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2A: Cell Membrane structure Flashcards

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• Acts as a boundary
• Controls what enters and leaves cell
• Regulates chemical composition
• Maintains homeostasis

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Cell Membrane

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provided the first evidence that biological membranes consist of lipid bilayers.

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Studies of the red blood cell plasma membrane

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is flexible and allows a unicellular organism to move

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Cell membrane

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  • Important component of Physiology
  • Makes life possible
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Homeostasis

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3 factors of Cell Membrane

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  • Homeostasis
  • Protection
  • Setting boundaries
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Semi permeable and allows maintenance of homeostasis

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Cell membrane

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  • Allows flexibility
  • Provided the first evidence that biological membranes consists of lipid bilayer
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Plasma membrane

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Allows unicellular organisms to move

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Flexibility

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Plasma Membrane models

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Sandwich model
Unit membrane model
Fluid mosaic model

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  • 2 layers of globular proteins with phospholipid inside to make a layer and then join 2 layers together to make a channel for molecules to pass
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Sandwich Model
(Danielli + Davson)

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Protein coat of Sandwich model

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Hydrophilic

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Lipid layer of Sandwich model

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hydrophobic

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  • Outer layer of protein with phospholipid bilayer inside,
  • believed all cells same composition,
  • does not explain how some molecules pass through or the use of proteins with nonpolar parts
  • used transmission electron microscopy
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Unit Membrane Model ( Robertson)

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Phospholipid bilayer with proteins partially or fully imbedded, electron micrographs of freeze-fractured membrane

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Fluid Mosaic Model
(Singer + Nicolson)

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  • Hydrophilic heads facing outwards, hydrophobic tails facing inwards.
  • used the freeze-fructure membrane to test the model
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Fluid-Mosaic model

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  • Rapidly freeze specimen
  • use special knife to cut membrane into half.
  • Apply carbon + platinum
  • Viewed through scanner electron microscope
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Freeze-fracture of membrane

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The Plasma Membrane is composed of two layers of lipids
. Why is this important?

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Having lipids in the plasma membrane means that at least a portion of the membrane repels the water that constantly surrounds it. Allowing too much water inside the cell could cause the cell to burst.

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– plasma membrane has consistency of olive oil at body temperature, due to unsaturated phospholipids.
-phospholipids and proteins move around freely within the layer, like it’s a liquid.

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Fluid

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– proteins form a collage that differs on either side of membrane and from cell to cell (greater than 50 types of proteins)
- proteins span the membrane with hydrophilic portions facing out and hydrophobic portions facing in.
- mosaic pattern produced by scattered protein molecules when membrane is viewed from above.

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Mosaic

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low temperatures

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  • Gel phase or gel like cell membrane
  • Hydrocarbons are tightly packed
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Higher temperature

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  • Moves to fluid phase
  • bilayer “melts” movement is allowed
  • tails move
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Formation of sphere is

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energetically favorable

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Spontaneously Form Vesicles

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Planar Lipid Bilayers

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commonly used solubilizing agents

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SDS and Triton X-100

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- Harsh ionic detergent - sodium dodecyl sulfate - used in DNA
SDS
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a gentler non-ionic detergent
Triton X-100
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- Disrupts the membrane from lipids - Disrupts the protein to isolate DNA
Detergent
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Structure and functions of Plasma
- Selectivity - Barrier
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Movement of phospholipid
- Most of the lipids and some proteins drift laterally on either side. - Flipflop happens rarely - Phospholipids do not switch from one layer to the nest
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Cholesterol
Affects fluidity
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Cholesterol affects fluidity: at body temperature
- it LESSENS FLUIDITY by restraining the movement of phospholipids - reduce permeability to small mol
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- Make the Membrane More Rigid - Less Permeable - Resistant to Low Temperature Crystalization
Planar Rings of Cholesterol
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Major membrane component (Animals)
Cholesterol
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- Have the same function as cholesterol - Plants' counterpart of cholesterol
Sterols
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3 classification of Membrane proteins
Peripheral membrane proteins Integral membrane proteins Transmembrane proteins
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proteins that dissociate from the membrane following treatments with polar reagents that do not disrupt the phospholipid bilayer
Peripheral membrane proteins
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proteins can be released only by treatments that disrupt the phospholipid bilayer.
Integral membrane
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span the lipid bilayer with portions exposed on both sides of the membrane.
Transmembrane proteins
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Types of membrane proteins
Channel protein Carrier protein Cell recognition protein Receptor protein Enzymatic protein
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- allows ions to cross freely
Channel Protein
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Ex. of disorder of channel
Cystic fibrosis
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- Selectively interacts with a specific molecule of ion so that it can cross the plasma membrane.
Carrier protein
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- The MHC (major histocompatibility complex)
Cell recognition
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- Shaped in such a way that specific molecule can bind to it.
Receptor protein
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- Essential for cell recognition - rejects incompatible cells
MHC (Major histocompatibility complex)
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- Catalyzes specific reaction.
enzymatic protein
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Transport proteins
Channel Proteins Carrier Proteins
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– channel for lipid insoluble molecules and ions to pass freely through
Channel Proteins
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– bind to a substance and carry it across membrane, change shape in process
Carrier Proteins
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- Bind to chemical messengers (Ex. hormones) which sends a message into the cell causing cellular reaction
Receptor Proteins
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– Carry out enzymatic reactions right at the membrane when a substrate binds to the active site
Enzymatic Proteins
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– Glycoproteins (and glycolipids) onextracellular surface serve as ID tags (which species, type of cell, individual). - Carbohydrates are short branched chains of less than 15 sugars
Cell Recognition Proteins
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- Attach to cytoskeleton (to maintain cell shape and stabilize proteins) and/or the extracellular matrix (integrins connect to both)
Attachment Proteins
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– protein fibers and carbohydrates secreted by cells and fills the spaces between cells and supports cells in a tissue. - can influence activity inside the cell and coordinate the behavior of all the cells in a tissue.
Extracellular Matrix
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– Bind cells together – Tight junctions – Gap junctions
Intercellular Junction Proteins
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Types of cell Junctions
Tight junctions Desmosomes Gap junctions
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• Transmembrane Proteins of opposite cells attach in a tight zipper-like fashion • No leakage Ex. Intestine, Kidneys, Epithelium of skin
Tight Junctions
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• Cytoplasmic plaques of two cells bind with the aid of intermediate filaments of keratin • Allows for stretching • Ex. Stomach, Bladder, Heart
Desmosomes
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• Channel proteins of opposite cells join together providing channels for ions, sugars, amino acids, and other small molecules to pass. • Allows communication between cells.
Gap Junctions
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Cholesterol1 colder temperatures
- it MAINTAINS FLUIDITY by not allowing phospholipids to pack close together.

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