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Intracellular compartments (Sept 19) Flashcards

1
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What percentage of a cell volume is cytosol?

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~50%

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What percentage of a cell volume is cytosol?

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~20%

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The majority of cell membrane (by percentage, intra and extracellular) is taken up by _______, followed by ________, followed by ________.

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Endoplasmic Reticulum
mitchondrial inner membrane
Golgi apparatus

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4
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There are some general trends in compartment size, why is it a bad idea to rely on any of these trends.

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Because the cell will vary how much of each organelle it has based on its function and size.

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What is the theory for the evolution of the nucleus?

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That it began as an invagination of the cell membrane, which later closed off and stayed within the cell.

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What is the theory for the evolution of the endoplasmic reticulum?

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It developed out of the nuclear membrane. Indeed the extracellular nuclear membrane is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum.

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Describe the nuclear membrane.

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It is has multiple nuclear pores, and is a fluid containing organ, like the endoplasmic reticulum. Indeed it is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum.

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What gives each organelle its unique activity?

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The unique proteins it possesses.

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9
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How many proteins does the average Eukaryotic cell have within it?
How many different varieties?

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~10^10

~10,000

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10
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Give to examples of organelles which maintain an electrochemical gradients across their bilayer.

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ER: Ca2+
Mitochondria: H+

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11
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What are the three methods of protein trafficking within the cell?

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  • Vesicular transport
  • Transmembrane transport
  • Gated transport
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12
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Describe vesicular transport.

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Vesicular transport is always between topologically equivalent areas.

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13
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ER has vesicular transport to?

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Peroxisome and the Golgi.

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Golgi has vesicular transport to?

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ER, secretory vesicles, endosomes, early and late, cell exterior.

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What is budding and fusing in vesicular transport?

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budding: vesicle just beginning to leave a membrane surface.
fusing: A vesicle which is combining with a membrane surface.

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16
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Define transmembrane transport of proteins.

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Movement through translocator channels across membranes. Moves into a topologically distinct department.

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17
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How does protein movement through a translocator channel differ from movement through a gated channel?

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A protein must unwind and be fed through a translocator protein as a strand of amino acids, then it refolds on the other side. Gated channels can transport folded proteins through them.

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18
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Transmembrane transport normally moves proteins from within the ______, to within an ______ compartment.
Name three examples of transmembrane transport.

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cytosol
intracellular

Cytosol–>mitochondria
Cytosol–>chloroplast
Cytosol–>ER

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19
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Has transmembrane transport been seen in the PM?

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I don’t know… he doesn’t say. But the slides implied this isn’t known yet.

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20
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What are sorting signals?

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They are areas of a protein which can be recognized and bound by specific receptors. Sorting signals essentially tell where to send the protein.

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21
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What are the two types of sorting signals?

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Signal sequences: linear sequence of amino acids, generally at the Carboxyl or amino end of the protein.
Signal patches: little separated amino acid sequences which will line up once the protein has been folded, they will be recognized by receptors.

22
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What is a signal patch or sequence analogous too?

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An address on a postal letter.

23
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Name three types of cells with no nucleus in animals.

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Platelets
RBCs (accept in birds, reptiles)
Some cells in the lens of the eye

24
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What cell type can have multiple nuclei in animals?

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Skeletal muscle fibers.

25
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What is the lumen between the two membranes of the nucleus?

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Perinuclear space. It is continuous with the ER lumen.

26
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What are nuclear lamina?

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Intermediate fibers which form a matrix on the intra nuclear side of the nucleus.

27
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Define Nucleoporins:

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any protein which is a part of the nuclear pore complex.

28
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How many nucleoporins are in each nuclear pore complex?

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500-1000

29
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Cytosolic fibrils:

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Are repeating phenyl-alanine (F), and glycine (G). They reach out into the cytosolic place and are thought to bring in proteins via nuclear receptors (which will bind to their signal sequence).

30
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How does the nuclear pore sit in the nuclear membrane?

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The poor must be reacting with the hydrophillic head groups only, because the membrane curls around at the pore.

31
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Can small molecules diffuse freely through nuclear pores?

What size must these molecules be?

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yes if they are ~9 nM

32
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Can large molecules freely diffuse into the nucleus?

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No, they must be actively, selectively moved.

33
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Define
nuclear-resident proteins:
Transcription Factor Proteins:

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nuclear-resident proteins: These are proteins which are meant to reside in the nucleus, they must be transferred there from the cytosol were they were synthesized.

Transcription Factor Proteins: Enter the nucleus to bind DNA, change function.

34
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Name three types of molecules that must be able to enter and exit the nucleus.

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Nuclear-resident proteins. (in)
Transcription factors. (in)
mRNA (out

35
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Where does a nuclear import signal send you to?

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It sends you to the nucleus… without it the protein will not be able to enter.

36
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______ where used to visualize protein transport into the nucleus.

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Colloidal gold spheres

37
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Why does protein tagging with colloidal gold spheres allow visualization of the protein?

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Because gold will appear opaque on an electron microscope.

38
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Nuclear import receptor.

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There is a variety of nuclear import receptors. They bind proteins with distinct nuclear localization signals.

39
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Nuclear import adaptor protein does what?

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It binds to a protein with a unique signal sequence, and then binds to a nuclear import receptor.

40
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G-proteins are a nickname for proteins which do what?

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That bind and hydrolyze GTP. This gives them a switch like protein.

41
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Do G proteins have GTPase activity?

Do they act as molecular switches?

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Yes.

Yes.

42
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What are downstream effector proteins?

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They are proteins that result from the signal cascade caused by G proteins.

43
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Generally, in what conformation must a G protein be in to interact with a downstream effector protein.

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It must be bounded to GTP (not GDP, GTP). GTP GTP.

44
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GAPs stands for?

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GTPase-accelerating proteins

45
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GEFs stands for?

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Guanine nucleotide-Exchange Factors.

46
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What do GAPs do?

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Well since they are called GTPase accelerating proteins we can correctly assume they increase the rate at which GTP is hydrolyzed. GTP–>

47
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What do GEFs do?

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Guanine nucleotide-exchanger factors, enable the G protein to release GDP.

48
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Are GAPs and GEFs specific for specific types of G proteins?

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Yes. There is generally specificity in this system. With one type of G-protein having one type of GAP and GEF to help it catalyze.

49
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Why is GAP necessary?

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Because while G proteins are already hydrolytic enzymes (GTPases), the are GTPases with very low catalytic efficiencies. Therefor they need GAP.

50
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What are the two main types of G-proteins?

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Heterotrimeric G proteins

Monomeric G proteins

51
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You stopped right before RAS. Make sure you cover RAS on your next series of slides.

A

DO IT!!!!!!!

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