Lectures 1-5 Flashcards
What gives proteins charge?
Projecting side-chains can offer charge
Why are polypeptide chains flexible?
The peptide bond is essentially planar
There is a 40% double bond character around C-N
Which tertiary structure is preferred?
That of the lowest energy
What tells a protein where to go?
Its’ own specific sorting signal
What catalyses phosphorylation of proteins?
Kinase (PKA)
What catalyses dephosphorylation of proteins
Phosphatatse
What are the stages to growth factor signalling?
Activation of the tyrosine kinase receptor (dimerisation, phosphorylation) Cytoplasmic signallling (adaptor protein binds to phosphorylated receptor, Ras (G-protein) binds to adaptor)
What is the importance of UPR?
operates as a homeostatic response.
keeping the cell folding capacity in balance with its needs (limiting ER stress, decreasing unfolded protein production)
What is ERAD?
Endoplasmic Reticulum associated protein degreadation
What genes dictate proliferative control?
Oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes
Why would the cell cycle use checkpoints? (2)
To regulate proliferation
To maintain genomic integrity
Where are the major checkpoints found?
Middle of G1
Between G1 and S
Between G2 and M
What growth factors are involved in the checkpoint at G1?
none lmao tricked you
What does the G1 restriction point check for? What might happen?
The point at which the cell does not need extracellular signals to then divide.
checks for cell size (big enough to divide) and nutrient availability for daughter cells
If not it slips into G0 (quiescence), which is the state of most cells in the body
What is checked in metaphase?
connections between chromosomes and mitotic cpindles by the kineticore
What are kinases activated by?
cyclin
How does cyclin initiate mitosis?
build by in interphase, eventually forming maturation promoting factor (M-Cdk), initiating mitosis by phosphorylation
What is pRB?
The retinoblastoma protein
TS protein, binding to transcription regulators for genes for cell proliferation at the restriction point
What would inhibit pRB function?
specific growth factors, which activate Cdk’s, phosphorylating pRB
What happens when a receptor becomes oncogenic?
What might have the same effect?
Constant efficacy, deregulating cell proliferation
A mutated continuously active Ras protein
What are the yields of glycolysis?
2 pyruvate
2 ATP
2 NADH