Membrane_dynamics Flashcards

1
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Three aspects of membrane dynamics

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Membrane fusion, fission, and curvature

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2
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Three classes of membrane fusion and an example of each

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Cell-cell fusion (sperm-egg), host-pathogen (viral infection) and intracellular fusion (neurosecretion/exo-endo cytosis)

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3
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Steps in membrane fusion (4)

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  1. Adhesion (targeting)
  2. Stalk intermediate
  3. Hemifusion
  4. Fusion pore (opening)
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4
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How are different stages of membrane fusion assayed? (2)

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Content dye, lipid markers

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5
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What dictates specificity during membrane fusion?

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For viruses- HA1, binds to sialic acid on host cell

For vesicles - Rab GTPases, tethers, SNAREs

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6
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Methods to study fusion

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  1. Mixing of fluorescent dyes

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7
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How is the repulsive force of the two bilayers overcome?

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  1. By the force of fusogenic proteins and their interacting factors (ie SNAREs and NSF/SM/SNAP)
  2. Charge gradient?
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8
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What is the nature of the hole that opens between the two bilayers?

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Up for debate - whether it is formed by lipids only, lipids+SNAREs, more study needed

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9
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How is membrane fusion regulated?

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In neurosecretion - Ca and Ca binding proteins, activates docked synaptic vesicles
Could also be fusion protein modification, synthesis or degradation, or protein targeting

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10
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What defines influenza virus subtype?

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HA fusion protein

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11
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Is pH within endosomes very high or very low, or in between?

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Very low

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12
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What environmental factor triggers HA conformational change?

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pH change, allows for extension of coiled coil structure

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13
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HIV entry mechanism

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Attaches to CD4, binds chemokine receptor, membrane insertion, conformational change, fusion, and entry of viral nucleocapsid

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14
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Antiviral drug strategy for HIV (enfuvirtide)

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Hairpin inhibitor that prevents conformational change of fusion proteins

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15
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Two types of SNARES and an example of each

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T-SNARES (target membrane)
- syntaxin
V-SNARES (vesicle)
- VAMP

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16
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Proteins that help SNAREs drive membrane fusion

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NSF (chaperone), SNAP (soluble NSF attachment, (SM)

17
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What structure do SNAREs form between vesicle and target membrane

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stable 4-helix bundles (parallel coiled coil)

18
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How was it shown that SNAREs are sufficient to drive fusion?

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reconstitute SNAREs into liposomes and examine fusion by de-quenching

19
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Issue with in-vitro SNARE reconstitution

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Needed a super high concentration in order to do anything, which is how people identified a positive regulator of SNARE action - SM proteins

20
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Mechanism of SM action

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Form stable complex with SNARE complex, push reaction forward to drive membrane fusion even at high concentration

21
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Difference between cis and trans-SNARE complexes

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cis-SNARE conformation exists after membrane fusion, no force applied
trans-SNARE exert inward force in order to create pore

22
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Recycling factors for future rounds of membrane fusion

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NSF / SNAP (? - double check this)

23
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hemifusion

A

lipid mixing but not content mixing

24
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Function of NSF chaperone and SNAP

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disassembly of SNARE complex

25
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What are diff types of membrane division? (4)

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Cell division, intracellular vesicles pinching off, organelle division, formation of multi-vesicular bodies

26
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Two classes of membrane fission mechanisms and an example of when you see them

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Pinch from outside (dynamin-related GTPase driven during mito division)
Pull from inside (actin/myosin filaments of contractile ring in cytokinesis)

27
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What is the role of dynamin in endocytosis

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Assembles onto neck of fusion pore created by plasma membrane invaginations, squeezes (powered by GTPase) to release vesicle

28
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Does dynamin function as a “pinchase” or a “poppase”

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who knows

29
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What protein group mediates division/fusion of mitos

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Dynamin-related GTPases (DRPs)

30
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ESCRT

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  • membrane budding and fission complex, important with multi-vesicular body formation, cytokinesis, and viral budding
  • sufficient for formation of intraluminal vesciles
31
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Three ways in which vesicles can be formed

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Filament assembly
Protein conf change
GTP hydrolysis

32
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Different phospholipid shapes largely driven by (3)

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  • Size of head group
  • Number of fatty acid chains
  • Shape of fatty acid chains (dependent on saturation state)
33
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Negative curvature dominated by what shaped lipids

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cone-shaped

34
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Enzymes that can change shape of lipids

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phospholipase (alter), acyl transferases (invert)

35
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Ways to curve a membrane (5)

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  1. Insert small protein in one side of membrane
  2. Scaffold membrane
  3. Lipid composition
  4. Transmembrane proteins
  5. Cytoskeleton