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Non-Enzymatic Protein Function and Protein Analysis Flashcards

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Structural Proteins

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  • Function: Stabilize and protect the integrity of the cell; compose the cytoskeleton, anchoring proteins and extracellular matrix
  • Examples:primary structural proteins in the body are collagen, elastin, keratin, actin, and tubulin
  • Properties: Fibrous proteins; Repetitive secondary structure and super-secondary structure
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Collagen (structure, location, and function)

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Structure: trihelical fiber (three alpha helices woven together to form a secondary helix)

Location: makes most of the extracellular matrix of connective tissue

Function: strength & flexibility`

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Elastin ( location, and function)

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Location: makes most of the extracellular matrix of connective tissue.

Function: stretches an recoils like a spring, restores original shape of the tissue

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Keratin (structure, location, and function)

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Intermediate filament proteins found in epithelial cells

Function: mechanical integrity of the cell and regulatory protein

Location: primary protein that makes up hair and nails

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Actin (structure, location, and function)

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Most abundant protein in eukaryotic cells

Structure: it has a positive and negative side so can travel unidirectionally

Location: It makes up thin filaments and microfilaments in myofibrils

Function: polarity allows motor proteins to travel
unidirectionally.

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Tubulin

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Make up microtubules

-provide structure, chromosome seperation and intracellular transport with kinesin and dynein

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Motor Proteins

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  • Definition: Proteins capable of force generation through conformational change
  • Function: Serve in muscle contraction, cellular trafficking and cell motility
  • Examples:Myosin, kinesin and dynein
  • Properties: contain one or more heads for force generation’ have catalytic ability to break down ATP for force generation (ATPase)
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Motor porteins also display ____ activity

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enzymatic activity

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When motor proteins display enzymatic activity, they act as ____

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They act as ATPases, that power the conformational change for motor function

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Motor proteins have transient interactions with either ____ (a) or ____ (b)

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(a) actin

(b) microtubules

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Primary Motor Proteins

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  • Myosin
  • Kinesins
  • Dyneins
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Myosin

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  • Primary motor protein that interacts with actin
  • It is the thick filament in myofibril
  • It also plays a role in cellular transport
  • Each myosin subunit has a single head and neck: movement at the neck powers sarcomere contraction
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Kinesins and Dyneins

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  • Motor proteins associated with microtubules
  • Have two heads, one remains attached to tubulin at all times
  • Polarity: kinesins (move towards positive end of microtubule) and dyneins (move towards negative end of microtubule)
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Key roles of Kinesins and Dyneins

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Key roles:

  • Alignment of chromosomes during metaphase
  • Depolymerization of microtubules during anaphase
  • Sliding movement of cilia and flagella
  • Vesicle transport in the cell (opposite polarities
  • Kinesins bring vesicles of neurotransmitters to the synaptic terminal (positive end of axonal microtubules)
  • Dyneins bring vesicles of waste or recycled neurotransmitter back toward the soma (negative end of microtubule)
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Binding proteins ___ (a) or ___ (b) molecules by binding to them

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(a) transport

(b) sequester

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Examples of Binding Proteins

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  • Hemoglobin
  • Calcium-binding proteins
  • DNA-binding proteins (often transcription factors)
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Cell Adhesion Molecules (CAMs)

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Proteins found in the surface of most cells

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CAMs function

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Bind cells to matrix or other cells

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All CAMs are ___ proteins

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Integral membrane proteins

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Three major families of CAMs

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  • Cadherins
  • Integrins
  • Selectins
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Cadherins

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  • Glycoproteins
  • Mediate calcium-dependent cell adhesion
  • Hold SIMILAR cell types together (e.g. epithelial cells)
  • Different cells have type-specific cadherins
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Integrins

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  • Group of proteins.
  • All have two membrane spanning chains (alpha and beta)
  • Chains are important for binding and communicating to the extracellular matrix.
  • Cellular signaling (promote cell division,apoptosis and other processes)
  • Host defense
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Selectins

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  • Bind to carbohydrate molecules that project from cell surfaces (weakest bonds formed by CAMs)
  • Expressed on white blood cells and endothelial cells (line blood vessels)
  • Host defense
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Immunoglobulins

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  • Y-shaped proteins produced by B-cells

Key roles:

  • Neutralize targets (toxins and bacteria)
  • Recruit other cells (such as macrophages) to eliminate the threat.
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Structure of immunoglobulins

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  • Y-shaped proteins
  • Two identical heavy chains and two identical light chains
  • Disulfide linkages and noncovalent interactions hold them together)
  • Antibody binding region at the tips of the Y (sequence specific) the binds antigen
  • Constant region, rest of the antibody.
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Possible outcomes of antibodies binding to antigen

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  • Neutralization of antigen
  • Marking the pathogen or Opsonization for destruction by white blood cell
  • Clumping together or agglutinating into large insoluble protein complexes that can be phagocytized and digested by macrophages.
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Protein act in biosignaling by acting as:

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  • extracellular ligands
  • transporters (for facilitated diffusion)
  • receptor proteins
  • second messengers
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Three main types of ion channels

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  • Ungated
  • Voltage-gated
  • Ligand-gated
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Ion channels permit ____ diffusion of charged particles

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Facilitated diffusion-A type of passive transport in which a molecule is transported down a concentration gradient through a pore in the membrane created by a transmembrane protein.

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Ungated Ion Channels

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  • They are unregulated, always open

- Example: ungated K+ channels. There will be a net efflux of K ions through these channels unless K+ is at equilibrium

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Voltage-Gated channels

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  • Regulated by membrane potential change near the channel

Examples:

  • Voltage-gated Na+ channels in neurons. Closed at resting conditions. Depolarization opens them, which close again very quickly as voltage increases.
  • K+/Na+ voltage-gated channels in cells of the sinoatrial node of the heart. Serve as the pacemaker current
  • lower voltage= channels open
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Ligand-Gated Channels

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  • Binding of a specific substance or ligand opens/closes the channel.
  • Km and Vmax parameters also apply to transporters such as ion channels.
  • They do not have Km values because there is no catalysis

Example:
Neurotransmitter GABA binds to chloride channel at the postsynaptic membrane and opens it.

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Enzyme-linked receptors

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  • Membrane receptors that display catalytic activity in response to ligand binding
  • participates in cell signaling through extra-cellular ligand binding and initiating a 2nd messenger
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Structure of enzyme-linked receptors

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Three primary protein domains:

1) membrane-spanning domain (anchors receptor to in the cell membrane
2) ligand-binding domain
3) catalytic domain

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Initiation of a second messenger cascade

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ligand-binding domain is stimulated by the appropriate ligand and induces a conformational change that activates the catalytic domain.

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Examples of enzyme-linked receptors are:

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  • Receptor tyrosine kinases
  • Serine/threonine specific protein kinases
  • Receptor tyrosine phosphatases
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G protein-coupled receptors

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  • Large family of integral membrane proteins
  • Involved in signal transduction
  • Have 7 membrane-spanning alpha helices
  • Differ in specificity of the ligand-binding area located on the extracellular surface of the cell.
  • They utilize heterotrimeric G protein
  • Binding of a ligand increases affinity of the receptor for the G protein.
  • Binding of the G protein represents a switch to the active state and affects the intracellular signaling pathway
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G protein

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  • They have an intracellular link to guanine nucleotides (GPD and GTP)
  • It has 3 subunits: alpha, beta, and gamma
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In the G proteins inactive form:

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The alpha subunit binds GDP and is in a complex with beta and gamma subunits.

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Trimeric G protein cycle

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(1) inactive α subunit of G protein binds GDP and forms complex with β and γ subunits.
(2) inactive α subunit protein binds GTP then it dissociates from β and γ subunits
(3) activated α subunit alters the activity of adenyl cyclase*
(4) Once GTP in activated α subunit is dephosphorylated to GDP, it will rebind to the β and γ subunits, rendering the G protein inactive

  • as will activate the enzyme, a1 will inhibit the adenyl cyclase
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Gs _____ (a) adenylate cyclase, which _____ (b) cAMP levels in the cell

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(a) stimulates

(b) increases

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G1 _____ (a) adenylate cyclase, which _____ (b) cAMP levels in the cell

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a) inhibits

(b) decreases

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Gq _____ (a) phospholipase C, which _____ (b) calcium channels in the ER, _____ (c) calcium levels in the cell

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(a) activates
(b) opens
(c) increasing

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homogenization

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crushing, grinding or blending the tissue of interest into an evenly mixed solution

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centrifugation

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isolation of proteins from much smaller molecules before other isolation techniques are employed

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Polyacrylamide gel

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the standard medium for protein Electrophoresis; pourous matrix that solidifies at room temperature and acts like a sieve allowing smaller particles to move faster through medium

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PAGE (Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis)

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analysis of proteins in native states - limited by varying charge:mass and size:mass ratios but allows native protein recovery
-maintains protein shape (non-denaturing)

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SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl Sulfate)

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separates proteins on mass alone by denaturing + forming negative charge on all; followed by staining to make protein bands visual

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Isoelectric focusing

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separates on the basis of PI point by migrating proteins through gel with pH gradient; protein stops moving when reaches point where pH = pI and the protein is neutral

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Mnemonic for isoelectric focusing: A+

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Anode has acid (H+ rich) gel and a (+) charge.

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Chromatography

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fractionation of a homogenized mixture through a porous matrix - the more similar the compound is to the matrix, the slower it will move through

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Column chromatography

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used for other macromolecules besides just proteins - column of alumina/silica beads as adsorbent and gravity moves compounds and solvent down at vary speeds based on polarity and size

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ion exchange chromatography

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beads in column coated w/ charged substances - attract or bind substances w/ different charge. then a salt gradient is used to elute remaining charged particles that stuck

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size exclusion chromatography

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beads in column contain pores of different sizes. small compounds go through pores slowly, large do not fit and elute quickly. used after ion exchange.

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affinity chromatography

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coat beads w/ specific receptor of protein of interest to bind it. can be difficult to remove particle of interest from receptor then though.

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What are the most prevalent extra cellular proteins?

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Keratin, elastin and collagen

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What receptor types use second messengers

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Enzyme linked receptor and G protein coupled receptor

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