Membranes Flashcards
Name the 3 types of lipids
Glycerophospholipids
Sphingolipids
Sterols
Example of Glycerophospholipid
PIP
Example of Sphinglipids
Sphingomyelin SM
Example of + ve conical lipids
Phosphatidic acid
Phosphatidylethanolamine
Expample of -ve conical lipid
Lyso- GPLS
Phosphoinsitides
which way does P type flippase flip?
Inwards
Which way does ABC flip?
Outwards
List the 3 lipid states
Llamellar liquid crystaline
Liquid Order
Solid gel
Example of 2 integral proteins
Glycophorin A
Bactidopsin
What do peripheral Proteins do?
> Restrict lateral movement
>Maintain shape
Example of peripheral protein
> Spectrin actin
What build up to form plaques in alzheimers
> Amyloid B peptide
What proteins transport cholesterol and ar ehigh in AD patients>
> Apolipoproteins
Example of carrier Ionophore
> Valinomycin
Example of channel Ionophore
> Gramicidin A K+/Na+
What are ion channels important for?
> Osmotic gradient
Nerve impulses
Signal transducion
Structure of Aquaporins
> 6 transmembrans alpha helicies
4 pores
tetramer
Structure of GLUT 1
> 6 transmembrane alpha helicies
>central pore
What are the characteristic of ion driven transport
> Down conc grad
> Coupled >Na+/H+ down conc grad
Example of ligand gated ion channel
Nictotinic acetlycholrine receptor