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Cell Membrane Structure and Function: Midterm Review Questions, Exams of Biology

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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BIOL || 331 || Midterm || Review || Questions ||
with || Precise || detailed || solutions
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)
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BIOL || 331 || Midterm || Review || Questions ||

with|| Precise || detailed || solutions

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

  1. || F-type || and || V-type || proton || pumps
  2. || ABC || transporter P-type || pump || - || Correct || answer || ✔For || ions. || (eg. || Na+/K+ || ATPases, || Ca2+ || ATPase, || H+/K+ || ATPase, || H+ || pumps F-type || and || V-type || proton || pumps || - || Correct || answer || ✔1. || F-type: || to || produce || ATP || from || an || ion || gradient || - || run || backwards. || ATP || synthases
  3. || V-type: || in || vesicles || and || vacuoles. || To || pump || H+, || phosphate || from || ATP

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)

  1. || Symporter: || move || one || molecule || against || its || concentration || gradient || and || another || down || its || electrochemical || gradient || (driving || ion)
  2. || Antiport: || opposite || directions The || asymmetric || distribution || of || charges || across || the || PM || produces || - || Correct || answer || ✔1. || A || chemical || (concentration) || gradient || (eg. || Na+ || for || cotransporters)
  3. || An || electrical || (voltage) || gradient || (eg. || Na+/K+ || ATPase || as || an || electrogenic || pump || - || 3Na+ || out, || 2K+ || in || = || -ve || cytosol) Together, || they || are || call || the || electrochemical || gradient Membrane || potential/voltage || gradient || - || Correct || answer || ✔Difference || in || electric || charge || across || the || PM Equilibrium || potential || of || Na || and || K || - || Correct || answer || ✔Na || Ek || = || +55mV K || Ek || = || -90mV

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

  1. || SRP || binds || to || SRP || receptor || (causes || ribosome || to || bind || to || a || translocon || on || the || RER || membrane)
  2. || GTPase || activity || of || SRP/SRP || receptor || hydrolyzes || GTP
  3. || Translocon || binds || ribosome || using || the || energy || and || SRP || is || released
  4. || Translation || resumes. || Signal || sequence || inserts || into || and || binds || translocon. || Interaction || opens || the || channel || by || removing || the || plug Signal || peptidase || - || Correct || answer || ✔Cleaves || signal || sequence || once || peptide || is || in || the || RER || lumen Integral || membrane || protein || synthesis || on || membrane-bound || ribosome || and || positive || inside || rule || - || Correct || answer || ✔Integral || proteins || contain || hydrophobic || trans || membrane || segments || -> || will || be || retained || in || membrane Arrangement || within || the || membrane || is || determined || by || the || orientation || of || the || first || trans || membrane || segment Positive || inside || rule: || net || aa || charge || at || either || end || of || the || transmembrane || bias || the || direction || of || insertion || (+ve || end || (N || or || C) || will || face || ER || lumen)

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

  • || Synthesis || of || extracellular || proteins
  • || Integral || membrane || protein || synthesis

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

  1. || Sar-1-GDP || is || phosphorylated || (by || Sec12 || GEF). || Associates || with || the || membrane || as || Sar-1-GTP
  2. || COPII || coat || assembly: || Sar-1-GTP || recruits || proteins || (Sec || 23 || and || 24, || cargo || receptor). || Sec || 13 || and || Sec || 31 || interact || with || proteins || to || form || a || coat
  3. || Vesicle || detaches. || GTP || hydrolysis || for || uncoating SNARES || - || Correct || answer || ✔Required || for || fusion || of || vesicles
  4. || v-SNAREs || (vesicle) || for || budding
  1. || t-SNAREs || (target) || for || fusion v || and || t || associate || for || docking. || Tightly || associate || and || pull || to || fuse || vesicle. || ATPase || unfolds || SNARE || complex Rab-GTP || and || Rab || effector || (tether) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Give || specificity || to || fusion || reaction || of || vesicles Rab || effector || = || tethering || protein || to || restrict || vesicle || movement. || Attaches || to || Rab-GTP Phosphatidyl || inositols || (3 || types) || - || Correct || answer || ✔Molecular || switches || to || recruit || proteins || to || different || membrane || surfaces
  2. || PI(3)P || - || Endosomes
  3. || PI(4)P || - || Golgi
  4. || PI(4,5)P || - || Plasma || membrane
  5. || Kinases
  6. || Phosphatase || - || Correct || answer || ✔1. || Add || phosphate || from || ATP || to || target
  7. || Removes || phosphate 3 || Functions || of || the || secretory || pathway || - || Correct || answer || ✔1. || Secretion || of || proteins
  8. || Build || and || transport || integral || membrane || proteins
  9. || Facilitates || post-translational || modification

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

  1. || TOM: || Transporter || outer || membrane, || includes || a || receptor || and || channel
  2. || TIM: || Transporter || inner || membrane, || for || proteins || going || to || inner || mitochondrial || membrane/matrix. || TIM || 22 || = || to || the || inner || membrane, || TIM || 23 || = || to || the || matrix MPP || - || Correct || answer || ✔Mitochondrial || processing || peptidase: || cleaves || presequence Uptake || of || proteins || into || chloroplasts || - || Correct || answer || ✔Transit || peptide || sequence TIC || and || TOC Chaperones || unfold || proteins || (Hsp || 70) || in || the || cytosol || and || fold || in || the || chloroplasts || (Hsp || 60) TOC || and || TIC || - || Correct || answer || ✔Translocation || complexes || to || facilitate || import || on || proteins || to || chloroplasts || (channels): || outer || and || inner || membrane

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