Week 3 - Lecture - Cytoskeleton etc. Flashcards
cyto
of cell or cells
transcytosis
moving through/across cell
endo
within
exo
outside
-some
body
endosome
within body / body within
ligand
binding molecule
cytosis
movement of molecules (in, out, through cells)
endocytosis
movement into a cell
exocytosis
movement out of a cell
lumen
inside space of a tubular structure
epithelial
thin, lining of cavities and sufaces
visicle
a small fluid-filled bladder, sac, cyst, or vacuole within the body. Used for transcytosis
3 types of cytoskeletal filament systems in eukaryotic cells
intermediate filaments, microtubules, actin filaments
examples of intermediate filaments in your body
hair, fingernails
intermediate filament proteins ______ into _______
assemble , large fibers
are intermediate filaments always polar?
no, there is no inherent polarity
structural sub-components of intermediate filaments
monomer, dimer, tetramer
at what point does a filament lose polarity?
tetramer
does an actin filament have a polarity?
yes
how is actin assembled?
a collection of hydrophobic interactions between identical subunits (polar)
G-actin
un assembled subunits of actin. Actin monomers
F-Actin
microfilaments of assembled actin
when _____ actin subunits come together, the stabilize each other and serve as a nucleus for actin fibers
3
actin nucleation is ______ and ______, while elongation is _______ and _________
hard, slow —> easy, fast
_______ ___________ of an actin filament meshwork just under the cell surface can drive forward movement of the cell cortex
explosive polymerization
ARP
actin related protein
a ______ motor converts chemical energy from ATP into mechanical movement
myosin
without ATP, myosin is ______ to the actin
bound
ATP / Myosin truck analogy
air brakes
____ _______ leave kinks and ‘cut’ the actin filaments
severing proteins
_____ _______ link vesicles and microtubules, and move the vesicles across the cell
motor proteins