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A detailed review of cell membrane structure and function, focusing on key concepts such as lipid composition, membrane fluidity, and transport mechanisms. It covers topics like glycerolipids, sphingolipids, sterols, and the fluid mosaic model, along with various transport proteins and active/passive transport processes. The material is presented in a question-and-answer format, making it useful for exam preparation and review. It also includes information on membrane potential, ion channels, and action potentials, providing a comprehensive overview of cellular membrane dynamics and their roles in cellular physiology. Useful for students studying cell biology, biochemistry, and related fields, offering a concise yet thorough summary of essential concepts.
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Glycogen || - || Correct || answer || ✔Polysaccharide; || branched; || animals Starch || - || Correct || answer || ✔Polysaccharide; || helical; || plants Overton || (1890s) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Cell || membrane || composed || of || lipids Red || blood || cells || - || Correct || answer || ✔Lack || internal || structures; || 7micrometers || in || diameter Gorter || and || Grendel || (1925) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Lipid || bilayer || (30 || angstroms) Singer || and || Nicholson || (1972) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Fluid || mosaic || model Glycerolipids || - || Correct || answer || ✔Eukaryotic; || glycerol || backbone || (-CHOH- CHOH-CHOH-) Glycerolipid || with || choline || head || - || Correct || answer || ✔Phosphatidylcholine || (lecithin)
Sphingolipids || - || Correct || answer || ✔Eukaryotic; || sphingosine || backbone || (-NH-) Sphingolipid || with || choline || head || - || Correct || answer || ✔Sphingomyelin Sterols || - || Correct || answer || ✔Eukaryotic; || 4 || member || ring, || less || amphipathic || than || other || membrane || lipids, || OH || head Three || major || classes || of || lipids || in || Eukaryotic || membranes || - || Correct || answer || ✔Glycerolipids, || Sphingolipids, || Sterols Phospholipids || - || Correct || answer || ✔Charge || and || identity || determined || by || head || group || (PA || -ve, || PC, || PE, || PS || -ve, || PI || -ve, || PG || -ve, || CL || -ve) Asymmetry || of || membrane || lipids || - || Correct || answer || ✔Exoplasmic: || SM || (sphingomyelin), || PC || (phosphatidylcholine) Cytosolic: || PS || (phosphatidylserine), || PE || (phosphatidylethanolamine) Cholesterol || is || roughly || even Eukaryotes || vs. || bacteria || vs. || archaebacteria || lipids || - || Correct || answer || ✔EUK: || Glycerolipids || (all || glycerol || 3-phosphate), || Sphingolipids, || Sterols Bacteria: || Glycerolipids || (glycerol || 3-phosphate, || no || PC || or || PI), || no || Sphingolipids || or || Sterols Archaebacteria: || Glycerolipids || (different || glycerol || 1-phosphate), || everything || else || present || but || very || different
Lipid-anchored || proteins || - || Correct || answer || ✔Insert || hydrophobic || group || into || internal || (cytoplasmic) || leaflet GPI-anchored || protein || inserts || into || external || leaflet; || protein || is || covalently || attached || by || glycosylation || to || PI Peripheral || proteins || - || Correct || answer || ✔Interact || with || phosphlipids || or || integral || proteins || on || either || side || of || the || membrane. || Removed || by || high || salt, || pH, || etc || without || disrupting || the || membrane Passive || transport || - || Correct || answer || ✔Diffusion || (hydrophobic || molecules), || Protein || pore || (ion || channels), || Transporter || mediated/facilitative || diffusion || (Uniporter || - || glucose || transporter) Primary || active || transport || pumps || - || Correct || answer || ✔1. || P-type || pump
ABC || transporter || - || Correct || answer || ✔For || moving || hydrophobic || (lipophilic) || compounds. || Can || function || as || flippases Na+ || and || K+ || concentrations || - || Correct || answer || ✔Na+: || extracellular || = || 150mM || Intracellular || = || 10mM K+: || extracellular || = || 5mM || Intracellular || = || 140mM Secondary || active || transport || - || Correct || answer || ✔Movement || driven || by || gradient || (created || from || ATP || hydrolysis || in || primary || active || transport)
Action || potentials || - || Correct || answer || ✔Cause || Nerve || Impulses || Due || to || change || in || membrane || potential || of || electrically || excitable || cells || as || a || result || of || changes || in || Na || and || K || permeability Initiated || by || ligand-gated || ion || channels || and || propagated || by || voltage || gated || cation || channels Self || propagating || (unidirectional) Refractory || period || - || Correct || answer || ✔Inactivation || of || channels || to || ensure || propagation || is || in || one || direction Myelinated || neurons || - || Correct || answer || ✔increase || the || speed || of || electrical || impulse || propagation Nodes || of || Ranvier || - || Correct || answer || ✔Voltage || gated || Na+ || channel || are || located || in || gaps || (nodes) || in || the || Myelin || sheath Nodes || are || located || between || Schwann || cells Point || of || controversy || in || endosymbiotic || theory || - || Correct || answer || ✔Appearance || of || the || nuclear || envelope || from || PM || invagination mRNA || (Prok || vs || Euk) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Prok: || Ribosomal || binding || site || - || Shine || Dalgarno || sequence Euk: || Kozak || sequence || (-5 || to || -10bp), || 5' || cap || (m7 || guanine), || poly-A || tail, || 5'UTR || (has || loops || to || prevent || translation), ||
*poly || A || binding || protein || (PABP) || facilitates || translation Ribosomes || (Prok || vs || Euk) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Prok: || 70S || (30S || + || 50S) Euk: || 80S || (40S || + || 60S) || = || 24nm Subunits || assembled || in || the || nucleolus, || become || a || full || unit || with || mRNA || interaction || in || the || cytosol DAPI || - || Correct || answer || ✔Stains || DNA || blue Nucleolus || - || Correct || answer || ✔For || rRNA || synthesis/processing || and || ribosome || assembly 20micrometers Can || be || seen || in || non-dividing || cells || (not || in || mitosis) Amino || acyl || tRNA || synthetase || - || Correct || answer || ✔Adds || aa || to || 3' || end || of || tRNA || with || ATP 20 || types tRNA || - || Correct || answer || ✔ 31 || types || in || mammalian || cells, || 22 || in || mitochondria Wobble || at || 3rd || position Bacterial || translation || initiation || - || Correct || answer || ✔IF2: || Binds || to || GTP || (on/off || switch)
Initiation || of || protein || synthesis || - || Correct || answer || ✔Starts || on || free || ribosomes || in || the || cytoplasm || for || all || proteins SRP || - || Correct || answer || ✔Signal || recognition || particle Translation || stops || when || SRP || binds || to || exposed || signal || sequence Protein || synthesis || on || membrane-bound || ribosome || - || Correct || answer || ✔1. || SRP || recognizes || signal || sequence
N-linked || glycosylation || - || Correct || answer || ✔Targets || Asn-X-Ser/Thr || (recognized || by || oligosaccharyl || transferase) Oligosaccharide || tag || added || in || the || ER || lumen || (synthesized || on || both || sides || of || the || ER) Protein || quality || control || (ER) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Three || terminal || glucose || residues || for || quality || control || (from || glycosylation) Terminal || glucose || = || tag || for || chaperones || to || refold Polybiquitin Misfolded || proteins || destroyed || in || the || cytostol Calnexin BiP || + || membrane || sensor || proteins || - || Correct || answer || ✔Chaperones || that || recognize || misfolded || proteins || (Calnexin || for || glycoproteins) Pulse-chase || experiment || - || Correct || answer || ✔to || determine || where || proteins || move ER || - || Correct || answer || ✔Physically || connected || to || nuclear || envelope Contacts || all || organelles: || membrane || contact || sites || (MCS) RER || - || Correct || answer || ✔- || Synthesis || of || membrane || lipids
Anterograde || vs. || retrograde || - || Correct || answer || ✔Anterograde || = || forward || transport Retrograde || = || backward || transport Clathrin || - || Correct || answer || ✔Triskelion: || 3 || heavy, || 3 || light || chains Makes || a || polyhedral || structure VTC || - || Correct || answer || ✔VTC: || vesicular || tubular || clusters Formed || when || COPII || vesicles || leaves || the || ER, || uncoat, || and || fuse || together Associate || with || motor || proteins || that || drag || them || along || microtubules || (uses || ATP) Retrograde || transport || purifies || secretory || cargo G-proteins Sar-1, || Sec-12/23/24/13/31 || - || Correct || answer || ✔ER || to || Golgi: || formation || of || COPII || vesicles
TGN || regulated || secretory || pathway || - || Correct || answer || ✔Stimuli || (eg. || insulin) || binds || to || receptor || to || cause || a || response || (eg. || relocalization || of || glucose || receptors || to || PM) LDL || - || Correct || answer || ✔LDL: || low || density || lipoprotein 22nm Contains || cholesterol || in || a || phosphlipid || monolayer Receptor || mediated || endocytosis || - || Correct || answer || ✔Extracellular || LDL || binds || to || LDL || receptor || in || clathrin || coated || pit || (on || the || PM), || into || a || clathrin || coated || vesicle || to || enther || the || cytosol, || uncoating, || fusion || with || endosome, || LDL || hydrolysed || and || free || cholesterol || is || released Receptor || is || returned || to || PM Endocytosis || is || eukaryotic "address" || of || proteins || - || Correct || answer || ✔Indicated || by || a || signal || sequence For || proteins || going || to || nuclei, || mitochondria, || plastids, || and || peroxisomes || --> || free || ribosome || synthesis || of || proteins Peroxisome || - || Correct || answer || ✔Membrane || is || a || bilayer Contains || oxidative || enzymes Oxidize || long || fatty || acids, || synthesize || plasmogens Forms || H2O2, || which || can || be || broken || down || by || catalase
Uptake || of || proteins || into || mitochondria || - || Correct || answer || ✔Requires || targeting || sequence: || presequence || and || unfolded || proteins || (due || to || chaperones || - || Hsp || 70), || voltage || dependent Internal || targeting || sequence || for || internal || membrane || protein PTS || - || Correct || answer || ✔Peroxisomal || Targeting || Signal: || mediates || uptake || of || proteins || into || the || peroxisome TOM || and || TIM || complexes || - || Correct || answer || ✔Uptake || of || proteins || into || mitochondria || for || protein || import
Microtubule || growth || (polymerization) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Add || subunits || to || beta || (+) || end || - || fast || growing GTP || bound || beta || subunits || = || straight || protofilament, || hydrolysis || of || GTP || = || curved || (less || stable) Depolymerization || (peeling || of || microtubule) Reset || with || GDP-GTP || exchange Microtubule || dynamic || instability || - || Correct || answer || ✔GTP || dimers || hydrolyze || to || "zip" || microtubule || (assembly), || GTP || [cap] || is || hydrolyzed || --> || catastrophe, || tube || disassembly, || GTP || cap || regained || (rescue) || to || resume || growth If || GTP || was || not || hydrolyzed || (GTP-gamma), || tube || would || grow || continuously Kinesins || - || Correct || answer || ✔Motor || protein || (walks || on || MTs) *ATPase, || moves || toward || the || +end Member || of || kinesin-like || protein || (KLP) || family || *Moves || protein || toward || the || PM || (and || ER) 2 || heavy || and || 2 || light || chains || (tetramer) || and || globular || heads 16nm || steps, || 80nm || long Dynein || - || Correct || answer || ✔Motor || protein || (walks || on || MTs) *ATPase, || moves || toward || the || -end Large, || force-generating, || globular || heads Requires || a || dynactin || adaptor
Ciliary || dynein: || responsible || for || cilia/flagella || movement *Moves || toward || the || Golgi MTOCs || - || Correct || answer || ✔Microtubule || organizing || centers Control || number, || polarity, || and || assembly || time || and || location || of || microtulues/protofilaments Types || of || MTOCs || - || Correct || answer || ✔Centrosome || (interphase || cells), || spindle || pole || (mitosis), || basal || body || (cilia/flagella), || MTOC || (other) gamma-tubulin || - || Correct || answer || ✔essential || for || all || MTOCs || (assembly || of || MTs || forming || a || cap || at || the || minus || end) Stabilize || -end, || allowing || +end || to || grow gamma-TuRC || forms || a || -end || cap Centrosome || - || Correct || answer || ✔Responsible || for || nucleation || of || MTs || in || animal || cells Contains || 2 || centrioles || (perpendicuar) || surrounded || by || pericentriolar || material || (PCM) Centrosome || matrix || has || nucleating || sites || (gamma || tubulin || complexes) || where || MTs || grow || from || (+end || outward) Actin || - || Correct || answer || ✔Can || bind || ATP || (not || GTP) ~40kDa