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What is cell surface membrane made from?

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Phospholipid bilayer

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What other attributes are within the cell surface membrane?

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Intrinsic proteins 
Extrinsic proteins 
Glycoproteins 
Glycolipid 
Cholesterol 
Pore
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What is the function of an intrinsic protein?

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Helps carry substances across as they lay across the cell surface membrane

E.g glucose or ions

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What do extrinsic proteins do?

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Add more stability to enzymes

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What does cholesterol do?

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Increases stability and rigidity by binding to the phospholipid head

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Why are the hydrophobic areas of the membrane useful?

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Allows selectivity
Stops water loss
Allows movement of soluble or non-polar molecules

Vitamins
Enzymes

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What are glycoproteins used for?

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Receptor site for hormones

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What are glycolipids used for?

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Receptor sites for toxins

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What does the phospholipid allow?

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Small, non-polar or lipid soluble substances pass into or out of the cell

Eg oxygen and water

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What term is used to describe the arrangement of the cell membrane?

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Fluid-mosaic

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Why is the term fluid mosaic used to describe the cell membrane?

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Fluid - the individual molecule within the membrane is able to move

Mosaic - proteins ‘float’ in the phospholipid bilayer

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What are possible functions of proteins in the cell membrane?

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Carriers
Receptors
Enzymes

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What is diffusion?

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The net movement of molecules or ions from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration with no additional energy required

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What kind of process is diffusion?

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Passive

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Once particles have diffused what happens?

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They don’t spread out any more but they move around as they are in constant random motion

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What are the two types of diffusion?

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Simple

Facilitated

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What is simple diffusion?

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Just molecules spreading out

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How does facilitated diffusion take place?

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A molecule binds to a carrier protein in the membrane
They form a water filled pore or channel in the membrane
Allowing ions to diffuse across cell membrane

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What is required in facilitated diffusion? What is not?

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Channel proteins

No energy required

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How do carrier proteins work?

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They have a binding site for a specific solute and constantly flip between two states so the site is alternately open to opposite sides of the membrane
The substance will bind on the side with a high concentration and be released where it is at a low concentration

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What is used to determine factors affecting rate of diffusion?

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Fick’s Law

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What is Fick’s law?

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Large surface area X steep concentration gradient
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Short diffusion distance

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What are protein channels?

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Water-filled tubes to allow water soluble ions to diffuse across the membrane

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What do carrier proteins do?

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Bind to ions/molecules then change shape in order to move them across the membrane

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What is osmosis?
The net movement of water molecules From a higher water potential to a lower water potential Through a partially permeable membrane
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What are the stages of concentrations?
Pure Diluted Concentrated
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What is the symbol of water potential?
Ψ | A trident
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What is water potential?
The potential energy of water to move
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What unit is used to show water potential? Why?
kPa (kilo pascals) Pa - is the unit for pressure The water particles hitting surface edges causes pressure
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What is the water potential of pure water?
O kPa
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What happens to water potential as it becomes more diluted and then more concentrated?
The water potential goes down i.e -200kPa to -500kPa
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Why does water potential decrease as a solution becomes diluted/concentrated?
Less water is hitting the sides therefore there is less pressure Less water hits the sides as water hangs around solute molecules so they aren’t whizzing around - therefore fewer collisions against surfaces
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What happens to an animal cell and a palisade cell in pure water?
Too much water moves in Animal - the cell bursts called lysis Palisade - fills but doesn’t burst because of the cell wall (turgid)
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What happens to an animal cell and a palisade cell in an isotonic solution?
The same water potential inside and out therefore water moves evenly into and out of the cell Animal and Palisade - stay the same size
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What happens to an animal cell and a palisade cell in an concentrated salt solution?
There is a low water potential outside therefore water moves out of the cell Animal - the cell shrivels called crenation Palisade - the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall called plasmolysis
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What is active transport?
The net movement of molecules or ions From an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration (against it’s gradient) Using energy from the hydrolysis of ATP Using carrier proteins
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What factors affect active transport?
High temperature High concentration of oxygen A respiratory inhibitor ie cyanide
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How does high temperature affect active transport?
It will denature the carrier proteins by changing the tertiary structure as it breaks the hydrogen bonds with high kinetic energy Therefore less successful collisions
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How does concentration of oxygen affect active transport?
More aerobic respiration can take place therefore releases more energy from mitochondria This energy is used in active transport
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How does a respiratory inhibitor affect active transport? Example?
Cyanide It binds to cytochrome oxidase in the mitochondria with prevents respiration taking place Therefore less energy produced for active transport
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Why is it good for cells to have a large surface area for active transport?
More membrane and therefore more proteins available to bring substances across
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What actually happens in active transport?
A molecule/ion binds to the receptor site on the carrier protein On the inside of the cell ATP binds to the protein causing it to split into ADP + PO4 Therefore the protein changes shape and opens on the other side of the membrane This carries to molecule/ion to other side The PO4 is released causing the protein to go back to it’s original shape for the process to be repeated
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What is metabolic energy provided from?
ATP
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Where does co-transport take place?
Through the microvilli of the ileum
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What happens in co-transport?
1. Sodium moves out of the cell via active transport and potassium moves in using a protein carrier 2. Sodium ion will diffuse into the cell (now low concentration) and sodium activates the carrier protein used for facilitated diffusion bringing in glucose with it 3. The glucose will diffuse out of the cell because of the concentration gradient by facilitated diffusion
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Why do sodium ions move into the cell after stage 1 of co-transport?
The sodium ion concentration will have decreased inside the cell and the sodium that moved out will have been taken away by the blood stream Therefore a steep concentration gradient is created
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Why is glucose moved by facilitated diffusion?
It moves with the concentration gradient But glucose is to large to just diffuse through the cell membrane therefore needs a channel protein to aid it’s movement
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What is the mechanism called that moves glucose and amino acids out of the ileum?
Sodium-Potassium pump

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