Molecular Test 2 Review Flashcards
What is the function of tight junctions?
Seals gap between epithelial cells.
What is the function of adherens junctions?
Connects actin filament bundle in one cell with that in the next cell.
What is the function of the desmosome?
Connects intermediate filaments in one cell to those in the next cell.
What is the function of gap junctions?
Allow the passage of small water-soluble molecules from cell to cell.
What is the function of hemidesmosomes?
Anchors intermediate filaments in a cell to extracellular matrix.
What is the function of actin-linked cell-matrix adhesion?
Anchors actin filaments in cell to extracellular matrix.
Which cell junction type is a occluding junction?
tight junction
Which cell junction type is a cell-cell anchoring junction?
> adherens junction
> desmosome
Which cell junction type is a channel-forming junction?
gap junction
Which cell junction type is a cell-matrix anchoring junction?
> actin-linked cell-matrix adhesion
> hemidesmosome
Which three cell junctions form the junctional complex?
> tight junctions
adherens junction
desmosome
Which cell junctions do actin bind to?
> adherens junction
> actin-linked cell-matrix
Which cell junctions do intermediate filaments bind to?
> desmosome
> hemisesmosome
List the three anchor proteins that link classical cadherins to actin in the cytoskeleton?
> beta-catenin
gamma-catenin
p120-catenin
Which two cell types have cadherins as the principal components?
> adheren junctions
desmosomes
cluster at sites of cell-cell contract in most solid tissues
Classical cadherins?
Ca2+ dependent adherens junctions.
- E-cadherin
- N-cadherin
- VE-cadherin
- P-cadherin
Nonclassical cadherins?
Ca2+ dependent; form desmosome junctions, and the recently discovered large subfamily of protocadherins, which are implicated in neuronal plasticity
- desmocollins
- desmogleins
What are the two main tight junction proteins?
> claudin (main functional component)
> occludin
What protein anchors tight junctions to actin cytoskeleton?
ZO protein
List the 3 functions of tight junctions.
> barrier function
fence function
signaling function