Final Flashcards
Cell cycles stages
M phase (PMAT) - mitosis (nuclear division) - cytokinesis (cytoplasmic division) Interphase between m phases - G1 phase (cell growth) - S phase (DNA replication) - G2 phase (more growth) Back to mitosis
Mitosis
Nuclear division (exact copy)
Meiosis
Cytokinesis and cell splitting (sex cells)
Interphase needs how much time?
long enough for the cell to double in size, so replications don’t reduce overall amount.
Cell cycle is dependent activated on…
cyclically activated protein kinases (Cdks)
How do cyclins function?
No enzymatic activity of their own, but they bind cdks to activate them
Kinesin
motor protein moving vesicles to + end of microtubules
Dynein
Opposite of Kinesin
How do vesicles reverse direction?
Multiple motor proteins can be attached at once (Kinesin + Dynein). Reversals can happen when some detach or others take over
ion channel coupled receptors
cell surface receptor
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G-protein coupled receptor
Cell surface receptor
- responds to extra-cellular signal pathways
Enzyme coupled receptors
cell surface receptor
- responds to extra-cellular signal pathways
G-protein
- regulate ion channels and plasma enzymes
- binds gtp and hydrolyzes to act as signal switch. signal then shut down
Cell cycle control system
state based checks to ensure the conditions are favorable to continue
What is a kinase?
enzyme to catalyze tranfer of phosphate groups