Year One Flashcards
What organelles do plants and animal cells have
Animal
Nucleus vesicles lysosomes mitochondria rough and smooth er Golgi Cytoplasm membrane ribosomes
Plant
Nucleus cell wall membrane chloroplasts vacuole plasmids cytoplasm vesicles Golgi ribosomes
What organelles do eukaryotic cells have?
Lysosome 80s ribosomes chloroplasts membrane bound organelles, nucleus nuclear envelope mitochondria nucleolus grana rough and smooth er centriole
What organelles do prokaryotic cells have
70s ribosomes circular DNA Muriel cell wall cell membrane cytoplasm starch granules glycogen lipid droplets capsule plasmids flagellum pili
What are characteristics of viruses
Non living Can’t replicate on their own Have lipid envelope Capsid attachment proteins Receptors Nuclei acid
How do viruses replicate
Identify host cell via their receptors and attach
Endocytosis:lipid envelope fuses with membrane
Capsid disintegrates releasing contents into host cell
Virus uses host cells machinery to replicate
New virus cell forms and buds off
What is a carcinogen
What is a mutagen
Carcinogen: causes growth of cancer
Mutagen: causes damage to cells
What happens in phase two of mitosis
PMAT
1-prophase=chromosomes condense, nuclear envelope breaks down, nucleolus breaks down, centrioles and mitotic spindle fibres form
2-metaphase=chromosomes line up on metaphase plate, chromatids will attach to spindle fibres via centromere to spindle fibres
3-anaphase=chromatids pulled apart to opposite poles of cell by mitotic spindle fibres
4-telophase= spindle fibres disintegrate, nuclear envelope and nucleus reforms, the chromosomes become diffuse and a cleavage furrow forms
What are characteristics of plasmids
When daughter cell replicates one may get more than other
Can get from environment
Replicate on own
Can be altered to get certain characteristics
Don’t associate with proteins
How does cancer occur
A gene controlling cell cycle mutates, causing rapid and uncontrolled growth of cells
A lump of abnormal unspecialised cells that overwhelm an organ forms a tumour
What does benign and malignant mean
Benign- not cancerous, slow grower
Malignant- cancerous and fast grower, undergoes metastasis (lump breaks off and travels as lump around body and can infect any organ)
What is a proto-oncogene?
A gene that promotes cell division
If mutates into oncogene, they act excessively and cells will divide rapidly and uncontrollably
What is a tumour suppressor gene
It inhibits cell growth so if it mutates then inhibition no longer happens and the cells uncontrollably grow and divide
What’s definition of mitosis
A parent nuclei undergoes nuclear division to produce to genetically identical daughter cells which are identical to eachother and the parent cell
What happens in phase one of mitosis
Interphase
G1-cell doubles in size, protein synthesis and contents replicate
S-DNA replication (semi conservative)
G2-cell checks for any errors in replication, grows more, prep for mitosis
What happens in phase 3 of mitosis
Cytokinesis
Parent cell splits and separates
What is a plasma membrane
The boundary between cell contents and environment Made of phospholipids and proteins Semi permeable cell surface membrane Fluid Reform if broken
What are the functions of cell surface membrane
Help maintain homeostasis
Control movement of substances in and out
Forms boundary between cell and environment allows for different conditions for different reactions inside and out of cell
What are functions of organelle membrane
Separates from rest of cell
Different environments different reactions
Surface area for reactions to occur on
Isolates enzymes
What’s function of a membrane protein
Help in movement of ions or molecules Cell recognition Act as receptors Help adhere to cells Structural support
What’s simple diffusion
Diffusion not requiring energy in form ATP
Movement of non polar or lipid soluble molecules across bilayer
What is osmosis
The net movement of water from area or region of high water potential to region of low water potential through selectively permeable membrane
What is water potential
The potential of water to move across a semi permeable membrane, pressure of molecules
What is the role of active transport in the ileum
Prevents dynamic equilibrium being met
All glucose and amino acids absorbed
Na+ and k+ pump to maintain na+ conc grad
What is the role of diffusion in absorption
Maintain conc grad as cells use up glucose in blood
Glucose molecules move down conc grad into blood
Higher conc of glucose and amino acids in ileum so creates conc grad to blood
What is the reason for cholesterol in the plasma membrane
Adds strength
Keeps it less fluid but not rigid
Pulls hydrophobic tails together
What’s the function of gylcolipids in plasma membrane
Cell recognition
Helps adhere to other cells
Cell surface receptors
Stability
What’s the role of glycoproteins in plasma membrane
Cell recognition
Cell receptor
adhere
What’s facilitated diffusion
The movement of polar molecules down conc grad using carrier or channel proteins
What’s passive diffusion
Diffusion that doesn’t need energy eg facilitated and simple
Why is the plasma membrane called fluid mosaic
Fluid-contents constantly moving
Mosaic-proteins are randomly embedded and shaped
How does channel protein work
Ion or molecule bind to receptor
Channel opens, filled with water so polar molecules can dissolve
How does carrier protein work
Ion molecules binds to protein, causes it to change shape which releases it to other side
Facts about water potential
Closer to 0 the higher the potential
The higher the potential the less solutes in it
What happens to a cell when it’s put in a hypotonic solution
Animal Cell undergoes lysis
Plant cells swell and become turgid and no more water can enter
What is a hypotonic solution
Solution has a higher water potential than cell
What is a hypertonic solution
Has a lower water potential than cell
What happens to a cell in a hypertonic solution?
Animal cell will shrink and shrivel up
Plant cells protoplasm will pull away from cell wall cell is plasmolyzed
What happens to a cell in between plasmolyzed and turgid?
Incipient plasmolyzed or flaccid
How does co transport of glucose and na+ work
Na+ diffuses down conc gradient, the energy from this moves glucose against its gradient
Na+/k+ pump maintains na+ conc grad
What increases rate of absorption/movement across the ileum
Villi, microvilli increases surface area
Increased number of protein channels/carriers
What is large latent heat of vapourisation
Large increase in energy is needed to turn into vapour
Creates large cooling effect
What is large latent heat of fusion
A lot of energy needed to be lost to freeze
Insides/contents of cells will never freeze
What is a metabolite
What is a solvent
Metabolite-involved in chemical reactions
Solvent-what solutes (ionic or polar substances) dissolve in, transports nutrients
What is high specific heat capacity
A large amount of energy needed to increase temperature due to being extensive,y hydrogen bonded
Thermostable environment
What are characteristics of fatty acids
Insoluble/immiscible in water
Soluble in organic solvents
What is polymerisation
Joining of 2 amino acids in condensation reaction to form a peptide bond
What forms of glucose are needed to form
Maltose
Sucrose
Lactose
A glucose + A glucose
A glucose + Bfructose
Bgalactose + A glucose
What’s a hydrolysis reaction
What’s a condensation reaction
Addition of water to break up chains
Removal of water to make chains
What is the test for starch
Iodine solution goes black/blu
What’s the structure of amylose and amylopectin
AMYLOSE
A glucose,Helix,OH on inside,Insoluble, 1,4 glycosidic bonding
AMYLOPECTIN
14 & 16 glycosidic bonding, very branched, helix
What was the test for reducing sugars
Add Benedictus solution
Boil
Goes brick red if reducing sugar