Smartbook Part 2 Flashcards

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1
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What are key functions carried out by membrane proteins?

A

cell surface identity markers
Transport ions across the membrane
Receive external chemical messages
chemical reactions on surface of membrane

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2
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Set a membrane proteins are attached to the surface of the membrane by special molecules, associate strongly with phospholipids, what describes anchoring molecules

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They are modified lipid
They have chemical bonding domains that link them directly to the membrane proteins

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3
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What are the functions carried out by membrane proteins

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Receive external chem messages
Attached membrane to cytoskeleton
Connect adjacent cells and hold them together

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4
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Transmembrane proteins must span the lipid bilayer at least ______ times to be anchored in the interior of the cell membrane

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One

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5
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Membrane proteins can be anchored to the surface of the membrane by attached to the molecule associate strongly with phospholipids an insert into the lipid bilayer. These molecules are

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Modified lipids

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6
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The hydrophobic region of a transmembrane proteins, which extends through the lipid bilayer contacting the nonpolar interior of the membrane, might be composed of what

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B pleated sheets containing nonpolar amino acids
A helices containing nonpolar amino acids

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7
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Transmembrane domain has

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Hydrophobic amino acids

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Different proteins can cross the membrane in diff ways
What is the primary difference between transmembrane protein in terms of how they cross the membrane

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Different proteins can cross the membrane a different number of times

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Transmembrane B-sheets 1040 through a motif through the membrane that allow molecules pass through the membrane. This type of protein is called a

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Pore protein

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10
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Each membrane-spanning region of a transmembrane protein is called a

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Transmembrane domain

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11
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What is the function of transmembrane proteins called reticulons

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They can cause a membrane to bend or even form a tube

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Transport that occurs without a cell expanding any of its own energy is called

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Passive transport

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13
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Describe pore proteins

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They transmembrane proteins
They create openings or channels in the membrane that allow specific ions or molecule to pass through
They have extensive non-polar regions that are folded into a beta pleated sheets

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14
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when the concentration of a substance on one side of the membrane is different from its concentration on the other side of the membrane the substance is said to exhibit a concentration______

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Gradient

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due to the constant random motion of its atoms and molecules a substance will exhibit net movement from a region where it has higher concentration to a region where it has low concentration and net movement is called

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Diffusion

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16
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which of the following transmembrane proteins are likely to be found in the membranes that form tubular structures

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Reticulons

17
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diffusion is caused by

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Constant random motion of all atoms in molecules

18
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When the concentration of a substance varies from one region to another, the substance is exhibit a

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Concentration Gradient

19
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A major barrier to crossing a biological membrane is it the hydrophobic interior of the membrane that repels what kind of molecules?

A

Polar molecules

20
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what is the permeability of a typical cell membrane to a large polar molecule

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Very limited permeability

21
Q

Substance that cannot easily crossed by lipid bilayer, can still diffuse across the plasma membrane with the help of what

A

Specific channel, proteins or carrier proteins

22
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oxygen diffuses across the plasma membrane due to what

A

All oxygen molecules are in constant random motion

23
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In cell membranes the interior of the lipid bilayer repels what

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Ions
Polar molecules
Hydrophilic molecules

24
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Of the two types of transport proteins that mediate facilitated diffusion, ____ proteins actually bind with the sub being transported, while _____ proteins simply provide a hydrophilic space for the substance to move through

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Carrier
Channel

25
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transport proteins that actually find a specific substance being transported across the membrane are called

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Carrier proteins

26
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diffusion that is assisted by Chanel proteins or carrier proteins called

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Facilitated diffusion