Exam 2 Review Flashcards
Describe a Fluid Mosaic Model
Membrane is a mosaic of protein molecultes embedded in a fluid bilayer of phospholipids
What are the 4 components of cellular membranes
- Phospholipid Bilayer ( flexible matrix, animal = cholesterol, plants = sterols/no cholesterol)
- Transmembrane Proteins (integral)
- Interior Protein Network (peripheral or intracellular, reinforces shape)
- Cell-Surface Markers
Phospholipids are _____ molecules, containing hydrophobic and hydrophillic regions
amphipathic
What are the 6 types of membrane proteins?
- Transporter
- Enzyme
- Cell-surface marker
- Cellular receptors
- Cell to cell adhesion
- Cytoskeleton anchor
Describe the permeability of the lipid bilayer; what crosses and what does not?
Hydrophobic molecules cross easily
Polar molecules do not.
Passive transport is movement of molecules through the membrane in which…
No energy is required.
Molecules move in repsonse to a concentration gradient. (diffusion)
Diffusion is movement of molecules from ___.
high concentration to low concentration
What is the structure and function of channel proteins
- Allows ions to pass
- They are gated; open or closed in response to stimulus (chemical or electrical)
- 3 conditions determine direction
( relavtive concentration, voltage differences, gated open or closed)
What is the structure and function of carrier protiens
- Help transport ions and other solutes ( sugar and amino acids)
- Requires a concentration difference across the membrane
- Must bind to the molecule they transport
- Saturation - rate of transport limited by number of transporters
What happens to animal cell in hypotonic solution?
Lysed
What happens to plant cell in hypotonic solution?
Turgid - normal state
What happens to animal cell in Hypertonic solution?
Shriveled
What happens to plant cell in hypertonic solution?
Plasmolyzed
What happens to animals cell in isotonic solution?
Normal state
What happens to plant cell in isotonic solution?
Flaccid