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Lecture 7: Cell Phy 3 Flashcards

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What cellular functions is ATP needed for?

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  • Membrane transport
  • Synthesis of chemical compounds
  • Mechanical work
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What’s an example of membrane transport?

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Example: sodium transport

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What’s an example of synthesis of chemical compounds?

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Example: protein synthesis by ribosomes

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What’s an example of mechanical work?

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Example: supply energy needed for muscle contraction

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What are the types of transport through the membrane?

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  • Diffusion
  • Active transport
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What are the types of transport proteins?

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Channel proteins
Carrier proteins

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What are channel proteins?

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Watery spaces to allow movement of certain ions

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What are carrier proteins?

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Bind with molecules or ions to be transported

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What is the function of transport proteins?

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penetrate the membrane

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What are examples of channel proteins?

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Aquaporins
Aquaglyceroporins
Ion channels

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How does diffusion occur.

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  • Occurs down a concentration gradient.
  • Either through lipid bilayer or involves a protein “channel” or “carrier”
  • No additional energy required
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How does active transport occur?

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  • Occurs against a concentration gradient.
  • Involves a protein “carrier.”
  • Requires energy (ATP)
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Sometimes transport of ions through a channel
protein is called ____ not ____.

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facilitated diffusion not simple
diffusion

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What type of transport moves molecules/ions without carrier proteins?

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Simple diffusion

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What type of transportation requires interaction of carrier protein with molecules or
ions?

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facilitated diffusion

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How do lipid-soluble move through the lipid bilayer?

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Lipid soluble moves quickly through lipid bilayer

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How does water move through the lipid bilayer?

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Water is insoluble to lipid cell membrane, but travels quickly through channels in protein molecules

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True/False: Protein channels are usually selectively permeable to certain substances

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true

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What are the two types of gates that open and close protein channels?

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Voltage and chemical gates

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How do voltage gates work?

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Molecular conformation of gate responds to electrical potential
across cell membrane

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Give an example of a voltage gate.

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Example: strong – charge inside cell so Na-gates remain closed,
but when lose negative charge with action potential, gates open
and Na enters cell

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How do chemical gates work?

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chemical (ligand) binds to protein, changes conformation to protein which opens or closes gate

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Give an example of a chemical gate.

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Example: Acetylcholine channel – Ach binds to channel and opens
it to allow certain molecules and ions to enter

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What is the most abundant substance to diffuse through the cell membrane?

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Water; But normally it is balanced in both directions so there is essentially zero NET movement of water

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What is osmosis?
concentration difference develops, the net movement of water = osmosis
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What is osmotic pressure?
the amount of pressure required to stop osmosis
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What causes osmotic pressure?
- caused by particles in a solution - Equals the number of particles per unit volume
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True/False: Each particle in a solution, regardless of mass, exerts the same amount of pressure against the membrane
True
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What is osmolarity?
number of particles per liter of solution (e.g. osmoles per liter of solution)
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What is osmolality?
= concentration of solution per unit of particles (e.g osmoles per kilogram of water)
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What is more common in clinical practice osmolarity or osmolality?
osmolarity
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What are two examples of substances that need to be transported via facilitated diffusion?
Glucose and amino acids
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Explain Primary Active Transport.
- Molecules are “pumped” against an electrochemical gradient at the expense of energy (ATP). - direct use of energy
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Explain secondary active transport.
- Transport is driven by energy stored in ionic concentration differences between two sides of membrane in the electrochemical gradient of another molecule (usually Na+). - indirect use of energy
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True/False: Both primary and secondary active transport depend on carrier proteins that penetrate through membrane
True
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Where is the sodium-potassium pump located in animal cells?
On plasma membrane
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What is the function of the sodium-potassium pump?
- Pumps sodium ions OUT of cell membrane - Pumps potassium ions INTO the cell - Regulates osmotic balance by maintaining Na+ and K+ balance across cell membrane - Basis of nerve function for transmitting nerve signals
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What is the basis of nerve function for transmitting nerve signals?
sodium-potassium pump
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How much energy does the sodium-potassium pump use?
Requires about 1/5 of typical cell’s energy and up to 2/3 of neuron’s energy
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How is the sodium-potassium pump activated?
Pump is activated by an increase in cell volume
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What controls the volume of the cell so it doesn’t burst?
Sodium-potassium ion pump
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Describe the structure of the sodium-potassium ion pump.
- Three receptor sites bind sodium inside cell - Two receptor sites bind potassium outside cell
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How does the sodium-potassium ion pump work?
- When ions are bound, activates ATPase part of protein, cleaving ATP and releasing energy, extruding 3 sodium out of cell (and water passively) and bringing 2 potassium into cell - Creates negative electrical voltage inside cell interior, creating electrical potential across cell membrane as it pumps
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Is the sodium-potassium ion pump primary or secondary active trasnport?
Primary active transport
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What is counter-transport
- Transport in the opposite direction of the primary ion - Sodium (retained) and hydrogen (excreted) (e.g. in renal tubule)
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What are the protein cotransporters in secondary active transportation?
symporters or antiporters
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What do symporters do?
transport substance in same direction as a “driver” ion like Na+.
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What do antiporters do?
transport substance in opposite direction of a “driver” ion like Na+
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Where does active transport occur in the human body?
This type of transport occurs in intestine, renal tubules, gallbladder
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RNA controls ___ formation.
protein
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Cellular proteins are either ___ or ___.
structural or enzymes catalyzing cellular reactions
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Which is more common: structural proteins or enzymes catalyzing cellular reactions?
enzymes
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Proteins provide ___ to a membrane.
specificity
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What is the function of Messenger RNA?
Carries genetic code to cytoplasm to control protein formation
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What is the function of transfer RNA?
Transports activated aa to the ribosomes to be used in assembling protein molecules
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What is the function of ribosomal RNA?
Forms ribosomes where protein is assembled
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True/False: Most mutated cells die
True
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How to cells control their growth?
Growth factors from blood or adjacent tissue and they stop growing when there is no more room to grow
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Negative feedback with ___ cellular secretions
increased
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What causes cancer?`
- abnormal cell growth and mitosis - Mutation/abnormal activation of cellular genes for Loss/inactivation of antioncogenes -> oncogenes ->cancer
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What is the function of feedback mechanisms?
prevent excessive growth and make it so that only a few cells which survive become cancerous
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True/False: A lack of sleep has links to cancer?
True
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What happens during facilitated diffusion?
substance diffuses through a membrane with carrier protein
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How does insulin affect glucose?
insulin increases the rate of glucose diffusion by 10-20 fold
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What are common carrier proteins in facilitated diffusion?
glucose and amino acids
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