Important Proteins Flashcards
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)
Link to core proteins in the interstitial ECM to form proteoglycans
Glycoproteins
Fibrous proteins in the interstitial ECM
Collagen
A protein that provides tensile strength in connective tissues (bone, skin, hair, nails)
Collagen
A protein that provides tensile strength in connective tissues (bone, skin, hair, nails)
Triple helix
Pre procollagen
The cytoplasmic form of collagen
N proteinase
Cleaves the N terminus of procollagen extracellulary
Confers ability to assembly into collagen fibres
C proteinase
Cleaves the C terminus of procollagen extracellularly
Confers ability to assembly into collagen fibres
Proteoglycans
Extracellular proteins linked to glycosaminoglycans in the interstitial ECM
Collagen type4
Forms the basal lamina with laminin
Laminin
Forms the basal lamina with collagen type 4
Laminin
Forms the basal lamina with collagen type 4
Organises the sheet
Triple helix with a cross
Nidogen and perlecan
Hold the basal lamina together
Collagen type4
Forms the basal lamina with laminin
GlyXY repeats confer bendiness
Laminin
Forms the basal lamina with collagen type 4 Organises the sheet Triple helix with a cross 15 isoforms Self assembles
Nidogen and perlecan
Hold the basal lamina together
Laminin and collagen 4 sheets cross linkage
Integrins
Transmembrane receptors that couple the matrix to the cytoskeleton
Talin and vinculin
Actin binding proteins ABPs
N-CAM
Adhesion molecule in neural crest cells
Laminin and fibronectin
Cause neural crest cells to migrate
Tether proteins
Aid membrane fusion
Exchange factors
Involved in cell signalling
Sorting signals
Amino acid labels that tell a protein where to be transported
Signal peptidases
Remove the sorting signals after transport
Nuclear pore proteins
30 proteins make a ‘basket’
Only 5 types of proteins:
- Annular subunits (central)
- Lumenal subunits (TM)
- Ring subunits (faces)
- Fibrils (FG repeats)
- Nuclear basket
Transcription Factors
Proteins which activate gene expression and bind to specific promotor regions
Nuclear localisation signals
Positively charged residues that tell a protein to go into the nucleus
Karyopherins, Importins
Nuclear localisation signals
Nuclear import adaptor proteins
Receptor is binding another protein (an adaptor) that bind the protein
Ran
Small GTPase - molecular switch with two states, active (GTP cound) inactive (GDP bound)
GAPs
GTPase activating proteins
Switch Ran OFF
By increasing rate of GTP hydrolysis
GEFs
Guanine nucleotide exchange factors
Turn Ran ON
By increasing rate of GDP-GTP exchange
Chaperones
Are proteins that bind and block polypeptide folding
Hsp70
Chaperone protein family in mitochondria
TOM
Translocator outer mitochondrial membrane complex
TIM
Translocator inner mitochondrial membrane complex
Pex 5 and Pex 7
Involved in Peroxisome biogenesis
Catalase
Enzyme in peroxisomes Degrades H202 produced by Oxidases
Oxidase
Produces H202 in peroxisomes