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what does the plasma membrane allow

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a cell to maintain homeostasis

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does the interior or exterior environment have a higher potassium concentration

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interior: higher potassium and lower sodium/calcium

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what molecules cross the fastest over the plasma membrane

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gases, other small hydrophobic molecules

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what molecules cross at a medium speed over the plasma membrane

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water

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what does transport of water over the plasma membrane require

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aquaporins

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ex. of forms of communication between cells

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receptors, signaling molecules

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what molecules cross at a slow speed over the plasma membrane

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ions (without channels or carriers)

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facilitated diffusion

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  • when ions flow with the gradient (from high to low)
  • requires ion channel proteins
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what can ion channels be gated by

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  • ligands
  • voltage
  • temperature
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gating

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capacity to open/close ion channel

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active transport

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  • if ions go against gradient (low to high)
  • requires carrier proteins
  • requires ATP
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by which process does endosymbiosis occur

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endocytosis - engulfing of particle

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endosymbiosis theory

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prokaryote might have been engulfed by a host cell (eukaryotic)

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what about the nucleus, mitochondrion, and chloroplast resembles a prokaryotic cell

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  • the double membrane system surrounding them
  • have genetic material and mechanisms to deal with it (replication, transcription, translation)
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what do the ribosomes of mitochondria resemble

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the ribosomes of bacteria/prokaryotes

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16
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problems with the endosymbiont theory

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17
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all cells use what for hereditary material

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DNA

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18
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viruses use what for hereditary material

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RNA and DNA

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19
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epigenetic inheritance

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information passed on that is not carried in the DNA sequence

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20
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ex. of epigenetic inheritance

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  • proteins influencing others’ folding (prion proteins)
  • centriole partner creation (always perpendicular to the existing one)
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21
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more genes in the human genome are devoted to what instead of the basic replication apparatus?

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repairing DNA damage

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mistakes that occur during replication are mostly caught by what?

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DNA pol’s proofreading mechanism (3’ to 5’ exonuclease activity)

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how are some mistakes that occur during replication repaired

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mismatch repair pathway, acts immediately after replication

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2 methods by which DNA damage occurs

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  1. replication
  2. environmental effects
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ex. of DNA damage caused by environmental effects
pyrimidine dimers - UV light
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ex. of environmental effects
radiation, chemicals
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how is DNA damage by environmental effects repaired
by several repair pathways, each with a specific problem they recognize
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what happens when mistakes in DNA don't get fixed
become mutations
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what is the rate of mutation
very low, about one millionth of an event per gene per generation
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what energy do mitochondria produce
ATP
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anatomy of mitochondria
- 2 phospholipid bilayer - matrix - inter membrane space - contains DNA
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where does glycolysis always occur
cytoplasm - both proks and euks
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3 processes involved in obtaining energy
1. glycolysis 2. Kreb's cycle 3. oxidative phsophorylation
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what molecules does glycolysis produce?
ATP and NADH, pyruvate
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where does the Kreb's cycle occur in prokaryotes
cytoplasm
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where does the Kreb's cycle occur in eukaryotes
mitochondrial matrix
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what does the Kreb's cycle convert some of the energy from glucose into
ATP, NADH, FADH2
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where do ETS and ATP synthase always occur
across a membrane
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where does oxidative phosphorylation occur in prokaryotes
plama membrane
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where does oxidative phosphorylation occur in eukaryotes
inner mitochondrial membrane
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where are protons pumped during ETS?
from the matrix to the intermembrane space
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what does the ATP synthase do
when protons flow through, converts ADP to ATP
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anatomy of chloroplasts
two phospholipid bilayers, storm, inter membrane space, thylakoid membranes/spaces, DNA
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ex. of biosynthetic reactions that plastids perform
nitrogenous base and aa synthesis
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plastids develop from what?
undifferentiated proplastids
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the type of plastids that develop from proplastids depends on what?
cell type
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chloroplasts are a type of what?
plastid
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what does chlorophyll provide
electrons, activated by light
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how are chloroplasts differentiated
with chlorophyll and enzymes for photosynthesis
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amyloplasts
- differentiated to synthesize and store starch - stored as granules in stroma - seeds/tubers
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chromoplasts
- differentiated to contain various pigments - synthesize/store carotenoids
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function of nucleus
- gene expression proteins exported/imported - RNA exported
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function of endoplasmic reticulum
- protein modification - proteins imported cotranslationally
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function of Golgi apparatus
- protein modification - proteins arrive by trafficking from ER
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function of endosome
- sorting of internalized proteins for transport - proteins that function in endoscopes are targeted from the secretory pathway
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function of lysosome
- degradation of internalized proteins - degradation of cytosolic proteins
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function of mitochondrion
- energy handling - proteins imported from cytosol - some proteins synthesized in organelle
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function of peroxisome
- oxidative processes - proteins imported from cytosol
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most proteins in an organelle were synthesized where?
cytosol
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how are proteins directed to their final location
via signal sequences, must usually traverse a membrane at least once
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what is the difference between protein transport for nuclei/peroxisomes and mito/chloro
- n/p: sorting signal, go through hydrophilic channel in a folded configuration - m/c: transported through channel, kept unfolded before transport, refolded post-transport
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how is a protein transported into the ER?
cotranslation - nascent protein being synthesized on a ribosome has tsl halted until it goes to RER - tsl resumes while translocation ensues as protein emerges from ribosome
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once ribosome-membrane junction formed, what two outcomes can occur
1. pass through membrane to lumen 2. be incorporated is membrane
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constitutive secretion of proteins
always transported out of all after they have been synthesized
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induced secretion of proteins
released only when cell receives appropriate stimulus (specialized)
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what kind of movement is exocytosis
anterograde
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what kind of movement is endocytosis
retrograde
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how do empty vesicles return lipids to earlier parts of pathway
by retrograde movement
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each compartment has a ______ collection of proteins and lipids
unique
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true or false: proteins need a new signal sequence for each compartment
true
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what do chaperones require for activity
ATP
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how do chaperones detect proteins that need to be folded
recognize immature conformation, typically hydrophobic regions that should aggregate in the center
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when do chaperones help proteins get folded properly
1. when first made 2. after entering compartment 3. after heat/stress to a cell - also helps unfold proteins in preparation for translocation
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when do most cytoskeletal fibers rearrange?
beginning of mitosis, meiosis, and telophase
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what are microtubules mostly composed of
a-tubulin and B-tubulin dimers
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diameter of microtubules
25 nm
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largest cytoskeletal fiber
microtubules
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smallest cytoskeletal fiber
microfilaments (actin filaments)
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what are actin filaments made of
actin dimers
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diameter of actin filaments
8 nm
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what is actin filament movement powered by
ATP hydrolysis
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polarity of actin subunits
ATP-binding site at one end connecting next subunit

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