Module 3 Flashcards
CAN FREELY move through membrane
-Hydrophobic molecules
-Small neutral molecules
CANNOT FREELY move through membrane
-Proteins & Ions
-Polar organic molecules
4 parts of phospholipid
Head group
Phosphate Group
Glycerol
Fatty Acid Tails
Phospholipid: head group
Chemical properties determine where phospholipid ends up
Phospholipid: phosphate group- Hydrophilic OR Hydrophobic
Hydrophilic, Charged
Phospholipid: Glycerol
3 C chain with 3 OH groups
Acts as BACKBONE
Phospholipid: Fatty Acid Tail
2 long hydrocarbon chains- vary in composition and bond #/rigidity
POLAR phospholipid HEAD groups
PI
PG
CL
CHARGED phospholipid HEAD groups
PS
PE
PC
T or F. Phospholipids form POLYMERS
False
4 lipid types in plasma membrane
Phospholipid
Cholesterol
Glycolipid
Sphingomyelin
Where is Cholesterol found? What group does it have?
Found in ANIMAL tissue
Hydroxyl group <– interact with membrane surface
Rest of cholesterol <– interact with lipid part of membrane
Where are Glycolipids found? What group does it have?
Found in membranes
Has sugar carbohydrate group
Glycolipids purpose
Cell-to-cell signalling
Sphingomyelin structure
similar to phospholipid but has SPHINGOSINE* instead of glycerol
*found around axons of nerve cells
Phosphlipids form 4 types of phospholipid clusters
Micelles
Liposomes
Monolayers
Bilayers
Signalling Molecules
Include proteins involved in cell communication
Integrins
Membrane-bound proteins that facilitate cell adhesion and cytoskeleton movement
Receptors
Faciliate endo/exocytosis on surfacce of cell for signalling
Anchors & Junctions
Help cells move and attach to other cells and the extracellular matrix.
5 types of membrane proteins
- Signal molecules
- Integrins
- Receptors
- Channels & Transporers
- Anchors & Junctions
3 types of transport that regulate phospholipid composition/asymmetry
- Floppies
- Flippase
- Scramblase
Water goes from inside the cell to outside
Hypertonic
Water goes from outside the cell to inside
Hypotonic
Flexibility goes UP when temp goes
UP (because motion goes up)
Flexibility goes up when lipid chains are
SHORTER (more motion)