Unit 1 - Membrane Proteins Flashcards

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What are integral proteins?

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Proteins that have one or more segment embedded in the phospholipid bilayer

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What are transmembrane proteins?

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Proteins which span across the membrane and act as channels or transporters of ions

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What are peripheral proteins?

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Proteins which are temporarily bound to either surface of the membrane

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What is facilitated diffusion?

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The passive transport of substances across the membrane through specific proteins

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5
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What are transporter proteins?

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Membrane proteins involved in the movement of ions, small molecules and macromolecules across a membrane

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What are gated channel proteins?

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Channel-forming proteins controlled by signalling molecules or ion concentration.

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What are ligand-gated channels?

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Transmembrane protein channels controlled by the binding of signal molecules

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What are voltage-gated proteins?

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Transmembrane proteins that form ion channels, activated by the changes in the electrical membrane potential

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What is the electrochemical gradient?

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A gradient of electrochemical potential, consisting of difference in solute concentration and difference in charge

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What is the membrane potential?

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An electrical gradient that forces ions to move passively in one direction

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What is the sodium-potassium pump?

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A protein that removes 3 sodium ions and takes 2 potassium ions into the cell during a cycle of action

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What is a glucose-symport?

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An integral membrane protein involved in transport of glucose and sodium ions across the membrane

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13
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What does the plasma membrane control?

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Entry and exit of materials

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14
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What is the plasma membrane composed of?

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-Phospholipids
-Proteins

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15
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What are the 2 regions of a phospholipid and what are their properties i.e. charge?

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  • Head region ( charged, hydrophilic, attracted to water )
  • Tail region ( uncharged, hydrophobic, repelled by water )
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16
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What gives the membrane a fluid quality?

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Phospholipids which are constantly changing position

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17
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Examples of proteins found in the membrane

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  • Active transport proteins
  • Channel forming proteins
  • Enzymes
  • Receptors
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18
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Examples of integral proteins

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  • Channels
  • Transporters
  • Receptors
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19
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What do integral proteins interact with?

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The hydrophobic region of membrane phospholipids

20
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What holds integral proteins within the phospholipid bilayer?

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Regions of hydrophobic R groups allow strong hydrophobic interaction, holding them in the membrane

21
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How are peripheral proteins bound to the surface of the membrane?

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They have hydrophilic R groups on their surface, so can be bound by ionic and hydrogen bonds interactions

22
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What molecules does the phospholipid bilayer act as a barrier to?

A

Ion and most uncharged polar molecules

23
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How do oxygen and carbon dioxide pass through the membrane?

24
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What are the proteins involved in transporting substances?

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  • Channel proteins ( ligand-gated, voltage-gated)
  • Transporter proteins
  • Protein pumps
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What proteins use the method of facilitated diffusion?
Transporter proteins and channel proteins
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What are channels?
Multi-subunit proteins with the subunits arranged to form water-filled pores
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What do gated proteins respond to?
Stimulus ( Chemical, Electrical )
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How does the ligand-gated channel open?
**When correct signal molecules bind**, gate open allowing ions to flow through
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How do transporter proteins work?
Transporter proteins **bind to specific substances** which are to be transported and undergo a **conformational change** to transfer the solute across the membrane
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Why do transporter proteins alternate between 2 conformations?
So that the binding site is sequentially exposed on one side for the bilayer then the other
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What are transporter proteins coupled to an energy source?
Pumps
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What is required for protein pumps to transfer substances?
A source of metabolic energy
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What do some active transport proteins do to provide energy?
Hydrolyse ATP directly
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What are the proteins that hydrolyse ATP directly?
ATPases
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How is the electrochemical gradient formed?
The **concentration gradient** and **electrical potential difference** are combined
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What does the electrochemical gradient determine?
The transport of the solute carrying a net charge
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What is the concentration gradient?
The difference in concentration of a solute across the plasma membrane
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When is an electrical potential difference/membrane potential created?
When there is a difference in electrical charge on the two sides of the membrane
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What does the sodium potassium pump use to **establish and maintain ion gradients**?
Energy from the hydrolysis of ATP
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How does Na/K-ATPase transport ions?
Transports ions against a steep concentration gradient using energy directly from ATP hydrolysis
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The process of sodium potassium pump?
- Pump has high affinity for sodium inside the cell, binding occurs - Pump hydrolyses ATP and phosphate attaches to pump - Phosphorylation by ATP causes conformation of the protein to change - Affinity for sodium ions decrease and 3 ions are released outside cell - Pump now has high affinity for potassium outside the cell therefore 2 ions bind to pump - Dephosphorylation occurs which causes conformation of protein to change - Potassium ions taken into cell and affinity returns to start
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What does the sodium-potassium pump account for a high proportion of?
High proportion of the basal metabolic rate (up to 25% in humans)
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What does the sodium-potassium pump generate in the small intestine?
A sodium ion gradient across the plasma membrane which drives active transport of glucose
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What is the glucose transporter called?
Glucose symport
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What does the glucose symport do?
Transports sodium ions and glucose at the same time and in the same direction.