Organelles and Structures Flashcards
Two layers of phospholipids
Hydrophobic tails, hydrophilic heads
Sphingolipid makeup:
Fatty acid tails that are slightly longer than phospholipids, with a phosopholipid or glycolipid head
Three components of membrane:
Phospholipids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol
Net effect of cholesterol on membrane
Increases fluidity and decreased permeability to water
Membrane proteins that are usually cytosolic and easily dissociated from membrane
Peripheral membrane protein
Sphingolipid anchored peripheral proteins form ______
Lipid rafts
Membrane proteins that are ambipathic and lodged in the membrane
Integral membrane proteins
Transmembrane integral membrane proteins include:
Channels and carrier proteins
One sided integral membrane proteins include:
Enzymes and receptors
Two types of membrane carbohydrates
Glycoproteins and glycolipids
Location and binding mechanism of membrane carbohydrates
Covalently bonded to lipids or proteins on the extracellular surface
Two functions of membrane carbohydrates
Glycocalyx and cell recognition
Function of glycocalyx
Protection and cell adhesion
What is the glycocalyx
Glycoprotein that covers some cell membranes
Functions of cytosol (4)
- location of specific chemical reactions
- storage of fat, carbohydrates
- storage of secretory vesicles
- ionic composition (nerve and muscle cells)
Protein factories of the cell
Ribosomes
Proteins formed by _______ ribosomes are released into the cell
free
Proteins formed by ______ are transported to the golgi and then secreted or distributed to other organelles
rough ER ribosomes