contain stable bundles of actin filaments that tilt as rigid rods in response to sound

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Stereocilia

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on the surface of intestinal epithelial cells vastly increase the apical cell-surface area to enhance nutrient absorption

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Microvilli

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9
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Where can microtubles be found?

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In cytoplasmic array that extend to cell periphery

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10
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  • found in cytoplasmic array that extends to the cell periphery
  • form a bipolar mitotic spindle during cell division
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Microtubules

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11
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What does microtubules form?

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Cilia

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12
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motile whips or sensory devices

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Cilia

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13
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  • line the inner face of the nuclear envelope
  • protective cage for the cell’s DNA
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Intermediate filaments

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14
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twisted into strong cables that can hold epithelial cells sheet together.

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intermediate filaments in cytosol

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15
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An important and dramatic example of rapid reorganization of the cytoskeleton occurs during

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Cell division

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16
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bipolar mitotic spindle

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Interphase microtubules

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17
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crawl across the surface of the dish

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Actin

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18
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belt around the middle of the cell; pinch the cell into two

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Contractile ring

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19
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protrusive structure filled with newly polymerized actin filaments

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Neutrophils

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20
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The cells that have achieved a stable, differentiated morphology

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Mature neurons or epithelial cells

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21
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cytoskeletal-based cell surface protrusions including microvilli and cilia are able to maintain a ____ ____

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constant location

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22
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use organized arrays of microtubules, actin filaments, and intermediate filaments to maintain the critical differences between the apical surface and the basolateral surface

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Polarized epithelial cells

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23
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Subunits for actin filaments; ATP hydrolysis

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actin subunits

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24
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subunits for microtubules; GTP hydrolysis

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Microtubules

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25
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are made up of subunits that are themselves elongated and fibrous

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intermediate filaments

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26
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  • determine the spatial distribution and the dynamic behavior of the filaments
  • bind to the filaments or their subunits to determine the sites of
    assembly of new filaments
  • bring cytoskeletal structure under the control of extracellular and intracellular signals
  • maintain a highly organized but flexible internal structure
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accessory proteins

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27
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  • bind to a polarized cytoskeletal filament
  • energy from ATP hydrolysis to move along the filament, and the “cargo” they carry
  • carry membrane enclosed organelles
  • cause cytoskeletal filaments to exert tension or to slide against each other
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motor proteins

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28
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tubulin homolog that forms Z-ring

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FtsZ

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29
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actin homolog

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MreB and Mbl

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30
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bacterial actin homolog;
encoded by a gene on certain bacterial plasmids that also carry genes responsible for antibiotic resistance

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ParM

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31
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harbors a protein with significant structural similarity to intermediate filaments

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Caulobacter crescentus (italicized)

32
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a protein that forms a filamentous structure that influences the unusual crescent shape of this species

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Crescentin

33
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assembly of actin subunits

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head-to-tail

34
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types of Different ends

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  • Minus end
  • plus end
35
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a slower growing minus end

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Pointed end

36
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faster-growing plus end

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Barbed end

37
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the minimum length at which random thermal fluctuations are likely to cause it to bend

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Persistence length

38
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control their shape and movement

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Regulation of actin filament formation

39
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subunits assemble into an initial aggregate, or nucleus, that is
stabilized by multiple subunit–subunit
contacts and can then elongate rapidly by
addition of more subunits

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nuceloation

40
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lag period; G-actin aggregates into short, unstable oligomers; when oligomers reaches a certain length, it can act as a stable seed or nucleus

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Nucleation

41
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rapidly increases in length by the addition of actin monomers to both of its ends

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Elongation

42
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G-actin monomers exchange with subunits at the filament ends, but there is no net change in the total mass of filaments

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Steady-state

43
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called when steady-state phase has been reached, the concentration of the pool of unassembled subunits

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Critical concentration, Cc

44
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the ratio of the “on”and “off” rate constant

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Dissociation constant

45
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manifested by the different rates at which G-actin adds to the two end

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Polarity of F-actin

46
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decorated actin filaments nucleate the polymerization of G-actin

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Myosin

47
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caused by a difference in Cc values at the two ends

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DIfference of elongation filament

48
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Cc is about six times ____ for polymeration at (+) end than addition at the (-) end

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lower

49
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G-actin concentrations intermediate between the Cc values for the (+) and the (-) end

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Stead-state phase

50
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regulates the actin behavior, that bind actin monmers or filaments

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Accessory proteins

51
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a measure of how long an individual actin monomer spends in a filament as it treadmills

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Filament half-life

52
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inhibition of actin polymerization; they cannot associated with either the plus or minus ends; neither hydrolyze nor exchange their bound nucleotide

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Thymosin

53
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binds to the face of the actin monomer opposite the ATP-binding cleft, blocking the side of the monomer that would normally associate with the filament minus end

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Profilin

54
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prerequisite for cellular actin polymerization

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Filament nucleation

55
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actin-related proteins

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Arp 2/3 complex

56
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dimeric proteins that nucleate the growth of straight, unbranched filaments that can be cross-linked by other proteins to form parallel bundles

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Formins

57
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side-binding proteins; elongated protein that binds simultaneously to six or seven adjacent actin subunits

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Tropomyosin

58
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binds at the plus end; stabilizes an actin filament (inactive)

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Capping protein (CapZ)

59
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  • capping long-lived actin filaments in muscle; minus end-binding
  • binds tightly to the minus ends that have been coated and stabilized by tropomyosin
  • reduce their elongation and depolymerization
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Tropomodulin

60
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  • are activated by high levels of cytosolic Ca2+
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Gelsolin superfamily

61
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interacts with the side of the actin filament and contains subdomains that bind to two different sites

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Gelsolin

62
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  • actin depolymerizing factor;
  • binds along the length of the actin filament, forcing the filament to twist a little more tightl
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Cofilin

63
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cross-link actin filaments into parallel array

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Bundling proteins

64
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hold two actin filaments together at a large angle to each other, forming a looser meshwork

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Gel-forming proteins

65
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enable stress fiber and other contractile arrays to contract
- an elongated protein formed from two heavy chains and two copies of each light chains

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Myosin II

66
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close packing of actin filaments; not contractile

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Fimbrin

67
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cross-links oppositely polarized actin filaments into loose bundle; allowing the binding of myosin and formation of contractile actin bundles

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α-actinin

68
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formation of a loose and highly viscous gel; by clamping together two actin filaments roughly at right angles

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Filamin

69
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observed in migrating fibroblasts. These are filled with dense cores of filamentous actin

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Lamellipodia

70
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defect in nerve-cell migration during early embryonic development

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filamin A gene mutations

71
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periventricular region of the brain fail to migrate to the cortex and instead form nodules

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Periventricular heteropia

72
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web-forming; long, flexible protein made out of four elongated polypeptide chains

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Spectrin

73
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first motor protein identified

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Skeletal muscle myosin

74
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globular head domain at its N-terminus. contains force-generating machine

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Heavy chain

75
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– bind close to the N-terminal head

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Light chains

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