Proteoglycans And Glycoproteins Flashcards
Glycoproteins:
- Primarily made of __
- Exception to 1?
- Charge of CHO chains
- Structure
- Name?
- Protein
- Mucin
- MAY be negatively charged
- Short chains, branched, no repeating disaccharide units
- Oligosaccharides
Proteoglycans:
- Primarily made of __
- Charge of CHO chains
- Structure
- Name?
- Give an example of an important proteoglycan
- Carbohydrate
- ALWAYS negatively charged
- Long chains, unbranched, with repeating disaccharide units
- Glycosaminglycans (GAGs)
- Hyaluronic acid
The repeating disaccharide unit of GAGs is primarily
[acidic sugar - amino sugar]n
GAGs:
Amino sugars can be sulfated on which carbons?
C4 / C6
- What is the old term for GAGs
2. What is the name of the GAG storage diseases
- Mucopolysaccharides
2. Mucopolysaccharidoses
What happens when GAGs are near each other, why?
They repel each other because they are always negatively charged
Name an important function of GAGs and 3 places in the body where they are found
Shock absorption/lubrication; found in synovial fluid, vitreous humor, and umbilical cord
- What happens if you compress a GAGs solution?
2. What happens when you release the compression?
- They lose water and occupies a smaller volume
2. They spring back (reforms the shell of hydration)
- How are the 6 major classes of GAGs recognized? (3 things)
- All are extracellular except?
- Monomeric composition, type of glycosidic linkage, and degree/position of sulfation
- Heparin
Chondrotin sulfates:
- Found in what parts of the body (5)
- What do they form
- What is unique about them
- Cartilage, tendon, bones, ligaments and aorta
- Form proteoglycan aggregates, often aggregating non-covalently with hyaluronic acid
- Most abundant GAG in the body
Keratan sulfates:
- What is unique about them
- Where in the body are they found (3)
- Only GAG with a simple sugar in its disaccharide unit (galactose)
- CORNEA, cartilage and bone
Dermatan sulfate:
1. Where in the body is it found (3)
- Skin, blood vessels and heart valves
Heparin:
- Where in the body is it located
- Serves as __
- Liver and mast cells (intracellularly)
2. An anticoagulant
Heparan sulfate:
- Difference in the disaccharide units compared to heparin?
- Where in the body is it found
- In heparan sulfate, some glucosamines are acetylated and there are fewer sulfate groups
- Cell surfaces and basement membranes
Hyaluronic acid:
- Where in the body is it found
- What is its disaccharide unit?
- What is unique about it (3)
- Joint and ocular fluids
- N-acetylglucosamine and glucuronic acid
- Only GAG with no sulfate, not covalently attached to protein, and only GAG also found in bacteria
Structure of proteoglycans:
- Chains are separated by __
- What kind of structure does this give them?
- Charge repulsion
2. Bottle brush
What enzyme does venom contain
What does this enzyme do?
Hyaluronidase
Breaks through basement membrane so venom can enter