Lecture 2 Flashcards
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What are the 5 organelles mentioned in class?
Peroxisomes, lysosomes, mitochondria, Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum transport vesicles
Categorize proteins.
Structural - helping the cell hold shape; barrier (allow or force something across the cell wall)
Functional - enzymes, receptors
What does glycolysis require? What does it produce? Where does it take place?
Sugar
ATP
Inside the cell/mitochondria
What charge does sugars have? And how does this affect proteins?
They have a negative charge and can repel negatively charged proteins. Used in the kidneys to repel protein
What is are the sugar/starch prefixes?
Glyco-
Carb-
Carboxy-
What are key characteristics of sugar?
It is sticky; can be used as ID tags that are different from bacteria/virus ID tags
How does sugar being sticky affect other cells?
It allows other cells to stick and hold together. Sometimes the body looks at this as a foreign cell and will activate an immune response.
What is a carboxyhemoglobin?
Sugar and hemoglobin. It is less functional
What does the mitochondria do?
Helps produce ATP
Briefly describe Mitochondrial DNA
Differs from human DNA; All Mitochondrial DNA is inherited from mother; We receive 12-20 sets
What are 2 motility structures?
Flagella - moves the actual cell
Cilla - moves substances around the cell
What is genetic material?
DNA and RNA
What is a major component in turning the cell on and off?
The cell wall; Calcium
What is hydrophilic?
“water loving”; positively charged molecules love water.
What happens when you put an electrolyte compound in water?
It falls apart; Ex) NaCl- will dissociate when dissolved in a solution
Describe a lipid
A fat that is non charged; likes oily substances; likes to hang in the middle of cell wall
What are the functions of sugars inside vs outside of the cell?
Inside:
Used for energy - glucose used to make ATP
Outside:
- Identification: ID tags; glycoproteins attached to cell walls
- STICKY (adherens)
- Structural function
- External sugars have negative charge, repel (-) charged proteins floating around.
What is an enzyme
Protein that catalyzes (speeds up) reactions. End in -ase
What are the 3 types of lipids found in the cell membrane
Phospholipids, sphingolipids (nerve cells), cholesterol
What is the function of cholesterol in the cell wall
Provide rigidity- prevent from being too fluid/flexible
What does soluble/hydrophilic drug need to cross the cell membrane?
Carrier protein
What is arachidonic acid
Important precursor molecule, used to generate signaling compounds
Metabolized from phospholipids.
Lipid soluble; long chain fatty acid found in the cell wall.
Cox1 and 2 turn AA into _________
prostaglandins
Cytochrome p450 turns AA into ________
HETE and EETS
Lipooxygenase turns AA into _________
leukotrienes
Where are lipids synthesized
Smooth ER
Are fats/lipids charged or uncharged?
Uncharged
What are the 6 “soluble” substances?
- Ions (electrolytes)
- Proteins (somewhat): the parts of protein that are exposed to water
- Carbohydrates: tend to be charged compounds (glucose)
- Gasses (depends): some soluble in water, CO2
- Buffers: found in all containers in the body. Keep pH balanced
- Drugs (some) - look at container that drug is in
What substances are insoluble?
Cholesterol
Steroid Hormones
Lipids- comprise majority of cell wall
Drugs (others) - look oily then insoluble ex. Propofol
Gasses (depends): N2O (nitrous oxide)
What percent of our mass is total body water?
60% of body mass
What fraction of our ECF is interstitial fluid?
¾-⅘
What percent of our TBW is ECF
1/3
What percent of our TBW is intracellular
2/3
What % of the cell is water?
70-85%, except for adipose
What fraction of our ECF is plasma
¼-⅕ of ECF