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What process takes place in ribosomes?

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protein synthesis = translation!

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what are the two types of ribosomes?

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membrane bound ribosomes

free ribosomes

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what do membrane bound ribosomes do when they are synthesizing proteins that are being translated to the ER lumen?

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ER signal sequence

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what is ER signal sequence?

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N-terminal signal sequence that directs proteins to enter the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It is cleaved off by signal peptidase after entry.

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what do membrane bound ribosomes produce?

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lysosomal proteins
secreted proteins
plasma membrane proteins

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what does the membrane bound ribosomes use to makes its products?

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golgi and ER

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what do free ribosomes produce?

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nuclear proteins
mitochondrial proteins
cytosol proteins
peroxisome protein

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what is the central role of the ER?

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lipid and protein biosynthesis

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what does the rER do?

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protein syntehsis

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what does the sER do?

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lipid metabolism
detox in hepatocytes by cytochrome P450 system
sequester calcium in muscle cells (sarcoplasmic reticulum)

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where is golgi especially well developed?

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secratory cells - plasma cells, pancreatic acinar cells

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what do coatomer coated vesicles do?

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mediate bidirectional traffic between ER and golgi

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what does COP 1 coated vesciles do?

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Retrograde

CGN to ER

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what do COP 2 coated vesicles do?

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anterograde

ER to CGN

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what are the 3 functions of golgi apparatus?

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post translational modification
sorting
packaging

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what are the types of post translational modification that can occur?

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glycolsylation
sulfation
phosphorylation
proteolysis

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what are the 3 vesicle transport pathways in golgi?

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consititutive secretory pathway
-basolateral
-apical
regulated secretory pathway
lysosomal pathway
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what are the 3 major types of granules found in neutrophils?

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azurophilic (non specific) (primary)
specific (secondary)
tertiary

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where is peroxidase found and what does it do?

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found in azurophilic granules of neutrophils (primary)
Generates highly reactive, bactericidal hypochlorite and chloramines
•Kill bacteria and other pathogens following phagocytosis

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what are lyososomes?

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digestive organelles

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what covalently modifies lysosomal hydrates and where is it done?

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mannose 6-phosphate

golgi

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how do lysosomal storage diseases arise?

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genetic defect that affect 1 or more lysosomal hydrolyses - which leads to accumulation of undigested substrates in lysosomes
more than 40 known disorders

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what is tay sachs?

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lysosomal storage disorder

accumulation fo gangliosides

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what are the pathways to lysosomal digestion?

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phagocytosis
endocytosis
autophagy - major pathway

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what tags proteins to be destroyed by proteasomes?
ubiquitin
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what is lipid storage diseases?
lipidoses - accumulation of lipid droplets in abnormal amount or locations
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whats found in the innermembrane space of mitochonria?
cytochrome C - important factor in intrinsic apoptosis pathway
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what does peroxisome contain and what does that thing do?
catalase - converts hydrogen peroxide to oxygen and water
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how are peroxisomal proteins targeted to peroxisomes?
peroxisomal target signal on C-terminus
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what is Zellweger syndrome?
defective import of peroxisomal proteins
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which part of actin is ATP dependent?
F actin
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what is the major player in the actin molecular motor?
myosin II
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centrioles provide basal body that is essential for formation fo what?
cilia and flagella
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what are the subunits of microtubules?
alpha and beta tubulin protein subunits
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microtubule polymerizatin is what?
GTP dependent!
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what is Tau associated with (microtubule associated protein MAP)?
alzeihmers disease
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what are mitototic spindle poisons?
colchicine and taxol
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what two families are involved in microtubule molecular motors?
dynein - fast and large | kinesin
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what are cilia and flagella built from?
microtubules and dynein
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how is movement produced in microtubule molecular motor ?
bending of the core = axoneme
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primary cilia have sensory antennae with mechanoreceptors, if those are fucked up, what is going to happen?
polycystic kidney disease
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what is plasma membrane protrusion activated by?
actin polymerization
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what are filopodia?
Growth cones •Core of long, bundled actinfilaments •Ex. Fibroblasts
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what are lamellipodia?
Sheet-like structures | •Ex. Fibroblasts, epithelial cells, some neurons
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what are pseudopodia?
3 dimensional projections | •Ex. Neutrophils
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how is actin polymerization oriented?
Actinfilaments mostly oriented with plus end facing forward
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what is Rho associated with?
stress fibers
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what is rac associated with?
lamellipodia
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what is cdc 42 associated with?
filopodia and microspikes
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Products of inflammation (Ex. Histamine) promote the expression of what on endothelial cell surfaces of neutrophils
selectin receptors
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what do chemokines induce the expression of?
Integrinson leukocytes and Integrinreceptorson endothelial cells
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what is transmigration?
migration across endothelium
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what is the process of diapedesis?
extension of pseudopod between endothelial cells | pass through the basement membrane into the tissue
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what is chemotaxis?
movement of leukocytes within the tissue | movement along a chemotactic gradient to the tsource of inflammation
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what are 3 possible pathways in the golgi apparatus?
constitutive secretory pathway regulated secretory pathway lysosomal pathway
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what do neutrophil specific (secondary) granules contain?
lysozymes | lactoferrin
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what do neutrophil tertiary granules contain?
phosphatases | metalloproteinases
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what are inclusions?
glycogen, lipid and pigemtsn
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what part of the mitochondria contains porins?
outer membrane
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what is important about the inner membrane of mitochondria?
important factor in intrinsic apoptosis pathway
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what makes up the cytoskeleton?
actin, microtubules, intermediate filaments
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what are the 6 classes of intermediate filaments?
``` 1 and 2 = keratins 3 = vimentin and vimentin-like 4 neurofilaments 5 = lamins 6= beaded filaments ```
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where does a peroxisome originate from?
preexisting peroxisomes
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what undergoes fission?
peroxisomes and mitochondria
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how do cells important cholesterol?
recetpro mediated uptake of LDLs in coated vessicles
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how does transport of protein from the RER to the VTC occur?
COP II (anterograde - RER to CGM)
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how does membrane recycling after exocytosis of the contents of a secretion granule occur?
via clathrin-coated vessicles
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when does the uncoupling of ligands and receptors internalized by receptor mediated endocytosis occur?
in the early endosome
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proteins targeted for lysosomes (via late endosomes) leave the trans-golgi network how?
in clathrin-coated vesicles
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what is a force generating protein associated with microtubules?
kinesin - outward, away from centrosome
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globular actin monomers (G actin) polymerize into a double helix of filamentous actin (F actin) aka microfilament in response to what?
regulatory influence of a number of actin-binding proteins
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what has 13 protofilament strands
microtubule - alpha and beta tubulin dimers
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what are intermediate filaments composed of glial fibrillary acidic proteins and present in fibrous astrocytes?
glial filaments
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where is GFAP found?
glial cells - microglia, oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, schwann cells
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where is vimentin found?
in cells of CT origin - fibroblasts, chondrocytes, endothelial cells
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what do neurons contain?
intermediate neurofilaments - do not stain for either GFAP or vimentin
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what is responsible for the cellular protrusion of lamellae podia?
actin polymerization

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