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Cell Theory

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Unifying principle of biology:
- Cells are fundamental unit of life
- All organisms are made of cells.
- All cells come from preexisting cells
- Modern cells evolved from a common ancestor

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Site of cellular transport of nutrients and waste for all cells

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Cell membrane

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Cellular intake of nutrients and release of waste products happens faster when what ratio is higher

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Surface area to volume

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What limits how big a cell can get

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Surface area

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Components of all cells

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  • Cell Membrane: Outer boundary of every cell; phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins
  • Cytoplasm: Everything in cell (except nucleus if applicable)
  • Cytosol: Fluid cytoplasm not contained inside other compartment.
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What organelles do prokaryotic cells have that eukaryotic cells don’t

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Nucleoid, cell wall, capsule (not in all prokaryotes)

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Prokaryotic cell walls are polymers of

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Peptidoglycan

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Difference between gram negative and positive bacteria

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Gram negative bacteria have a thin peptidoglycan cell wall surrounded by a polysaccharide-rich outer membrane (rod-shaped) vs positive bacteria that have no outer membrane but have layers of thick peptidoglycan cell wall (spherical)

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Hairlike structures that help bacteria adhere to other cells

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Pili

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Used by prokaryotes to swim, made from protein flagellin

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Flagella

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Function of slimy capsule that some bacteria have outside their cell wall

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  • Prevents detection by host immune cells
  • Keeps cells from drying out
  • Sometimes help with adhesion to other cells
  • Mostly made of polysaccharides
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Steps of cell fractionation

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  • Break cells open through homogenization; amphipathic cells could do this
  • Separate homogenate using centrifugation; organelles with greatest density would fall first (nuclei first)
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Nucleus in DNA

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  • Stores DNA
  • Site of DNA replication, transcription, ribosome assembly
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How is DNA packed in the nucleus?

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Chromatin+chromosomes (compacted chromatin)

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Chromatin

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DNA and the histone proteins it wraps around

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Where is DNA stored in prokaryotes

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Nucleoid

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Where does transcription and translation occur in prokaryotes

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In cytoplasm (happens at the same time and place)

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Mitosis

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Process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells

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How did nucleus form

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Through invagination of the cell membrane

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Mitochondria

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  • Powerhouse of cell
  • Uses glucose to produce ATP
  • Next dense organelle after nucleus
  • Many layers of membrane
  • Has own DNA and can divide separately from cell division but can’t divide or grow outside cell
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Which cells have the most mitochondria

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Cells that require a lot of ATP (e.g muscle cells)

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Endosymbiotic Theory

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Some eukaryotic organelles are a result of our ancestors engulfing from ancient bacteria

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Chloroplasts

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  • Helps provide plants cells with energy
  • Has own DNA and can divide separately from cell division but can’t grow outside of cell
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Plant Vacuoles

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May provide structure, hold pigment, aid in digestion, and/or store water or waste

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Thylakoids

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Located in the inner membrane of the chloroplast; harvests light for photosynthesis

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Where some new proteins are made, modified, and sent off to specific locations

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Immunofluorescence

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One technique for finding locations and relative abundance of specific proteins; allows us to see multiple cell structures at the same time

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Cytoskeleton

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The dynamic network of varied proteins that gives cell structure and facilitates movement

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Roles of the cytoskeleton

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  • Supports and maintains cell shape
  • Holds organelles in position
  • Moves organelles
  • Involved in cytoplasmic streaming
  • Interacts with extracellular structures to hold cell in place
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Microfilaments

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One of the three filaments that make up the cytoskeleton; long chains of the monomer actin

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Roles of microfilaments

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  • Maintain cell shape by resisting tension (pull)
  • Move cells via muscle contraction or crawling
  • Divide animal cells in two
  • Moves organelles and cytoplasm in plants, fungi, and animals
  • Has distinct plus/minus ends
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How do microfilaments move?

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Via cytoplasmic streaming; actin and the motor protein myosin interact to cause movement; myosin head attaches to actin and uses ATP to move, causing filament to slide

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Intermediate filaments

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One of the three filaments that make up the cytoskeleton; tough rope-like structures that maintain cell shape by resisting tension and anchor cell structures (nuclei) in place (many different compositions like keratin)

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Microtubules

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One of the three filaments that make up the cytoskeleton; long hollow cylinders (polymers) made of dimers of the a and b tubulin

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Roles of microtubules

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  • Forms a rigid internal skeleton
  • Maintains cell shape by resisting cell tension (push)
  • Can change length rapidly by adding or losing dimers at plus or minus ends
  • Acts as train tracks for motor proteins; moves cells via flagella or cilia and moves chromosomes during cell division
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What are eukaryotic flagella and cilium made of

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Microtubules in “9+2” array called an axoneme

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Kinesin

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The motor protein that uses ATP to move cargo along a microtubule

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38
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What bonds to microtubule doublets and allows cilia and flagella to slide past each other to facilitate movement

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Dynein

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Evolution of mitochondria/ chloroplasts in a eukaryotic cell probably occurred through endosymbiosis, but that of nucleus/ ER/ Golgi was likely through

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Nuclear Envelope

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Comprised of 2 layers of protein studded membrane that protects the DNA in the nucleus and regulates entry and exit of other molecules

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Network of tubes where some proteins are made, modified, packaged, and sent to specific locations

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42
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Where are ribosomal proteins synthesized

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RER; Proteins made in the RER are destined to become embedded in the membrane, end up in the lysosome, or leave the cell

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Does the smooth ER contain ribosomes

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No

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44
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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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Another site of protein modifications but has other functions including
- Chemically modifying small molecules such as drugs
- Site of glycogen degradation in animal cells
- Synthesis of lipids and steroids
- Stores calcium ions

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45
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What are all new proteins routed through

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ER and Golgi (secretory pathway)

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46
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What do proteins leave the ER in to go to the Golgi Apparatus

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COPII-coated transport vesicles

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What happens to proteins in the Golgi Apparatus

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They’re further modified, packaged, and sorted

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Order that cargo travels in vesicles in secretory pathway in Golgi

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cis –> medial –> trans; from there could end up in lysosome, membrane, or outside cell

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The endomembrane system is an interconnected system of membrane-enclosed compartments including

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Nuclear envelope, ER, golgi apparatus, lysosomes, and cell membrane

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Fluid Mosaic Model

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Describes membrane structure; phospholipids form a liquidy bilayer which is like a lake in which some proteins float

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51
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How does fatty acid saturation affect membrane fluidity

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Saturated (straight) = Rigid
Unsaturated = Fluid

52
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How does fatty acid chain length affected membrane fluidity

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Long = Rigid
Short = Fluid

53
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How does cholesterol/lipid composition affect membrane in fluidity in animal cells

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Low = Fluid
High = Rigid (more van der waals forces)

54
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How does temperature affect membrane fluidity

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Low (low kinetic energy) = Rigid
High = Fluid

55
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What does a rigid membrane mean for permeability of a cell

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More rigid = less permeability

56
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What are biological membranes comprised of

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Phospholipids and proteins

57
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Steps for protein co-translation into the RER membrane

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  • ER signal sequence is synthesized by ribosome
  • ER signal sequence binds to signal recognition particle (SRP) and halts synthesis
  • SRP binds to receptor in ER membrane
  • SRP is released; protein synthesis continues; protein enters ER through the translocon
  • ER signal sequence is removed; protein synthesis then proceeds to completion
58
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Glycosylation of a protein

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Occurs in RER by glycosyltransferase protein; essential for a proteins folding/function, stability, cell-cell communication, and transport

59
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What determines where a protein goes after they leave the trans face of the Golgi in their vesicles?

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Proteins carry tags in the endomembrane system that serve as zip codes for different destinations

60
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ER Signal Peptides

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Example of zip code for protein targeting; stops translation until docked at ER; detected by SRP during translation; detected co-translationally

61
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KDEL

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Example of zip code for protein targeting; tells protein to stay in the ER lumen

62
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Nuclear Localization Sequence

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Example of zip code for protein targeting

63
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Peroxisomal Targeting Signal

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Example of zip code for protein targeting

64
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Mannose-6-Phosphate

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Example of zip code for protein targeting; tells protein to go to the lysosome

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Integral Membrane Proteins

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One of the three types of membrane proteins; at least partially embedded in the bilayer; some are transmembrane and extend all the way through the bilayer

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Anchored Membrane Proteins

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One of the three types of membrane proteins; covalently attached to fatty acids or other lipids inside the membrane

67
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Peripheral Membrane Proteins

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One of the three types of membrane proteins; lacks exposed hydrophobic regions, are noncovalently attached to the membrane and don’t penetrate the bilayer

68
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Homotypic Cell Adhesion

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The same molecule sticks out from both cells and binds to each other (less common)

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Heterotypic Cell Adhesion

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The cells have different proteins that bind together (more common)

70
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Cell Junctions

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Specialized structures comprised of many different proteins that hold cells together

71
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Tight Cell Junctions

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Forms a tight seal (barrier) between cells, which helps ensure directional movement of materials

72
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Gap Cell Junctions

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Forms tunnels called channels so that adjacent cells can communicate by exchanging small molecules, electrical impulses, etc

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Desmosome Cell Junction

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Holds cells together like velcro; also allows materials to move around in the intercellular space

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Cells can move within a tissue by the binding and reattaching of adhesion receptors to the

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Extracellular matrix

75
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Integrals

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One type of adhesion receptor that can facilitate movement through binding/reattaching to extracellular matrix

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Extracellular Matrix

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Macromolecule-rich gel outside of cells

77
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Diffusion

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Process of random movement of solute from a region of higher to lower concentration

78
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Diffusion works better over

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Short Distances

79
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Molecules move across permeable membrane in diffusion until

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Concentration is equal on both sides

80
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What factors affect the rate at which substances diffuse

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  • Concentration gradient
  • Size and mass of particles
  • Temperature of solution
  • Density of solution
  • Area and distance
81
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Osmosis

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Process by which water diffuses across membrane

82
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Isotonic

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Equal solute concentration inside and outside cell

83
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Hypotonic

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Lower solute concentration outside of cell

84
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Hypertonic

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Higher solute concentration outside cell

85
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Passive Transport

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Process by which substances can cross membranes without energy input

86
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Aquaporins

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Channels made of transmembrane tunnels made of protein through which water moves across membrane (example of facilitated diffusion)

87
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Facilitated Diffusion

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Carried out by protein channels or carriers that increase the ……

88
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Ion Channels

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Penetrate the membrane and have hydrophilic pores (facilitated diffusion)

89
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What stimulates the protein of an ion channel to open

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  • A chemical signal (ligand)
  • An electrical charge (voltage gated)
  • A mechanical signal (force)
90
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Carrier Protein

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Transports specific polar molecules, like glucose, across membrane in both direction (facilitated diffusion)

91
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What is it called when glucose transporters are all occupied

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Saturated

92
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Active Transport

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Requires energy; movement against concentration gradient

93
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Three kinds of proteins that active transport involves

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  • Uniporter: One molecule in one direction
  • Symporter: Two in one direction
  • Antiporter: Two in different directions
94
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Primary Active Transport

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Requires direct hydrolysis of ATP (ex: sodium-potassium pump)

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Secondary Active Transport

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Energy comes from an ion concentration gradient that is established by primary active transport

96
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Endocytosis

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Process where eukaryotic cells may take up and release fluids, large molecules, particles, and smaller cells (way that larger molecules can cross membrane)

97
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Phagocytosis

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Type of endocytosis; molecules/entire cells are engulfed; a food vacuole or phagosome forms, which fuses with a lysosome where the contents are digested

98
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Pinocytosis

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Type of endocytosis; vesicle forms to bring small dissolved substances or fluids into a cell; vesicles are much smaller than in phagocytosis

99
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Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

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Type of endocytosis; uses proteins

100
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How do cells process info from the environment

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A ligand binds to a receptor in a specific binding site; cells must have a specific receptor molecule that can detect it

101
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How do chemical signals differ in their source and distribution (mode of delivery)

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  • Autocrine Signaling: On same cell
  • Juxtacrine: Not far, touching cells
  • Paracrine: Across extracellular space
102
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Hormones

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Travels to distant cells via the circulatory system; circulating signals are transported by the circulatory system

103
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Signal Transduction Pathway

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A signal from outside the cell is relayed through a series of internal messengers that can cause short or long term changes in the cell

104
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Short terms changes from signal transduction pathways

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Enzyme activation, cell movement

105
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Long term changes from signal transduction pathways

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Altered DNA transcription

106
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Agnonists

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Type of drug; has the same effect as ligand when binding to a receptor

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Antagonists (inhibitors)

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Type of drug; prevents ligand from binding but doesn’t trigger a response when binding to receptor

108
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Ion Channel Linked Receptor

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Type of eukaryotic membrane receptor; allows ions to enter or leave a cell; signal binding results in change in shape of the channel protein, and the channel opens

109
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Protein Kinase Receptors

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Type of eukaryotic membrane receptor; When ligand is present at the extracellular ligand binding domain, PKR catalyzes phosphorylation of themselves and/or other proteins to change their shapes/functions

110
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What does phosphorylation of a protein do?

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  • Changes shape of protein
  • Alters its catalytic activity
  • Affects its activity with other proteins
111
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G Protein Coupled Receptor

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Type of eukaryotic membrane receptor; activates a special protein called a G protein, which then activates an effector

112
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When are G proteins active

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When connected to a GTP; not GDP

113
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Intracellular Receptors

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Responds to signals such as light or small molecules that can cross the cell membrane; many are transcription factors, which alter gene expression

114
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What are the three amino acids that can be phosphorylated by protein kinase activity

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Serine, threonine, and tyrosine

115
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In a protein kinase cascade

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  • The signal is amplified at each step
  • Info that arrived at the cell membrane is communicated to the nucleus
  • Different target proteins provide variation in the response
116
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Cyclic AMP (cAMP)

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A 2nd messenger that amplifies and distributes a signal

117
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Second Messengers

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Nonprotein signaling molecule that increase in concentration inside a cell in response to a signaling molecules that binds at the surface

118
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How is Protein Kinase A activated

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By a high concentration of cAMP

119
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Epinephrine (adrenaline)

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Mediates the fight or flight response

120
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IP3 and DAG

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Second messengers made from hydrolysis of PIP2 by phospholipase C

121
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CA2+ Channel role

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IP3 binds to and activates a CA2+ channel in the ER membrane; the activated CA2+ channel releases stores of CA2+ from ER; the increased CA2+ helps activate protein kinase C; with CA2+ bound, PKC binds and becomes fully activated by DAG; activated PKC phosphorylates other proteins to stimulate a cellular response

122
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How do cells respond to signals

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  • Opening ion channels
  • Changing enzyme activity
  • Differential gene expression
123
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NO Gas

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A 2nd messenger between acetylcholine and the relaxation of smooth muscle in blood vessels, allowing more blood to flow

124
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What determines the cellular response to a signal

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The balance between enzymes that activate and enzymes that inactivate transducers

125
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How are signal transduction pathways turned off/regulated

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  • Kinases can be inactivated by phosphatase enzymes which removes phosphate groups
  • GTPases inactivate G proteins by hydrolyzing GTP (becomes GDP)
  • 2nd messengers can be broken down (ex: phosphodiesterases degrade cAMP to AMP or cGMP to GMP)

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