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What is a cell?

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A highly organised compartment bounded by a plasma membrane that contains concentrated chemicals in an aqueous solution

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What does cell theory state?

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That all organisms are made of cells and all cells come from preexisting cells

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Who and when was the microscope invented?

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Robert Hooke in 1665

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Who was the first person to view an animal cell?

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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What is a genotype?

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The sequence of bases in the DNA

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What is the phenotype?

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It is the produce of the proteins produced from the DNA

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What are the universal similarities between cells?

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  • DNA is the heritable material (there is only 1 copy), RNA is the messenger and the product is the proteins
  • Relationship between DNA, RNA and proteins (proteins formed from RNA, formed from DNA)
  • Major cellular organelles
  • ATP is the energy source
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What is cytoplasm?

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The material within a living cell excluding the cell nucleus within the plasma membrane

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What is the cytoplasm made of?

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Cytosol (aqueous of the cytoplasm of a cell) and the organelles and many small molecules, proteins and nuclei acids

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What is plasma membrane?

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Double layer of phospholipids with imbedded proteins

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What is the phospholipid bi-layer made of?

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A hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tails

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What is the function of plasma membranes?

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Physical barrier separating the inside and outside of the cell
Mediate movement of hydrophilic substances (it is semipermeable FYI)
Allows cell to cell identification
Facilitates intercellular communication

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What is contact inhibition?

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It is where cells grow until the plasma membranes come into contact with each other

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When and what happens when contact inhibition doesn’t work?

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Happens with cancerous cells and causes overgrowth

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Where is most of the cholesterol made?

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The liver

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What is the function of cholesterol?

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Holds the membranes together when the temperature increases and when the temperatures drops it maintains the fluidity of membrane (can increase/decrease fluidity of membrane based on cholesterol levels FYI)

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What is phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine?

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  • phospholipid on the outside of the cell

- phospholipid on the inside of the cell

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What are the charges on the phospholipid and what impact does this have on its function?

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Charged head makes it hydrophilic, non-charge tails makes it hydrophobic

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What is the phospholipid head made of?

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Choline head, phosphate middle and glycerol base

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What are the phospholipid tails made of?

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Fatty acids

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What happens when a cell dies? Why is this process controlled?

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It sends out a message to begin apoptosis where the phosphatidylcholine will flip (end up on the inside of the cell) and phosphatidylserine will go on the outside, this triggers exon 5 (???) which initiates the controlled dying of the cell so the it doesn’t impact neighbouring cells

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What kind of proteins are imbedded within a plasma membrane?

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Transmembrane protein, peripheral membrane protein, glycoproteins

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What is the function of transmembrane proteins?

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Contact extracellular and cytoplasmic environments

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What is the function of glycoproteins?

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Contribute ot eh molecular signature of the extracellular side of the cell

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What are some of the functions of the plasma membrane proteins?
Transport, enzymatic activity, signal transduction, cell to cell recognition, intercellular joining, attachment to the cytoskeleton and ECM
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What kind of protein controls transport over the plasma membrane?
Ion channels
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What are the two kinds of ion channels? What are the differences?
Passive (no energy involved) and active (requires ATP)
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What are and what do enzymatic activity proteins do in the membrane?
- Some enzymes sit imbedded in the plasma membrane | - provide a platform for cells to catalyse reactions, can be parts of a cascade of reactions
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How does a signal transduction protein work?
A signalling molecule binds to the receptor protein which causes a signalling protein within the cell to be released
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Do signalling molecules end up passing through the plasma membrane in order to activate the signal?
No, they just modify the signal transduction protein which releases a protein inside the cell
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What kind of proteins are involved in cell to cell recognition?
Glycoproteins
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What kind of protein/s is involved in intercellular connection?
Gap or tight junctions
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What kind of proteins are involved in attachment to the cytoskeleton and ECM?
Integrins
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What is a nucleus surrounded by?
A nuclear envelope made of lamina A
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What is the function of the nucleus?
Stores DNA in eukaryotic cells, rRNA and ribosome producing, has spatial and temporal control the cell functions
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How do things get in and out of the nucleus? What kind of things more in and out? Is it free flowing?
Through nuclear pores | RNA, some proteins, not free flowing controlled by enzymes
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Is the nucleus a discrete organelle inside the cell?
No, it is continuous with rough endoplasmic reticulum
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What is the nucleolus?
The centre of the nucleus
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What is the function of the nucleolus?
site of rRNA production and assembles small and large subunits of ribosomes
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What is DNA?
It is the nucleic acid that encodes our phenotype
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What is epigenetic's?
Small marks on the DNA laid down on the DNA by environmental factors
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When and how can epigenetic's impact an organisms phenotype?
From a gamete into adulthood | Rearranges how the histones are lined up impacting how proteins are produced
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How are DNA stored? What is the structural organisation of the DNA as it prepares for cell division?
Wrapped twice around 8 histones to form a single nucleosomes (10nm) 3 nucleosomes form a chromatin. These chromatin are condensed into chromatin fibres (30nm) which are further wrapped into loops (300nm) then stacked into 2 * chromosome (1400nm) held together by a centromere. These chromosome comprise of many genes
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What is the monomer of DNA?
A nucleotide
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What is a nucleotide made of?
Phosphate group, sugar (pentose) and nitrogen base
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How are nucleotides held together?
By hydrogen and phosphodiester bonds
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What are ribosome made of?
2 subunits, a small and large subunit
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Where are the subunits for ribosome made?
In the nucleolus
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Where can ribosome be found?
Free in the cytoplasm (makes cytosolic proteins FYI) or attached to rough ER
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What is ER?
Extensive network of tubes and tubules stretching out form the nuclear membrane
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What are the two types of ER?
Rough and smooth
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What makes rough ER rough?
It is dotted with attached ribosomes
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What does the rough ER do?
Fold the proteins formed by ribosomes in order to make them active and package them to be transported
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What does the smooth ER do?
Is where lipids and carbohydrates are made, detoxify drugs or harmful substances, can do some modification of the proteins as well
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Where is the smooth ER relative to rough ER?
extends form the rough ER
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What is the function of the Golgi complex?
modifies, sorts, packages and transports proteins from the rough ER into the body
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What is the structure of the golgi complex?
A number of flattened membranous sacs called cisternae stacked on top of each other, curved into a cup shape
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What do cisternae do?
contain enzymes of different functions and the proteins move from cisternae sac to cisternae sac in order to modify them (e.g. folding) and packaging
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What are the three stages of the golgi complex for processing proteins?
Entry cisternae receive proteins from rough ER Medial cisterna odiar proteins for specific function Exit cisterna modify further and package protein to necessary destination
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What do lysosomes contain?
Hydrolytic and digestive enzymes
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What are lysosomes made from?
Plasma membrane derived form golgi body
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What happens when lysosomes burst?
Cell undergo apoptosis
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What do the proteins in the plasma membrane of the lysosome do to make it an especially powerful digestive organelle?
Pump H+ into them
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What is the function of the lysosome?
Digests substance that enter a cell, cell components (autophagy), entire cells (autolysis) and any extracellular digestion
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What are the mechanisms and functions of autophagy?
Isolation membrane forms around cellular components for digestion which forms an autophagosome, These then dock and fuse with lysosome and the lysosome uses its digestive enzymes and acdis to break down cellular content Breaks down material within the cell
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What is the 'power house' of the cell?
Mitochondria
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How many genes do mitochondria have, what do these genes code for? What is the likely origin of these organelles?
37 genes that code for rRNAs and tRNAs and mitochondrial components Mitochondria are descend form purpose non-sulfur bacteria that survived endocytosis (therefore didn't get broken up by lysosomes)
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What does the number of mitochondria in a cell indicate?
The number of mitochondria of the cell determines the physical functions of the cell
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What is the ATP cycle?
ATP undergoes hydrolysis losing a phosphate group releasing energy and producing energy, ADP and a phosphate group
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What is the function of the cytoskeleton?
Maintain the size shape and integrity of the cell by acting as scaffolding across the cell, also involved in intracellular transportation and cellular movement
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What are the three types of fibres in cytoskeletons?
Microfilaments, intermediate filmanets and microtubules
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What is the structure of microfilaments?
Actin molecules assembled in two long chains twisted around each other, 7nm diameter
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Where are microfilaments normally found?
Around the periphery and lining the interior of the cell
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What is the function of the microfilaments?
Bear tension and weight by anchoring cytoskeleton to plasma membrane proteins
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Are microfilaments permanent structures within the cell?
No, microfilaments are assembled and disassembled as required
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What is the structure of the intermediate filament?
Diverse range of material, mainly keratin, diameter of 8-12nm
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Where is the intermediate filament found?
In the cytoplasm
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What is the function of the intermediate filaments?
Bear tension and weight throughout the cell and act as scaffold for other organelles
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Are intermediate filaments normally permanent structures within the cell?
Yes
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What is the structure of microtubule's? What are they made of?
tubular structures made of tubular dimers alpha and beta that are coiled, 25nm diameter with central lumen of 15nm
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Where are the two kinds of microtubule's found?
Centrioles | Inside cilia
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What is the function of the microtubules?
Support cell shape and size, guide movements of organelles, proteins and chromosomes (e.g. vesicles form golgi to membrane) and support movement of cilia
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What are centrioles?
Organelles attached onto the nucleus involve in the formation of spindle fibres
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What is different between the microtubules in the cilia and the centrioles?
Cilia microtubules have a basal plate, have a 9 + 2 rings
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What does the 9 + 2 ring formation in the microtubules in the cilia allow it to do?
Allows for different microtubules to slide over each other which allows for bend so that the cilia can move therefore can disturb stuff in the external environment
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Are microtubules normally permanent structures within the cell?
No, assembled and disassembled as required

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