Intracellular compartments and protein sorting 1 (lecture 10) Flashcards
What is the Plasma membrane
- Outer boundary of cells,bilary
- fxn: protective barrier, has transporter, signaling
Nucleus
- Contains the genome
- principle site for DNA and RNA synthesis
Cytoplasm
- Consists of cytosol and cytoplasmic organelle
- intermediary metabolism
Enoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
- Ribosomes attached to it (rough ER), no ribosomes (smooth ER)
- Protein synthesis, lipid synthesis, protein folding, storage of calcium
Golgi apparatus
- Stacks of disc-like compartments
- site of post-translational changes on proteins and lipids, trafficking
Mitochondria
- Outer and inner membrane and matrix
- Makes ATP, signaling, cell differentiation and cell death
Lysosomes
- Contain digestive enzymes that degrade organelles and biomolecules
Peroxisomes
- Small vesicular compartments that contain enzymes used in oxidation reactions
What intracellular compartment makes up the majority of the cell
Cytosol
The cell can be divided into what 3 topological categories
- Nucleus and cytosol (communicate through nuclear pore complex)
- Organelles in secretory and endocytic pathways (ER, Golgi apparatus, endosomes, and lysosomes) (communicate through vesicles)
- Mitochondria
Nucleus and cytosol communicate through _____ complex
- nuclear pore complex
Organelles in secretory and endocytic pathways (ER, Golgi apparatus, endosomes, and lysosomes) communicat through
Vesicles
membrane ____ and ____ allows the lumen of the cell compartments to communicate with each other and with the cell exterior
Budding and fusion
Protein trafficking
- Gated transport
- Transmembrane transport
- Vesicular transport
Gated transport: between ____ and ___ through nuclear pore complexes (active transport and free diffusion)
Nucleus and cytosol
Transmembrane transport: membrane _______ directly transport specific proteins from cytosol across an organelle membrane
Protein translocators
Vesicular transport: membrane-enclosed transport intermediates move proteins between various compartments via
vesicles
Protein transfer/transport to various compartments guided by ____
sorting signals
Sorting signals on proteins are a stretch of amino acids, typically ____ residues long
15-60
Sorting signals may be localized on ___ or ___ terminus or _____
N or C terminus, within protein sequence
multiple scattered sequences in protein may form
signal patch
____ may remove signal after protein reaches final destination
signal peptidase