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Topic 4 - Lipids, Membranes, and Membrane Transport Flashcards

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Lipid

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Macromolecule that is nonpolar and insoluble in water (hydrophobic); hydrocarbons that include mostly nonpolar carbon-carbon or carbon-hydrogen bonds

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List four functions of lipids

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  1. Energy storage
  2. Insulation from environment in plants and animals
  3. Building blocks of many hormones
  4. Form plasma membrane
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What are some examples of lipids?

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Fats and oils (aka triglycerides), phospholipids, steroids, waxes, etc.

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What are the main components of a fat molecule?

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Glycerol and three fatty acids

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Saturated fatty acid

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Single bonds between neighboring carbons in the hydrocarbon chain - i.e. saturated with hydrogen; compact, solid at room temperature, and inflexible in cold temperature
Ex. butter

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Unsaturated fatty acid

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Hydrocarbon chain contains a double bond (C=C); fluid, liquid at room temperature, flexible in cold temperature
Ex. vegetable oil

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Monounsaturated

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One double bond (C=C)

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Polyunsaturated

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Multiple double bonds

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What causes an unsaturated fatty acid to be liquid at room temperature?

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Double bonds cause a bend/”kink” that prevents fatty acids from packing tightly, keeping them liquid at room temperature.

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Why are fats (triglycerides) important?

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Fats are an excellent source of stored energy, may be used for insulation and cushioning

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Phospholipids

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Plasma membrane constituents that comprise cell’s outermost layer; glycerol backbone linked to a modified phosphate group (polar, hydrophilic head) and 2 fatty acid tails (nonpolar, hydrophobic)
- Tails may be saturated or unsaturated
- Spontaneously form micelles or bilayers in water

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Steroids

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Chemical messengers; precursors to water-insoluble vitamins (A, K, D, and E) and hormones (testosterone and estradiol)
- Composed of 4 carbon rings

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Cholesterol

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Sterol found in the plasma membrane of animal cells; located within phospholipid bilayer

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Fluid mosaic model

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Plasma membrane is a mosaic of components - including phospholipids, cholesterol, proteins and carbohydrates - that gives the membrane a fluid character (i.e. lipids are fluid, mosaic is made of proteins)

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Phospholipid bilayer

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Barrier that separates the inside of the cell from the outside environment; comprised of phospholipids

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Functional membranes must be…

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Fluid

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What affects the fluidity of the bilayer?

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Temperature, size of protein, protein attachment to cytoskeleton, saturation of hydrocarbon tails, and cholesterol

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What is the function of cholesterol in the membrane?

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Prevents lower temperatures from inhibiting fluidity and higher temperatures from increasing fluidity too much

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What are the functions of integral proteins (transmembrane proteins)?

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  • Transporting/channeling molecules across membrane
  • Cell-surface receptors - cell recognition, signal transduction
  • Cell-to-cell adhesion; carbohydrate chains attached to some proteins act as labels that identify cell type
  • Enzymatic activity
  • Attachments to cytoskeleton
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What are the functions of peripheral proteins?

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  • Enzymatic activity
  • Attachments to cytoskeleton
  • Cell recognitions sites - cell-specific proteins
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Integral proteins are found…

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Embedded in lipid bilayer

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Peripheral proteins are found…

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On the periphery of lipid bilayer, attached to either integral proteins or phospholipids

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Cell surface markers

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Classify cells according to their markers

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What are the functions of carbohydrates in the cell membrane?

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  • Cell recognition (“self” vs. “non-self”)
  • Glycoproteins and glycolipids - AKA glycocalyx
  • Hydrophilic - attracts H2O to cell’s surface
  • Cell-to-cell adhesion
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Selective permeability / semipermeability

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Plasma membranes allow some substances to pass through but not others

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Passive transport

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A type of membrane transport that does not require energy (ATP) to move substances across cell

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Diffusion

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A type of passive transport where substances move down their concentration gradient (high to low)

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What are the requirements for simple diffusion?

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Substances must be small, nonpolar, and lipid-soluble

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Dynamic equilibrium

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Lack of concentration gradient (no net movement)

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Facilitated diffusion

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Process in which integral proteins allow membrane diffusion to be selective

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Transport proteins

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Integral proteins involved in facilitated diffusion; function as either channels for the material or carriers

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Channel proteins

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Membrane proteins that allow a substance to pass through its hollow core across a plasma membrane
- Hydrophilic interior allows polar compounds, ions and/or water to pass through, which avoids the nonpolar central layer of the plasma membrane

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Aquaporins

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Channel proteins that allow water to pass through the membrane at a high rate

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Ion channels

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Allow ions to pass through membrane; diffusion depends on charge (membrane potential), concentration, open/closed status of gate
- Na+, K+ channels in nerve impulses
- Ca2+ channels in muscle cells

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Gated channels

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Transport proteins that open a “gate,” allowing a molecule to pass through a membrane
- Stimulus (chemical/electrical signals, temperature, mechanical force) causes gate to open/shut

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Carrier proteins

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Assist specific molecule to pass through by changing shape
- Binds to a substance, triggering a change in shape and moves bound molecule across membrane
Ex. glucose transporter in RBC

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Osmosis

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The movement (diffusion) of water across a semipermeable membrane down its concentration gradient

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Solutions

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Solute: substance dissolved in solvent
Solvent: dissolving agent (water)

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Tonicity

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Amount of solute in a solution

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Hypertonic

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Higher solute concentration

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Hypotonic

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Lower solute concentration

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Isotonic

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Equal solute concentration

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Cells without a cell wall will _____ when placed in a hypotonic solution

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Lyse/burst

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Cells with a cell wall will _____ when placed in a hypotonic solution

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Become turgid (firm)

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Cells without a cell will _____ when placed in a hypertonic solution

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Shrivel/crenate

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Cells with a cell wall will _____ when placed in a hypertonic solution

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Plasmolyze (shrivel)

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Animal cells do best in a _____ environment

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Isotonic

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Plant cells do best in a _____ environment

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Hypotonic

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How is osmotic balance maintained?

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  • Contractile vacuoles pump water out
  • Isosmotic regulation - regulation of solutes in the body
  • Turgor prevents plant cells from bursting due to pressure from cell wall
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Active transport

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Method of transporting material the requires energy (ATP, diffusion gradient or light)

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ATP stands for…

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Adenosine triphosphate

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ATP moves substances _____ their concentration gradient

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Against

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What carrier proteins are involved in active transport?

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  • Uniporter: carries one specific ion/molecule
  • Symporter: carries two different ions/molecules in same direction
  • Antiporter: carries two different ions/molecules in a different direction
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Give an example of an active transport pump

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Na+-K+ ATPase

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Electron flow

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Proton pumps: H+ is pumped across membrane using electron flow; H+ gradient is used to make ATP as H+ diffuses

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Light-driven

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Light drives H+ out of cell, H+ gradient is harvested to make ATP

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Coupled transport

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Gradient of one molecule is used to transport another molecule; maintained indirectly by ATP

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Endocytosis

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A type of active transport that moves particles, such as large molecules, parts of cells, and whole cells, into a cell

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Phagocytosis

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“Cell eating”
Process by which a cell engulfs large particles via invagination

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Pinocytosis

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“Cell drinking”
Process by which a cell takes in molecules, including water, from extracellular fluid

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Receptor-mediated endocytosis

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Variation of endocytosis that involves using specific binding proteins in the plasma membrane for specific molecules/particles (e.g. hormones)

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Exocytosis

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Process of passing bulk material out of a cell
- Vesicles fuse with membrane, releasing contents

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