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Cell Biology
Membranes/Enzymes
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/24/2011

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Term
After cell fractionization, what is in the 3 different fractions?
Definition
  1. supernatant 1 contains cytosol proteins
  2. supernatant 2 contains PMP's
  3. pellet 2 contains IMP's
Term
How do we determine what proteins are where?
Definition
use SDS-PAGE to unfold and denature proteins to primary structure, then use gel electrophoresis to separate proteins based on their size
Term
what end is + and - in gel electrophoresis?
Definition
end oppo of wells is + which attracts the negatively charged proteins
Term
carbohydrates of RBCs determine blood type how?
Definition
  • A- have an enzyme that connects a certain sugar
  • B - have an enzyme that connects a diff. sugar
  • AB - have both enzymes (universal recipient)
  • O - have no sugars attached (universal donor)
Term
how do membranes vary?
Definition

ratio of lipids to proteins

proteins vary

lipid composition varies

Term
function of lipid rafts?
Definition
  • signaling pathway in immune response
  • sorting proteins to different locations in cells (apical vs. basolateral)
  • endocytosis
  • virus budding
Term
Frye and Edidin's (1970)
Definition
Fused two cells with different IMP proteins to see if proteins change locations
Term
Direct immunofluorescence?
Definition
  • use labeled antibodies that bind to antigen of protein interested.
  • Can see fluorochrome label to deteremine location.
Term
how are antibodies distinguished?
Definition
  • abs from different animals have different constant regions
Term
Indirect Immunofluorescence?
Definition
  • better way of seeing protein
  • primary antibody binds protein antigen
  • secondary antibody binds to the constant region of the primary antibody (secondary's antigen)
  • secondary has fluorochrome tag
Term
what do you do b4 adding the secondary antibodies?
Definition
Add a chemical fixative to preserve cell structure that freezes the cell in that moment in time
Term
back to the exp. what were the results immediately after fusion? 40 minutes?
Definition
  • proteins completely segregated= one side red, the other green
  • proteins were mixed completely together = orange color
Term
What is the conclusion?
Definition
proteins diffused throughout the membrane
Term
Why weren't they actively transported or new proteins of each type were made and inserted in the membrane?
Definition
  • werent actively transported because fused cells in prescence of ATP synthesis inhibitor and proteins still mixed
  • werent made becuase fused cells were treated with protein synthesis inhibitor and proteins still mixed
Term
what does transition temperature of the the fluidity of a membrane depend on?
Definition
  • length of hydrocarbon tail( longer tails=less fluid)
  • degree of saturation in HC tail (unsaturated=more fluid)
Term
why is stearoyl-CoA desaturase enzyme important in mammals?
Definition
  • converts stearic acid(0 dbls) to oleic acid(1dbl)
  • membrane needs to maintain proper stearic:oleic acid ratio to maintain membrane fluidity
Term
2 possible movements of phospholipids in membrane?which is longer?
Definition
  • lateral shift (shorter)
  • transverse diffusion (longer)
Term
how do membranes grow?
Definition
  • grow by fusion of membrane
  • vesicle buds from golgi and enter the plasma membrane as it transfers its contents to the ECF.
  • EC vesicle heads become IC PM heads
Term
what anchors certain IMPs
Definition
ankyrin/spectrin/actin
Term
what does Western blotting do?
Definition
  • uses antibodies to stain specific proteins after gel electrophoresis
  • use electrophoresis to transfer onto blot paper
Term
spherocytosis?
Definition
  • mutation in RBC membrane components. most commonly ankyrin.
  • misshapes RBC's and they are destroyed by spleen.
Term

Tight junction?

adherens Junction?

Definition
  • septate junction-IMPs form a fence
  • IMPs connect to cytoskeleton
Term
tight junctions function?
Definition
  • form barrier for diffusion between cells and diffusion of proteins within the membrane
Term
Function of ZO proteins in tight junctions?
Definition
  • arrange claudins and occludins; act as scaffolds
Term
what are cadherins? what do they do?
Definition
  • IMPs that mediate Ca2+ depedent cell adhesion
  • form adherens junctions and desmosomes
  • provide structural integrity to tissues
Term
characteristics of a good model organism?
Definition
  • easily grown and manipulated
  • similar to higher orgs
  • short life
  • genome sequenced
Term
what do crumbs and discs lost do and why cant cells be polar without them?
Definition
  • crumbs protein makes apical region of the cell
  • discs lost proteins make sure junctions are made properly to maintain polarity of cell.
Term
what are confocal microscopes?
Definition
  • 3-D microscope
  • illuminates specimen with a pinpoint beam of light
Term
genetic model system
Definition
  • expose model organism to mutagen
  • identify mutant offspring
  • identify mutated gene; clone it
  • corresponding gene product(protein) must be one of the causes for the mutation.
Term
Jobs of the Membrane?
Definition
  • transfer signals
  • selectively permeable
  • to be deformable and fluid
  • serve as barrier
Term
What molecules can simply diffuse across a membrane?
Definition
  • Nonpolar
  • water and some small polar molecules
Term
4 mechanisms by which solute molecules move across membranes?
Definition

3 passive

  1. simple diffusion across bilayer (nonmediated)
  2. simple diffusion thru channel (nonmediated)
  3. facilitated diffusion (mediated)
  4. Active transport (mediated)
Term

channel proteins?

2 carrier proteins?

Definition
  • do not need to bind solute for solute to pass through channel (simple diffusion thru channel)
  1. passive transporters - need to bind the solute, but need no energy to get through membrane (facillitated diffusion)
  2. active T - need to bind solute and need energy to force molecules against concentration gradient
Term

How are ion channels unlike a pore? 3 kinds of one diff?

 

Definition
  • selective for certain ions
  • gated - charge, ligand, or stress
however are bidirectional like a pore
Term
How does the K+ channel pore be specific?
Definition

- selectivity loop made of 5 conserved AA's

- pore lined with caronyls that have partial negative charge to stabilize K and let it remove its hydration shell

-K atoms position themselves with a ring of 4 O's above and below them.

- opening only a certain size

Term

waht subunit acts as the switch?

How?

Definition
  • S4 helix moves up or down depending on charge inside the membrane
  • open when cytoplasm is + becuase it repels S4's + residues and vice versa for closed
Term

full mechanism of voltage gated K channel?

3 stages?

Definition
  1. Resting - gate closed as cytoplasm is negative, which attracts the S4 helix keeping it down. this keeps the S6 helix(gate) from opening
  2. Activated - gate opens as cytoplasm becomes + which repels S4 from cytplm and causes gate to open.
  3. Inactivation - ball and chain floats in the pore within milliseconds blocking it. eventually the cell repolarizes and S4 is attracted back to the cytoplasm and the gate closes
Term
characteristics of facillitated diffusion?
Definition
  1. need solute to bind to transporter protein
  2. moves down its conc. gradient
  3. saturable
  4. can be regulated
  5. bidirecitonal
Term
how and why does GLUT 4 cycle between vesicles in the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane?
Definition
insulin is secreted because of high blood glucose. Insulin binds insulin-receptors which signals in exocytosis of GLUT 4 receptor vesicles. As blood glucose enters the cell, blood gluc conc. decreases so insulin decreases, reducing receptor binding. This causes GLUT 4 receptors to be endocytosis
Term
Purpose of RNAi? how is it done?
Definition
drastically knock down the production of a protein by degrading its mRNA.
Term
RNAi technique steps?
Definition
  1. find the mRNA of your protein
  2. pick a small section that is unique to the protein
  3. make double standard (dsRNA) for this section which = small interfering RNA (siRNA)
  4. put siRNA in cells
  5. siRNA complementary strands bind to mRNA for protein which is then chopped up by the cell.
  6. NO mRNA for protein
Term
characteristics of Active Transport?
Definition
  1. cells move against conc. gradient
  2. unidirectional
  3. needs to bind solute, change in affinity required
  4. ATP used
Term
Na/K ATPase mechanism?
Definition
  1. 3 Na bind on the high affinity cytoplasmic side of membrane
  2. allows ATP to autophosphorylate itself
  3. causes a conformational change so binding sites facing ECF. Na affinity is low so they release and K affinity is high so 2 K bind allowing dephosphorylation
  4. causes a conformational change back to facing ICF where 2 K are released due to low affinity
Term
purpose of Na/K ATPase?
Definition
to reset the chemical gradients so the neurons can keep firing
Term
Secondary Active Transport functions how?
Definition

It moves one solute down its conc. gradient, but make it take with it a solute up its conc. gradient

 

relies on change in affinity

Term
Na/glucose cotransporter mech?
Definition
  1. Na binds from ECF causing an increased affinity for glucose.
  2. glucose binds which opens the protein to the cell.
  3. Na moves down its Conc. gradient to be kicked out by Na/K ATPase.
  4. release of Na causes a decreased affinity for glucose so it is released as well into the cell.
Term
equillibrium?
Definition
when the rate of formation of reactants = rate of formation of products
Term
steady state?
Definition
  • caused by the process of reactants always being supplied and products always being used/removed
  • reaction always steadily going forward
Term

what do enzymes do in a rxn?

how are they like chemical catalysts?

Definition
  1. do not change thermodynamics, just lowers the activation energy in the rxn
  2. small amount needed, not used up
  3. accelerate reaction
Term
how are they not like chemical catalysts?
Definition
  1. operate at mild temps and neutral pH
  2. bind to specific substrates
Term
induced fit of substrate is?
Definition
  • once substrate binds, the enzyme further changes conformation to hid the substrate from cytoplasm
Term
common mechanisms for enzymes to bind substrates?
Definition
  1. hold substrates correctly
  2. manipulate charges on substrate
  3. physical or chemical stress bond
Term

Km

VMax?

Definition
  • substrate conc. at 1/2 Vmax. measures the binding affinity of substrate
  • the saturation point of the enzyme. Maximum velocity of the rxn
Term

high km =

low km =

Definition

low affinity

high affinity

Term
how to control enzyme activity?
Definition
  • inhibitors
  • alter enzyme synthesis
  • zymogens
  • use cofactors
  • phosphorylation
Term

irreversible inhibitors

reversible inhibitors (3)?

Definition
  • bind tightly, often covalently
  • bind loosely and can be displaced
  1. Competitive - binds to active site of enzyme, overcome by high subs. conc. ^km, Vm same
  2. noncompetitive - binds to site other than AS. changes shape (km same, (-)Vm)
  3. uncompetitive - binds and stabilizes ES complex changing shape (lowers Km, Lowers Vmax)
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