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Ponnambalam Flashcards

1
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What are the 3 types of second messengers?

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cAMP, PIs, Ca

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2
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What is the structure of PI?

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2 fatty acids, glycerol and inositol, phosphorylated at different positions

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3
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What are the key domain of PLC?

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PH domain of 100 residues for PI
C2 for membrane in presence of Ca
SH2 for pY motifs
SH3 for PolyPro motifs
EF hands for Ca
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4
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What are the domain of PKC?

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C1 for DAG
C2 for membrane
C3 for ATP
C4 for substrate

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5
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What class of PI3K is stimulated by RTKs?

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1a

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6
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What class of PI3K are localised to the Golgi?

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Class 2 and 3

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7
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Where are class 1 PI3K localised?

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PM and Endosomes

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8
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Where is class 2 PI3K found?

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Golgi and secretory vesicles

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9
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Where is PI4K found?

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golgi

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10
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What signalling does PIP2 stimulate?

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PLC degrades to IP3 (Ca from ER) and DAG (membrane)
Stimulates PKC for p53, Ca channels and CaM binding proteins
Primes PI3K and PDK1
directly stimulates K and TRP channels, endo/exocytosis, adhesion receptors, actin remodelling

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11
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What does PI3K do?

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Convert PIP2 to PIP3 when stimulated by GPCR or RTK and RasGTPase scaffold

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12
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What does PIP3 stimulate?

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Binds akt/PKB for activation by PDK1
PKB stimulates PKC, protein synthesis, cell survival, glycogen metabolism, transcription
cytoskeleton rearrangments by Rho/Rac/cdc42

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13
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What type of kinase is PKB?

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Ser/thr

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14
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What does PLPa2 do?

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Release fatty acids from ester bond e.g. arachidonic acid for prostaglandins, leukotrienes, PAF.
Inflammation, apoptosis

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15
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Where are sphingolipids derived from?

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sphingomyelin, using DAG

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16
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What are the types of sphingolipid second messenger?

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glucosylceramide
ceramide -> sphingosine, sphingosine-1-phosphate
ceramide -1-phosphate

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17
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what does ceramide do?

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targets PP1/2 to counteract PKB leading to apoptosis

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18
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What does ceramide phosphate do?

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Activates PLPa2

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19
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What does sphingosine do?

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Interacts with PKH to control actin

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20
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What does sphingosine phosphate do?

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effects immunity, inflammation and endothelial cell growth

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21
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What other lipid-derived compounds are there?

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DAG -> Lysophosphatidic acids and endocannabinoids
PAF
Sphingosine 1 phosphate
Prostaglandins and Retinol can activate GPCRs and nuclear

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22
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What are the 5 classes of nuclear activators/ steriod hormones?

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Mineralocorticiods, Glucocorticiods, androgens, prosgestrogens, oestrogens

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23
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What do retinioc acid derivatives activate?

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rhodopsin GPCR for vision,

RAR and RXR nuclear receptors for cell differentiation and proliferation

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24
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What do prostaglandins/eicosaniods do?

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PPAR: nuclear receptors for pro-inflammatory genes, GPCRS for protection of tissues, analgesia

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25
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What are the main families of membrane receptor?

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Ion channels, guanylyl cyclases, GPCRs, RTK, transmembrane scaffolds

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26
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What are the 4 methods of signal transduction?

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Preformed or diffusion dependant conformational coupling complexes, PTM, protein degradation

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27
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What are the 4 conserved signalling cascades from RTKs?

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PI3K-PKB-proteins
Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK-MAPK(erk)- transcription
IRS-PI3K and Ras
PLC-DAG+IP3-Calcium and P proteins

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28
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What do RTKs respond to?

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Insulin and growth factors

29
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What structure does PDGF have?

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symmetrical

30
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What RTK requires a heparin oligosaccharide to activate?

31
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What is the maximum number of ligands per RTK?

32
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What are the domains involved in the phosphorylation cascades?

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SH2, SH3, PTB, PH, FYVE, FHA, WW & EVH1, PDZ

33
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What does FYVE bind?

34
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What does FHA bind?

35
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What does PDZ bind?

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C-terminal Valine

36
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What domain binds Proline rich regions?

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WW and EVH1

37
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How long is SH2 domain?

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100 residues

38
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What sequence does SH2 bind?

39
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What is the SH3 domain?

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50 residues that bind RXXPXXP left helical poly(pro) motifs

40
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What domains bind pY motifs?

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100 residue SH2 binds pYXXXX

100-150 residue PTB binds NPXpY

41
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How can dysregulation of RTKs cause cancer?

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overactivation of catalytic domain

42
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How can RTK overactivation be treated?

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Phosphatases counteract kinase activity, inhibit dimerisation, neutralise ligand

43
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What downstream effects does ERK have?

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Transcription, PLPa2, inflammation

44
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What domains does an RTK have?

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C terminal positive regulation, Juxtamembrane negative regulation, extracellular ligand binding, single TM helix, intracellular kinase

45
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What type of membrane protein is an RTK?

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Type 1 integral membrane protein, inserted preformed into a signal cluster

46
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How are RTKs regulated?

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Endocytosis and degradation or recycling, positive, negative and feed-forward regulation

47
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What is GPCR structure?

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7TM domains, extracellular ligand binding domain and intracellular G Protein binding domain

48
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What is the structure of the G protein coupled to receptors?

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a-b-y heterotrimer

49
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What are the 5 G protein units coupled to a receptor?

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as, ai, aq, a1.2, by

50
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What does Gas stimulate?

A

Adenylate cyclase

51
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What does Gaq stimulate?

52
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What does Gai stimulate?

A

Blocked adenylate cyclase

53
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What does Ga12 stimulate?

A

GEFs for MAPK

54
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Are GPCR responses all-or-nothing?

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graded response for high/low [agonist] such as adrengeric receptors

55
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What do GDIs do?

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Slow spontaneous activation

56
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What are RGS and PLPC?

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GAPs to inactivate G proteins

57
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How is protein signalling localised?

A

By scaffold proteins in membranes

58
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What size is the Ga subunit?

59
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What size is the small soluble monomeric GTPases?

60
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What type of membrane attachment do the small GTPases have?

A

prenylation

61
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Are there similarities between Ga and soluble G proteins?

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Yes, homologous

62
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What are the 4 soluble GTPase families?

A

Ras
Rab(Ran)
Sar1/Arf
Rho/Rac/cdc42

63
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How is the soluble G protein cascade activated?

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Grb
SOS(GEF)
Ras
Raf
MEK
MAPK
64
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What does Ras do?

A

recruits Raf/HSP/14-3-3 to membrane for Src-mediated unfolding, PKC phosphorylation to activate Ser/Thr kinase activity
regulates Rho/Rac/cdc42 for actin polymerisation and dynamics to control cell shape and dynamics. Rho for FAK adhesion receptors for migration and subversion of pathogenic infection

65
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What do Rab GTPases do?

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regulate membrane trafficking, with SNAREs

66
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Which organisms have Rab?

A

yeast and mammals

67
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What does Rho do?

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Regulates FAK adhesion linked RTKs

triggers changes in actin for cell shape, migration and subversion of pathogenic reponse

68
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How are GTPases implicated in cancer?

A

Permanently activated in GTP form

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