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Membranes, Potential, AP

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what state do living organisms occupy

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steady state, they are in stationary state with minimum entropy production. Living organisms are made up of a great number of subsystems, not all of them are in steady state but most are in TD equilibrium

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quasi-equilibrium state

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when whole system changes its parameters slowly and w/i time, the subsystems will adapt and quickly change to stationary state

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bioenergetics

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science of energy formation, transfer and use w/i a biological system

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energy

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the capacity to perform work, used to synthesise organic materials, drive AT/endocytosis/muscle contractions

Kinetic Energy=process of doing work, energy of motion (heat, light)

Potential energy=energy matter occupies due to its position

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cellular metabolism

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total sum of chemical activities of cells

obtain chemical energy via degradation of nutrients or by converting molecules into cells

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catabolic metabolism

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reactions release energy by breaking down complex molecules into simpler compounds EG Respiration

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anabolic metabolism

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reactions consume energy to build complicated molecules from simpler compounds EG Photosynthesis

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ATP

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adenine triphosphate, useful free energy currency via spontaneous dephosphorylation reaction that releases lots of free energy

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spontaneous reaction

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change in S increases, change in free energy decreases

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non-spontaneous reaction

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change in entropy decreases, change in free energy increases

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natural membranes

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mainly composed of lipids and proteins

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lipids

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mainly phospholipids EG phospho-choline/ethanolamine/serine/linositol and sphingomyeline

aren’t uniformly distributed

marks cells for destruction by IS= phosphatidyl serine signals macrophages to remove dying cells

affects membrane permeability=cholesterol increases bilayer strenght and biochemical interactions

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bilayer lipid membrane

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sheet of lipids 2 molecules thick, hydrophILIc Heads point out, hydrophobic tails point in, longer tailed lipids have increased SA to interact w/ molecules being transported through but decreased mobility

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phase transition temp

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affected by degree of unsaturation of lipid tails so more UNSAT double bonds= kink= disrupts lipid packing = increases fluid HC medium=extra free space for flexibility

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function of lipid bilayer

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barrier = hydrophobic core permeable to small Hphobic solutes EG Cholester/Ethanol. Impermeable to inorganic compounds and ions EG AA or Nucleic Acid, proteins, carbohydrates

intrinsic proteins embedded in lipid bilayer so PPC interacts w/ non-polar region

membrane receptor proteins activate phospholipases that cleave selected phospholipids to generate fragments = intracellular signaling molecules

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glycerol based lipids

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glycosylcerides=highly complex

phopholipids=cell signaling and membrane permeability

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cholesterol

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regulates membrane fluidity more cholesterol =decreases fluidity by forming microdomains=lipid rafts that are rich in kinks

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non-mediated transport

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via simple diffusion, driven by potential gradient

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mediated transport

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via specific carrier proteins, facilitated diffusion

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what do substances depend on to diffuse across membranes

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substances diffuse at rates proportional to magnitude of gradient and they depend on solubility of membrane’s non polar core

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EG of passive transport

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osmosis, SD, FD

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AT

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Low conc to high conc, it is endergonic and relies on coupling to sufficiently exergonic processes for favorable reaction

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primary AT

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proceeds by chemical reaction EG ATP hydrolysis or Na/K pump

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secondary AT

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coupled with primary AT EG glycolysis transport is coupled with Na/K transport in intestines

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uniport
transports 1 substance in 1 direction
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joint transport
simultaneous transport of 2 or more substances by 1 system
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antiport
in opposite direction
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symport
same direction
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electroneutral transport
no change in value to TM potential EG Na+/Cl- in 1 direction or Na+/K+ in opposite directions
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electrogenic transport
changes membrane potential 3Na+/2K+ in opposite direction
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hypotonic
higher water conc in sol, lower water conc in cell so water moves into cell = swell = bursts
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hypertonic
lower water conc in sol, higher water conc in cell so water moves out of cell = shrivels up = dies
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electrophoresis
movement of electrically charged particles in electric fields
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nenst plank molar flux
describes flux of ions under influence of ionic conc gradient and electric field
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from what regions to electrons move
from negative potential to positive potential
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membrane permeability
describes diffusion of particles through membranes [cm/s]
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FD
Transport by carrier proteins that move larger and polar molecules across membranes the trasnporters are specific for substrates, transporters are formed by mobile carriers and channels
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is FD Saturable process
yes because there are a limited no. of protein channels available that are specific to ions
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pores
gap junctions between endothelial/muscle/neuronal cells, maintained in open state and will close if membrane is damaged or metabolic state is depressed. Pores are more open and non-selective structures EG nuclear pores = proteins and NA enter/leave nucleus OMM Pores= mitochondrial proteins encoded by nuclear genes leave ERM Pores=PPC of secretory proteins and PM proteins leave
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ionophores
molecules of diverse types that increase permeability of membranes to ions carrier ionophores=increase permeability by binding to selected ion and diffusing through membranes and releasing ion on other side EG. Valinomyelin is a mobile ion carrier, K+ binds to central core diffuses across membrane and releases K+ to gradually dissipate K+ gradient channel-forming ionophores = form TM channel/pore where ions can diffuse EG. Gramicidin= its dimers form channel/pore in membrane to allow inorganic, non-covalent ions (Na+/K+) to diffuse, this destroy ion conc differences which causes ion leaks in mitochondria to halt ATP production = kills cell
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lactose permease
utilises proton gradient across bacterial cell membrane to cotransport proton and lactose to drive ATP synthesis
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define diffusion potential
merging of electrolytes w/ different concs that develop into an electric potential gradient
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how is diffusion potential formed
different conc of ionic sol to result in an immediate diffusion potential due to difference in ion mobility, this causes a separation of ions to establish a PD at the boundary between the 2 solutions, which can be measured
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conditions for observing membrane diffusion potential
different mobility/conc of ions and non-selective membrane
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memebran equilibrium potential
neutral solution w/ different conc of ions, the membrane is permeable to a specific ion so that the other ion cannot cross membrane = EG K+ only moves across membrane this causes an increase in charge until it is too big so that there will be no futher K+ movement so flux of K+ is 0 and electric potential is in equil
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conditions for establishing equilibrium membrane potenial
different conc of ions, semi-permeable membrane, electric potential is established at equil so it remains constant and doesn't change over time
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donnan potential
electric potential risen due to unequal distribution of ion conc seperated by semi-permeable membrane
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effect of electro-neutrality principle
no of +ive charges must be same as no. of -ive charges
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osmotic consequences of gibbs-donnan equilibrium
due to movement of ions to preserve electroneutrality, causes a greater osmotic pressure on 1 side = eater will flow from the other side if it is not restrained SO in plant cells=cell wall to allow for a higher intracellular hydrostatic pressure in animal cells= uses Na+/K+-ATPase pump to regulate ion conc w/i cells
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TM PD arises due to what
TM Ion gradients which are maintained by large outwards K+/Na+ gradient via primary AT in PM Relative permeability of PM to K+ and Na+ depending on open/closed status if ion-selective membrane channels
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goldmann equation
determines reversal potential due to ionic movement
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thomas equation
relates ion current and flux
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factors contributing to resting potential
gibbs-donnan equilibrium < -10mV to RMP electrogenic Na/K-ATPase < 5mV in skeletal muscle, more in smooth muscle electrodiffusion of ions to brin TM electrical PD to equil potential
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generation of AP
1. Depolarisation = Na+ channels open 2. AP 3. Repolarisation = Na+channels close spontaneously and K+ open, these take longer to open so requires a greater depolarisation 4. Hyperpolarisation = K+ channels close 5. Resting potential = VG K+ close so K+ permittivity and PD move back to resting levels 6. Failed initiations
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how is AP initiated
When PD reaches membrane threshold (about-70mV) voltage-gated Na channels open due to increased permittivity of Na to membranes, this causes depolarization, which activates more VG Na+ channels to open to begin an explosive feedback recruitment of Na+ channels
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Hodgkin Cycle
due to increased conductance of Na+, there will be more positive intracellular space so increased membrane potential which will repeat
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hyperpolarisation
summed activity of VG and non-gated K channels
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salatatory conductions
propagation of AP along myelinated axon from 1 node of Ranvier to the next node, this increases conduction velocity of AP by 10-100x
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node of ranvier
gaps where impulse jumps from node to node
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VG Conductance
Na+ channels activate when increased conductance of Na due to depolarisation, this shows there is a V induced change in shape of Na channels which will displace the highly charge region and open pore movement

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