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CDKs

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Constitutive and inactive

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Cyclin

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Regulatory proteins that control cell cycle events; phase specific; activate CDKs

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Cyclin-CDK complexes

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Must be both activated and inactivated for cell cycle to progress

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Tumor suppressors

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p53 and hypophosphorylated Rb normally inhibit G1-to-S progression; mutations in these genes result in unrestrained cell division

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Cell Types- Permanent

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Remain in G0, regenerate from stem cells

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Give an example of a permanent cell

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Neurons, skeletal and cardiac muscle, RBC

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Cell Types- Stable (quiescent)

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Engter G1 from G0 when stimulated

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Give an example of a stable (quiescent) cell

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Hepatocytes and lymphocytes

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Cell Type- Labile

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Never go to G0, divide rapidly witha short G1. Most affected by chemotherapy

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Give an example of a labile cell

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Bone marrow, gut epithelium, skin, hair follicles, and germ cells

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Cell Type- Rough endoplasmic reticulum

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Site of synthesis of secretory (exported) proteins and of N-linked oligosaccharide addition to many proteins. 
Nissl bodies (RER in neurons)- synthesize peptide neurotransmitters for secretion. 
Free ribosomes- unattached to any membrane; site of synthesis of cytosolic and organellar proteins.
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Give an example of a rough endoplasmic reticulum cells

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Mucus-secreting goblet cells of the small intestine and antibody-secreting plasma cells are rich in RER

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Cell Type- Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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Site of steroid synthesis and detoxification of drugs and poisons. Lack surface ribosomes

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Give an example of a smooth endoplasmic reticulum cell

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Liver hepatocytes and steroid hormone- producing cells of the adrenal cortex and gonads are rich in SER

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The golgi apparatus adds N-oligosaccharides to what amino acid?

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Asparagine

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The golgi apparatus adds O-oligosaccharides to which amino acids?

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Serine and Threonine

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What compound is added to the proteins destined for destruction by the lysosome? (Added by the golgi apparatus)

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mannos-6-phosphate

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What is the function of endosomes?

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They are sorting centers for material from outside the cell or from the Golgi, sending it to the lysosomes for destruction or back to the membrane/Golgi for further use.

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What is I-cell disease (inclusion cell disease)?

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It is an inherited lysosomal storage disorder caused by a defect in phophotransferase which decreases mannose-6-phosphate on glycoproteins. Proteins are secreted extracellularly as opposed to tagged for the lysosome.

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What is the likely diagnosis for a patient born with coarse facial features, clouded corneas, restricted joint movement, and high plasma levels of lysosomal enzymes?

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I-Cell Disease. Often fatal in childhood.

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What is a signal recognition particle (SRP)?

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Abundant, cytosolic ribonucleoprotein that traffics proteins from the ribosome to the RER. Absent or dysfunctional SRP leads to proteins accumulatinng in the cytosol.

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What is COPI?

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Retrograde trafficking of protein from Golgi to ER

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What is COPII?

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Anterograde trafficking of protein from ER to Golgi

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What is Clathrin?

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A vesicular trafficking protein that traffics proteins from golgi to lysosomes, plasma membrane and endosomes (receptor mediated endocytosis)

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What are peroxisomes?
Membrane-enclosed organelle involved in catabolism of very -long-chain fatty acids, branched-chain fatty acid, and amino acids.
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What are proteasomes?
Barrel-shaped protein complex that degrades damaged or ubiquitin-tagged proteins. Defects in the ubiquitin-proteasome system have been implicated in some cases of Parkinson's disease.
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What are microtubules?
Cylindrical structure composed of a helical array of polymerized heterodimers of alpha- and beta-tubulin. Each dimer has 2 GTP bound. Incorporated into flagella, cilia, mitotic spindles, Grows slowly, collapses quickly. Also involved in slow axoplasmic transport in neurons.
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What are molecular motor proteins?
Proteins that transport cellular cargo toward opposite ends of microtubule tracks
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In which direction does dynein travel?
Retrograde to microtubule (+ to -)
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In which direction does kinesin travel?
anterograde to microtubule (-to +)
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Name the drugs that act on microtubules. (Hint: Microtubules Get Constructed Very Poorly)
``` Mebendazole (anti-helminthic) Griseofulvin (anti-fungal) Colchicine (anti-gout) Vincristine/Vinblastine (anti-cancer) Paclitaxel (anti-cancer) ```
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Describe the arrangement of cilia.
9+2 arrangement
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What is axonemal dynein?
An ATPase that links peripheral 9 doublets and causes bending of cilium by differential sliding of doublets
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What causes Kartagener Syndrome (Primary ciliary dyskinesia)?
Immotile cilia due to a dynein arm defect
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Are individuals with Kartagener syndrome fertile?
No. Males are infertile due to immotile sperm and females are immotile due to dysfunctional fallopian tube cilia with a increased risk of ectopic pregnancy.
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What are common symptoms of Kartagener syndrome?
Bronchiectasis, recurrent sinusitis, and situs inversus
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Describe actin and myosin
Muscle contraction, microbvilli, cytokinesis, adherens junctions. Actins are long, structural polymers, myosins are dimeric, ATP-driven motor proteins that move along actins.
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Describe microtubules
Movement. Cilia, flagella, mitotic spindle, axonal trafficking, centrioles.
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Describe intermediate filaments
Structure. Vimentin, desmin, cytokeratin, lamin, glial fibrillary acid proteins (GFAP), neurofilaments.
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Describe plasma membrane composition
Asymmetric lipid bilayer. Contains cholesterol, phopholipids, sphingolipids, glycolipids, and proteins. Fungal membranes contain ergosterol.
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Describe sodium-potassium pumps
Sodium-potassium ATPase is located int eh plasma membrane with ATP site on cytosolic side. For each ATP consumed, 3 sodiums go out and two potassiums come in
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What does Ouabain do?
Inhibits sodium-potassium pump by binding to potassium site
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What do cardiac glycosides do? (digoxin and digitoxin)
They directl inhibit the sodium-potassium ATPase, which leads to indirect inhibition of sodium/calcium exchange which leads to increase calcium in the cell and increased cardiac contractility.
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What is collagen?
Most abundant protein in the human body. Extensibely modified by posttranslational modification. Organizes and strengthens extracellular matrix
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Where is type I collagen found?
Most common (90%)- Bone, Skin, Tendon, dentin, fascia, cornea, late wound repair
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Where is type II collagen found?
Cartilage (including hyaline), vitreous body, nucleus pulposus.
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Where is type III collagen found?
Reticulin-skin, blood vessels, uterus, fetal tissue, granulation tissue.
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Where is type IV collagen found?
Basement membrane, basal lamina, lens
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Where are collagen alpha chains synthesized?
Rough ER
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Which amino acid is hydroxylated in collagen?
Proline and lysine. Requires vitamin C; deficiency is scurvy
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Glycosylation and formation of procollagen via hydrogen and disulfide bonds creates what structure?
Triple helix
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An error in glycosylation of pro-alpha-chain hydroxylysine residues results in what disorder
osteogenesis imperfecta
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What processing transforms procollagen into insolube tropocollagen?
Proteolytic cleavage of disulfide-rich terminal regions
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Cross-linking reinforces many staggered tropocollagen molecules by covalently cross-linking lysine-hydroxylysine to make collagen fibrils. A deficiency in cross-linking will cause what disorder?
Ehlers-Danlos
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Describe elastin
It is a stretchy protein within skin, lungs, large arteries, elastic ligaments, vocal cords, ligamenta flava. It is rich in proline and glycine, nonhydroxylated forms. tropoelastin with fibrillin scaffolding. Cross-linking takes place extracellularly and gives elastin its elastic properties.
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What enzyme breakes down elastin?
Elastase
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What inhibits elastase?
alpha-antitrypsin
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Defects in ubiquitin-proteasome system have been implicated in some cases of which disorder?
Parkinson disease

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