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VETS-111 Cell Biology Flashcards

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How is iron stored?

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Complex with ferritin in the liver.

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What is Transferrin?

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Carries iron in blood plasma.

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Functions of proteins

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1) enzymology catalysts
2) transport and storage
3) movement
4) structural materials
5) immune protection antibodies
6) membranes
7) regulators and receptors

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Structure of an amino acid in neutral solution

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Zwitterion

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Name if pH where amino acid has no net charge

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Isoelectric

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Two enantiomers of an amino acid

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L and D-isomers

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Which form of amino acids do proteins contain

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L-isomer

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Amino acids are joined by…

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Peptide bonds

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A polypeptide starts at which end?

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Amino terminal residue

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An amino acid ends at what end?

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The carboxyl terminal residue

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Is arginine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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Is Histidine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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12
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Is Isoleucine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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13
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Is leucine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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14
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Is lycine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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15
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Is methionine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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16
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Is phenylalanine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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17
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Is threonine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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18
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Is tryptophan an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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19
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Is valine an essential amino acid?

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Yes

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20
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Is alanine an essential amino acid?

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No

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21
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Is asparagine an essential amino acid?

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No

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22
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Is aspartic acid an essential amino acid?

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No

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23
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Is cysteine an essential amino acid?

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No

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Is glutamic acid an essential amino acid?

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No

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25
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Is glutamine an essential amino acid?

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No

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26
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Is glycine an essential amino acid?

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No

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27
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Is proline an essential amino acid?

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No

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28
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Is serine an essential amino acid?

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No

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29
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Is tyrosine an essential amino acid?

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No

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30
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Which amino acid should be avoided by diabetics as a supplement

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Cysteine (interacts with insulin)

31
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Which amino acid is a precursor for serotonin?

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Tryptophan

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Rigidity In the primary structure of polypeptides

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Caused by carbon-nitrogen bond having partial double bond character.

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Interactions in the secondary structure of amino acids

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Hydrogen bonds:
Beta pleated sheets
Alpha helix

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Which amino acid is a helix breaker

35
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Interactions within the tertiary structure

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Disulphide bridges (2 cysteine)
Hydrogen bonding
Electrostatic/ionic
Hydrophobic
Polar (OH)
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What is the quaternary structure

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Multiple chains interacting forming subunits

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Types of super secondary structures

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BaB unit

Greek key of B-pleats

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What is denaturation

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Loss of proteins structure and thus function

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Causes of denaturation

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Changes in pH
Salt conc
Temp
Environmental changes

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What aids protein folding

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Chaperonins

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Ways to determine protein structure

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X-Ray crystallography

NMR spectroscopy

42
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Result of protein misfolding

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Loss or modification of activity

Aggregation

43
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Cause of sickle cell disease

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Amino acid substitution in harmoglobin causes aggregation and fibres. Deformed RBCs

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Cause of Cystic fibrosis

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Deletion of Phe in CFTR protein which is degraded.

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What is p53

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Tumour suppression gene. Mutations present in tumour cells

46
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Cause of Alzheimers

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B-amyloid cleaved from APP produces aggregations of plaques in the brain

47
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What is PrPc

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Native form of prion protein mainly a-helix.

48
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What is PrPSc

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Amyloidogenic form. Mix of B-sheets and a-helices. Aggregates form insoluble plaques in brain

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What causes huntingdons?

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Huntingtin protein is longer than normal and end is cleaved to form aggregates and inclusions.

50
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What causes Parkinson’s?

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Inclusions in the cytoplasm called Lewy bodies formed from multiple proteins.

51
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Cause of cataracts

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Aggregation of crystallins due to environmental factors (UV or oxidising agents)

52
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Fibrous proteins

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Filamentous elongated held by strong bonding

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Globular proteins

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Compact structures that interact with other molecules e.g enzymes, antibodies

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Membrane proteins

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Embed in membranes and transmit molecules in and out cell

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Structure of collagen

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Triple helix. Repeating triplet of glycine, X (often proline) and Y (often hydroxyproline)

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Structure of glycerophospholipid

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Two hydrophobic fatty acid tails joined to hydrophilic head (glycerol, phosphate and choline)

57
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Define steroid

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Lipids with a carbon skeleton consisting of four fused rings

58
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Define ligand

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Extra cellular signalling molecules

59
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Define a catalyst

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Increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being changed itself. Cannot alter the position of equilibrium but allows equilibrium to be reached quicker.

60
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Define free energy of activation

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Equal to the difference in free energy between the transition state and the substrate.

61
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Define induced fit of an enzyme

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Frequent binding of substrate induces a conformational change in the active site.

62
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Factors affecting enzyme activity

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Substrate concentration
Enzyme concentration
Temperature
Post translational modification (e.g phosphorylation, Proteolytic activation)
Coenzymes and cofactors
pH
63
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Most coenzymes are related to what structural group

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Vitamin B group

64
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What is end product feedback

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Inhibits the committed step (first step to produce an intermediate unique to the pathway) earlier in the pathway.

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What is allosteric regulation

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Molecules that regulate an enzymes activity by binding to a site remote from the active site.

66
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Define cooperativity

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Binding of a substrate can trigger the same conformational change in all other subunits of the enzyme

67
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Define isoenzyme

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Different forms of an enzyme which catalyse the same reaction

68
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What does LDH stand for

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Lactate dehydrogenase

69
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Structure of LDH

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2 subunits H and M. 5 different combinations

70
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Where is H4 and H3M found?

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Mainly heart and RBCs

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Where is H2M2 LDH found?

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Brain and kidney

72
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Where is HM3 and M4 LDH found?

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Skeletal muscle and liver

73
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What does LDH isoenzymes in the blood indicative of?

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Cell death. E.g myocardial infarction, infectious hepatitis and muscle diseases.

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What is a multi-enzyme complex

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Aggregation of several enzymes/coenzymes into a single functional unit. Usually perform a multi-step transformation

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