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What is the extra- and intra-cellular concentrations (mM) of K+?

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Extra: 3.5-5

Intra: ~150

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What is the extra- and intra-cellular concentrations (mM) of Na+?

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Extra: 135-150

Intra: ~15

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What is the extra- and intra-cellular concentrations (mM) of Ca2+?

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Extra: ~1.3

Intra: ~0.1 (or ~100microMolar)

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What is the extra- and intra-cellular concentrations (mM) of Mg2+?

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Extra: ~0.6

Intra: ~0.8

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What is the extra- and intra-cellular concentrations (mM) of H+?

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Extra: 35-45nM (pH = 7.35-7.45)

Intra: ~100nM (ph ~ 7)

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What is the extra- and intra-cellular concentrations (mM) of Cl-?

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Extra: 100-120

Intra: ~5 - ~80

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What is the extra- and intra-cellular concentrations (mM) of HCO3-?

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Extra: 22-27
Intra: ~10

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What are the two major types of epithelial cells?

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Stratified: mechanical protection (skin)
Simple: secretion and absorption (lungs)

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Where is the epithelia specialized for exchange?

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The lungs. 02 and CO2

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Where is epithelia specialized for absorption?

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The gut and kidneys.

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How many cells are in our body?

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37 trillion

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What are two proteins used in proof reading?

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EF-Tu and EF-G

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When are the proofreading proteins used?

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  1. EF-Tu comes in with the new tRNA and AA and make sure it fits into the A site of the ribosome.
  2. After chain has been elongated, EF-G comes in to make sure it’s all good. When A site is restored, EF-G gets kicked off.
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What are the three sites in the ribosome? Function?

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  1. A: where new tRNA comes in with new AA (when this happens, rRNA in E site gets kicked out.)
  2. P: where chain is actually elongated.
  3. E: exit chamber for no longer needed tRNA.
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Does proofreading require energy?

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Yes. GTP to GDP for use of both EF-Tu and EF-G.

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What percent of the cell’s membrane is the plasma membrane?

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About 5%.

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How does transportation to the cell membrane change a protein?

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  • often makes them active
  • lots of conformational changes as they enter the membrane.
  • bind with other proteins.
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What is the life cycle of a protein? (what can go wrong?)

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i) Conception: Replication and Transcription (mutations)
ii) Birth: Translation (misincorporation, premature termination)
iii) Maturation: Folding (misfolding)
iv) Death: Degradation (accumulation)

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What determines a proteins 3D structure?

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The 1D AA sequence. (however, sometimes the environment can influence it.)

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How is protein folding determined?

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The protein moves towards a lower free energy, and that determines structure.

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Describe the analogy of a protein’s intermediate state.

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UF protein is like an atom in gaseous state.
Intermediate protein is like an atom as a liquid, more structure but very mobile.
Folded proteins are like a crystal.

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Do most proteins have an intermediate state?

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Who does the ribosome give a new protein to?

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Chaperone Proteins.

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What is the role of chaperones?

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They facilitate the folding of proteins.

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When are proteins unfolded?

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  1. translocation
  2. degradation
  3. post translation modification
  4. stress can unfold proteins.
25
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What are heat shock proteins?

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Chaperone proteins.

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What are the 5 families of HSPs?

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  1. sHSPs (small)
  2. HSP60
  3. HSP70
  4. HSP90
  5. HSP100
27
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What do sHSPs do?

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Provide an alternate surface for mis/unfolded proteins to bind to so that the cell can deal with them more easily. Help refold misfolded proteins.

28
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What do HSP90s do?

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fold steroid hormone receptors and oncogenic kinases.

29
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What does HSP100 do?

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Disaggregate large aggregates.

30
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What does HSP70 do?

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It works with HSP90 and HSP100. Binds to new proteins very early on as it leaves the ribosome.

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What do HSP60 do?

32
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What are the two major degradation pathways?

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  1. Proteasomes

2. Autophagosomes

33
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What causes Cystic Fibrosis?

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the CFTR protein does not fold properly, so it is degraded.

34
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What is a prion?

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A misfolded protein that can cause other of the same type of proteins to also become misfolded. It is infectious and the cause of Mad Cow’s Disease.

35
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What are epithelium?

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  • avascular tissue, covers exterior body and closed cavities
  • polar: apical, basal and lateral
  • cell junctions: adherents, tights junctions, desmosomes
  • basal lamina
  • microvilli, cilia, other special appendages
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What are two classifications of epithelia?

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  1. Layers: simple, stratified, pseudo-stratified

2. Shape: squamous, cuboidal, columnar

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What are 2 types of epithelia?

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  1. Endothelium: lines lumen of blood vessels

2. Mesothelium: lines all cavities of the body and surfaces of abdominal organs.

38
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Flux is proportional to?

39
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Concentration is proportional to?

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