Chapter 18 Flashcards

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Cells express receptors in order to?

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respond to signals in their environment

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The cell receptors receive the signal and convey the information to intracellular targets via

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signal transduction

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5 categories of signaling

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a. neurotransmitter (synaptic)
b. endocrine
c. paracrine
d. autocrine
e. contact-dependent

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What are 8 general classes of proteins/mechanisms involved in signal transduction?

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a. G protein-coupled receptors
b. receptor protein kinase
c. phosphoprotein phosphatases
d. guanylyl cyclase
e. ion channel receptors
f. two-component system
g. transmembrane scaffolds
e. nuclear receptors/transcription factors

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G protein-coupled receptors are linked to

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trimeric GTP-binding proteins

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Function of receptor protein kinases

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phosphorylate their intracellular substrates

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Function of phosphoprotein phosphatases

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dephosphorylate substates

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Function of guanylyl cyclase

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catalyzes the GTP to 3’-5’ cyclic GMP

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Function of ion channel receptors

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change their conformation to permit ion flux through a pore

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What are the 2-component system?

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a sensor + a response regulator

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Function of transmembrane scaffolds

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help recruit regulatory proteins to a site on the membrane

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Most cell-sensed signals are _____

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chemical

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What are 4 receptors that can respond directly to physical inputs?

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a. pressure-sensing channels
b. mechanical strain sensors
c. electrical field sensing channels
d. heat/pain sensing o ion channels

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Two functional domains in receptors

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a. ligand-binding domain
b. effector domain

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How can a cell control its responsiveness to an extracellular signal? (3)

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a. by regulating the synthesis of a receptor
b. by regulating the degradation of a receptor
c. by regulating the receptor’s activity

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Multiple different ligands can bind to receptors of the same class, generating _____ response

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similar intracellular

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A ligand may bind to more than one kind of receptor, eliciting _____ response.

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more than one type of

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Two domains of receptors allow the cell to regulate

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the binding of ligand and the effect of ligand independently

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Covalent modification or allosteric regulation can change what two?

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change ligand-binding affinity or the ability of the ligand-bound receptor to generate its signal; or both

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Some receptors have _____ activity

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catalytic

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Most receptors use small energy of ligand binding to do what?

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accelerate reactions driven by other energy sources

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Most signaling events change ____

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reaction rates

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What is an important function of receptors that occur at several steps along the second messenger pathways?

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molecular amplification

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Various molecular conformations of receptors can be shifted from one to another via ___

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ligand binding

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What are nearly inactive in the absence of ligand?
physiological receptors
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Most receptors are less than 1% active if _______
without agonist
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Some ligands that only promote submaximal activation of their receptor
partial agonists
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What is a competitive inhibitor that binds to a ligand's binding site?
antagonist
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Function of antagonist
prevents the activating ligand from binding
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What is a ligand that binds preferentially to the inactive conformation of the receptor?
inverse agonist
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Inverse agonist binding to the inactive conformation of the receptor causes what?
net inhibition by shifting the conformational equilibrium to the inactive site
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What are the 2 branching of the signaling pathways?
divergent branching and convergent branching
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What does divergent branching allow?
linked control from one receptor to more than one process
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What does convergent brancing allow?
several receptors to activate the same pathway to elicit the same regulatory responses
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_____ within cells created by overlapping converging and diverging singlinag pathways allow for the ______ of responses to multiple inputs
singlaing networks; coordination
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What are signaling networks that include components in various subcellular locations?
spatially complex
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What is the circuit with OR, AND, or NOT functions?
Boolean logical circuits
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What is the quantitative interactions between converging signals of A or B function?
additive
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What is the quantitative interactions between converging signals of A AND B function?
More than additive
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What is the quantitative interactions between converging signals of A NOT B function?
less than additive
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Positive feedback loops
irreversible ON switch
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Positive feed-forwards loop
responds to prolonged input
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Conformational lock
dual control switch
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Conformational lock uses what
1 input to control the reversibility of a 2nd regulatory event
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Scaffolds binds several components of a signaling pathway in _____ to enhance _____
multiprotein complex; signaling efficiency
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Scaffolds bind to specific proteins with what?
considerable selectivity
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What activity does scaffolds have?
enzymatic activity
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Scaffolds binding to several molecules needed in one loaction results in (4)
a. activation/inactivation of componens is accerleated b. interactions of porteins that have a low affinity for each other are promoted c. signaling porteins are localized to appropriate sites of action d. local concentrations of the signaling components are increased
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What is the scaffold in drosophila photoreceptor cells?
InaD
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What is the scaffold in S. cerevisiae mating response?
Ste5p
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Excess scaffolds may ____ because of diluting the components
inhibit signaling
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Inhibition of signaling due to excess scaffolds result in
preventing their productive interaction
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PKC
protein kinase C
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PLC
phoslipase C
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alpha and beta
heterotrimeric G-protein
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What domains recognize a group of targets that share related structural features?
modular interaction domains
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Apoptosis function
links 2 or more proteins
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What is a proto-oncogene first discovered in Src?
protein tyrosine kinase proto-oncogene
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What are the domains of protein tyrosine kinase proto-oncogene?
protein tyrosine kinase domains plus SH2 amd SH3
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SH2
Src homology 2 domain
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SH3
Src homology 3 domain
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SH3 domain bind to what?
short proline-rich sequnences
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SH3 domain bind to short proline-rich sequences present in what?
both resting and activated cells
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SH3 domain is _____ regulated by what?
negatively; phosphorylation within the proline-rich motif
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SH2 domain bind to what?
tyrosine phosphorylated proteins
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SH2 domains bind to tyrosine phosphorylated proteins like
cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases and receptor tyrosine kinases
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Adaptor proteins link to ______ and target them so they respond to _____.
signaling molecules; extraccellular signals
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Adaptor proteins bind to ____ via what?
2 or more oher signaling proteins; protein-protein interaction domains
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What is an example of an adaptor?
Grb2
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Grb2 adptor has what domains?
1 SH2and 2 SH3 domains
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Why do cells continuously adjust their sensitivity to signals?
to maintain their ability to detect changes in input
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cells commonly regulate their sensitivity to _____ over more than a ______range
physiological stimuli; 100-fold
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mammalian visual response adapt over a ____ range of incoming light
10^7 fold
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What is the general mechanism for adaptation?
negative feedback loop
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Stronger or more persistent inputs tend to drive what?
greater adaptive change and more lasting adaptation
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What is an example of adaptation?
G protein pathways
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What is the earliest adaptation?
receptor phosphorylation by a GRK
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GRK
G protein-coupled receptor kinase
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Function of GRK?
recognizes the receptor's ligand-activated conformation
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The receptor phosphorylation inhibits what?
the ability of the receptor to stimulate G protein activation
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The receptor phosphorylation promotes what?
binding of arrestin
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Binding of arrestin further inhibits what?
G protein activation
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Function of arrestin
primes receptors for endocytosis, helping to remove them from the cell surface
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Where may the receptor be degraded?
in the endosomal/lysosome pathway
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Degradation of receptor in the endosomal/lysosome pathway may be coupled with what?
feedback inhibition of transcription of the receptor
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The diversity of properties of different signaling proteins are due to (3)
a. multiple genes b. differential mRNA splicing c. mRNA editing
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The diversity allows cell to _____ and ______
alter how it performs otherwise identical signaling functions; have its signaling pathways remarkable resistant to mutational or other injuries
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What can be compensated for by increased expression or activity of another species?
loss of a single species or isoform of a signaling protein
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3 separate regulation
a. protein kinases vs. phosphoprotein phosphatases b. adenylyl cyclase vs. phosphodiesterases or anion transporter to pump it out of the cell c. GEFs vs. GAPs
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Function of Adenylyl cyclase
create cAMP
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Function of phosphodiesterases
hydrolyze cAMP
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Function of GEFs
activate G proteins
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Function of GAPs
deactivate G proteins
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Most common mechanisms for regulating the activities of intracellular protein are via
allosteric interactions or covalent modifications
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Allostery refers to a noncovalent binding of some molecule to do what?
a. to effect a change in the conformation of a target protein b. to change the target protein's activity
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Allostery can be reversible or irreversible?
reversible
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Allostery can be either _____ or ______
inhibitory or stimulatory
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____ of a target protein alters conformation and leads to its activity
covalent modifications
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Covalent modifications are reversible or irreversible?
reversible
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Covalent modifications can be either ____ or _____
inhibitory or stimulatory
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What are examples of covalent modifications?
phosphorylation, dephosphorylation, methylation, acetylation, ubiquitination, glycosylation, and ribosylation
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What are small and diffusible molecules?
second messengers
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What are 4 advantages of small molecule?
a. synthesized and destroyed quickly b. act at high concentrations so their affinities for target proteins can be low c. low affinity allows rapid association, signal can be determined promptly by destruction of free second messenger d. diffuse quickly within the cell
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What are 2 protein advantages?
a. catalytic activity b. able to bind multiple molecules simultaneously
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Second messenger examples of modified nucleotides
cAMP, cGMP, cADP-ribose
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second messenger examples of sugar phosphate
IP3 (inositol-14,5-triphosphate)
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Second messenger example of divalent metal ion
Ca2+
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Second messenger example of gasses
NO (nitric oxide), CO (carbon monxide)
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Second messenger example of lipids
DAG PIP3 (phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate) PIP2 (PI-4,5-bisphosphate) sphingosine-1-phosphate PA (Phosphatidic acid)
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What is the first second messenger to be transcribed?
cAMP
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First messengers in signaling pathways are often what?
extracellular hormones
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What is a plasma membrane IMP in animal cells that is regualte din various ways?
adenylyl cyclases
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Adenylyl cyclases are generally stimulated by what?
G_s
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cAMP is extruded from cells via what?
ATP-driven anion pump
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How is cAMP hydrolyzed to 5'-AMP?
by a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase family
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What 2 is activated by cAMP?
a. cAMP-dependent protein kinase b. bacterial cAMP-regulated transcription factor
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PKA (protein kinase A) is a ____ kinase
serine
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Structure of PKA
tetramer with 2 (C) catalytic and 2 (R) regulatory subunits
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___ subunit binds to __- subunit, keeping ____ inhibited
R;C;C
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What does each R bind to?
2 molecules of cAMP and 4 molecules per PKA holoenzyme
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When the sites are filled, what happens?
R dimer dissociates rapidly, leaving the 2 free C subunits with high activity
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PKA can be targeted to specific locations by binding to what?
organelle-associated scaffolds (A-kinase anchoring proteins)
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AKAPs
A-kinase anchoring proteins
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Function of AKAPs
facilitate phosphorylation of various membrane proteins including GPCRs, transporters, and ion channels
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AKAPs have binding sites for what?
phosphoprotein phosphatases and other protein kinases
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The binding sites of AKAPs allow for what?
coordination of multiple signaling pathways - output integration
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What is an even more widespread second messenger than cAMP?
Ca2+
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Why are Ca2+ binding proteins sensitive to an influx of Ca2+ in response to a signal?
free cytosolic [Ca2+] is kept low
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Ca2+ selective channels in ____ are opened, allowing Ca2+ to ____.
ER or PM; quickly enter the cytosol
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What are 2 example Ca2+ selective channels in the ER or PM opened to allow Ca2+ to enter the cytosol?
a. plasma membrane electrically gated channels b. ER Ca2+ channel that is opened by IP3 c. ER electrically gated channels
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A Ca2+ sensor
Calmodulin
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What does calmodulin to become fully active and be able to bind its targets?
4 molecules of Ca2+ to bind
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6 liquid second messengers
a. PI b. PIP3 c. DAG d. IP3 e. PA f. PIP2
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PLC alters concentration of what 3 second messengers?
a. phospholipids -> DAG + phosphate ester b. PIP2 -> DAG + IP3
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What second messenger is hydrophobic and limited to membrane sites?
DAG
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Function of DAG (3)
a. activates some forms of PKC b. modulates activity of several cation channels c. activates at least one another protein kinase d. hydrolyzed to release arachidonic acid
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Function of arachidonic acid
regulates some ion channels
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Arachidonic acid can be converted into what?
prostaglandins and thromboxanes
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PKC activation requires which 3 interactions?
a. interaction with DAG b. interaction with Ca2+ c. interaction with an acidic phospholipid such as PS
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Different groups of PKCs share what?
some patterns of regulation
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N-terminus of PKCs have what domain?
pseudosubstrate domain
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Pseudosubstrate binds to ___ to ____ kinase
active site; inhibit
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To activate PKCs, what 2 needs to happen?
a. cause the pseudosubstrate to flip out of the active site b. proteolyze a flexible hinge region to lose the autoinhibitory domain
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What mimic DAG and activate PKC?
phorbol esters (tumor promoters)
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PLC generates ____ and ____.
DAG; IP3
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A soluble second messenger
IP3
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IP3 causes what?
Ca2+ channel in the ER to open
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At least 6 families of selective PLC enzymes target ___
PIP2
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How are 6 families of selective PLC enzymes stimulated?
a. all by Ca2+ b. some by binding to a variety of G-protines c. some by phosphorylation
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Function of PLA_2
hydrolyzes glycerol phospholipids
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PLA_2 hydrolyzes glycerol phospholipids to produce what 2?
a. the cognate lysophospholipid b. free fatty acid (often arachidonic acid)
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PLD hydrolyzes glycerol phospholipids to produce what 2?
a. 3-sn-phosphatidic acid (PA) b. a polar head group
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PLD works on what?
PC
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Function of PA
secretion and intracellular membrane fusion
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Function of PI 3-kinase
phosphorylates PIP2 -> PIP3
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The increase in PIP3 by PI 3-kinase is vital for altering what?
altering cell shape and motility
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PIP3 recuits protein with what domain?
PIP3-binding domains
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PIP3 recruits proteins that have what 2 domains?
a. PH domains (pleckstrin homology) b. FYVE domain
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Proteins recruited by PIP3 can then regulate what 2?
a. cytoskeletal remodeling b. contractile protein function
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Proteins recruited by PIP3 regulate cytoskeletal remodeling and contractile protein function by helping what?
by helping anchor/orient structural or motor proteins
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PIP3 signaling is important for what?
directing mobility of motile mammalian cells
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Insulin binds to insulin receptor, where the receptor is what?
Tyr autophosphorylated
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Insulin binds to insulin receptor, causing activation of effectors via what?
IRS (insulin receptor substrate proteins)
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IRS
insulin receptor substrate proteins
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What is activated by binding to IRS1?
PI 3-kinase
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PI 3-kinase generates what?
PIP3
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PIP3 binds to protein kinase _______ via their ___ domains
AKt & PDK-1; PH domains
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PDK-1
phosphoinositide-dependent kinase
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Akt at the membrane is activated by what?
PDK-1
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Akt phosphorylates what?
other protein kinases, GAPs, transcription factors
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Ligand-gated ion channels are ______, membrane spanning proteins
multisubunit
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Ligand-gated ion channels create and regulate what?
water-filled pore
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What happens to ligand-gated ion channels upon extracellular agonist stimulation?
subunits rearrange conformation and orientation to open the pore
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Diffusion of an ion type occurs in ligand-gated ion channels is driven by what?
electrical/chemical gradients
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What mechanism is found in biology?
fastest signal transduction
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Following agonist ligand binding, channels open within ______.
microseconds
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Compared to the channels, receptor-stimulated G proteins take _______ to exchange GDP for GTP
~100 milliseconds
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What is even slower than channels and receptor-stimulated G proteins?
Receptor protein kinases
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In contrast to other receptor signaling mechanisms, ion channeling signaling does not have _______ nor _______.
no immediate protein target; specific second messenger involved
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______ or ______ modulates electrically-driven transport processes for metabolites or ions
channel-mediated ion flow; th cell's membrane potential
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Animal cells maintain what 4?
a. inside-negative membrane potentials b. Na+ pumped out (more concentrated outside) c. K+ pumped in (more concentrated inside) d. Na+/K+ ATPase: 3Na+ out for 2K+ in
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Opening a channel selective for Na+ will ______ cells
depolarize cells
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Opening a channel for K+ will ____ cells
hyperpolarize
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Opening Cl- channels with ____ cells
hyperpolarize
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What are 4 examples of ion channels?
a. nicotinic acetylcholine receptor b. glutamate (Glu) receptors c. GABA receptors (gamma-aminobutyric acid) d. Glycine (Gly) receptors
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What are the 2 cation ion channels?
a. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors b. glutamate receptors
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The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor cation channel function
Na+ influx, depolarizing the membrane
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The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is an excitatory receptor at the _____.
Neuromuscular synapse
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The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular synapse in muscles function
membrane depolarizing activates a voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels, Ca2+ is released into the cytosol, Ca2+ is the 2nd messenger to initiate contraction
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The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular synapse in some secretory cells function
influx of Ca2+ triggers exocytosis
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Glutamate receptors are ___
neuronal activators
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Glutamate receptors have ____ family which is permeant to __ and ____.
NMDA; Ca2+; Na+
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What 2 examples of an anion channels?
a. GABA receptors (gamma-aminobutyric acid) b. Glycine receptors
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GABA receptor function
allows inward influx of Cl-, hyperpolarizing the target cells
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Glycine receptor function
allow inward influx of Cl-, hyperpolarizing the target cell
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Ligands for ____ pass unaided through the plasma membrane
nuclear receptors
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Following the ligand binding, the receptors are able to bind to what?
DNA and transcription regulatory proteins
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What are 13 examples of ligands?
a. estrogen b. testosterone c. oxysterols d. cortisol e. aldosterone f. progesterone g. fatty acids h. retinoids i. vitamin A j. vitamin D k. carbon monoxide l. bile acids m. nitric oxide
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What are 3 domains do nuclear receptors have?
a. C-terminal ligand-binding domain b. N-terminal region that interact with transcriptional machinery c. centrally-located zinc finger domain to bind to DNA
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With no ligand, receptors is bound to what?
corepressor protein to suppress its activity
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With ligand, what happens to the corepressor and receptor is bound to what?
corepressors dissociate and receptors are assembled with coactivators
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Activated nuclear receptors bind to what?
hormone response elements (usually short direct or inverted repeats) in the 5' UTR (untranscribed region) of regulated genes
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GPCRs
G protein coupled/linked receptors
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What are GPCRs associated with?
heterotrimeric G proteins
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What are extremely widespread and found in all eukaryotes?
GPCRs (G protein coupled/linked receptors)
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GPCRs are used to do what?
respond to examples of every type/class of signaling molecule
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What are 7-pass transmembrane IMPs?
GPCRs
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Binding of agonist ligand on the extracellular face causes what?
conformational changes such that the heterotrimeric G protein on the c-face is activated
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Heterotrimeric G proteins are composed of what?
a nucleotide-binding G_alpha subunit and G_betagamma subunit dimer
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Why is G_alpha membrane-associated?
because N-terminal acylation and due to interaction with G_betagamma
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What are G_betagamma?
stable dimers that are prenyl-anchored to the membrane
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What are 7 examples of effectors for heterotrimeric G proteins?
a. Adenylyl cyclase b. protein kinases c. cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase d. ion channels e. PLC-beta f. membrane transport proteins g. PI 3-kinase
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Some effectors can bind to either ___ or ___.
Galpha_s; Galpha_i
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Many effectors are further regulated by what 2?
phosphorylation and binding of allosteric ligands
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When will Galpha be active?
when GTP is bound
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Function of Galpha
it has GTPase activity and hydrolyzes its bound GTP to GDP and renders itself thus (Galpha-GDP) inactive
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GPCRs act as what?
GEFs (guanine nucleotide exchange factors)
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Why does GPCRs act as GEFs?
because when an agonist ligand is bound to the GPCR, it acclerates both GDP association from Galpha and GTP association
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Which association is direct for GPCR?
GDP association
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Which association is indirect for GPCR?
GTP association
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Why is GTP associated indirectly?
because Galpha has a higher affinity for GTP compared to GDP and because the cytosolic [GTP] is ~20X higher than [GDP]
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Galpha hydrolysis of bound to GTP to GDP is accelerated by what?
GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs)
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2 Families of GAPs for heterotrimeric G proteins
a. RGS proteins (regulators of G protein signaling) b. phospholipase C-betas
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RGS proteins
regulators of G protein signaling
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2 Function of RGS proteins (regulators of G protein signaling)
a. regulate G protein signaling rates and amplitudes b. acts as G protein-regulated effectors
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2 Examples of RGS proteins (regulators of G protein signaling)
a. Rho family of monomeric GTP-binding protein b. GPCR kinases
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What are phospholipase C-betas?
effectors stimulated by both Galphaq and by Gbetagamma
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What does Gbetagamma inhibit?
the release of GDP (minimizes spontaneous activation) and GAP activity
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Monomeric G-proteins are homologous to what?
to the GTP-binding domains of G_alpha subunits
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Monomeric G-proteins are controlled by what?
GTP binding and hydrolysis cycle similar to that of heterotrimeric G proteins
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What helps regulate monomeric G-proteins?
GEFs and GAPs
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What slows spontaneous nucleotide exchange and activation?
GDIs (GDP dissociation inhibitors)
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GDI slows spontaneous nucleotide exchange and activation resulting in what?
dampening of basal activity
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What are some examples of monomeric G proteins?
a. Ran GTPase b. Ran-GTP c. Ran-GDP d. Ran GEF e. Ran GAP
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What were the first small GTP-binding proteins to be discovered?
Ras proteins
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What are among the most commonly mutated genes in human tumors?
Ras proteins
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Ras proteins are ______ product
oncogene
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When does ras proteins cause malignant growth?
if they are over-expressed or if they are persistently activated by mutation
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Ras GEFs and GAPs are regulated by both ___ and ____
receptor and non-receptor tyrosine kinases
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Some ______ help activate Ras
cytoplasmic serine/threonine kinases
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What is the best known and best studied Ras effector?
protein kinase Raf
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What is the target of Raf?
MAPK
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Raf targeting MAPK result in what?
protein kinase cascade
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PI 3-kinase effector target what?
AKt
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PI 3-kinase targeting Akt result in what function?
lipid kinase
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Effector RalGDS target what?
exocyst
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RalGDS targeting exocyst result in what function?
exchange factor
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What is the most common form of regulatory posttranslational modification to proteins?
phosphorylation
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__ of animal proteins are at some time point phosphorylated
~1/3
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Phosphorylation can ___ or ____
stimulate; inhibit
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Phosphorylation can influence ____ and _____
localization; stability
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Are kinases and phosphatases regulated?
yes
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What is an additional protein phosphorylating system in bacteria, plants, and fungi?
two-component signaling
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Two-component signaling involve different classes of ____ which does what?
protein kinases; phosphorylate aspartate residues
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Kinases transfer phosphoryl group from ___ to ___
ATP to Ser, Thr, and Tyr residues of protein substrates
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In animals, ~90-95% of kinase phosphorylation is on ___ with ___ phosphorylated least frequently
Ser residues; Tyr
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Ser protein kinases are usually ____ protein kinases
Ser-Thr
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Most tyr kinases recognize and phosphorylate only ___
Tyr
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What kinases can phosphorylate Ser, Thr, or Tyr in a very restricted substrate conformation?
dual specificity protein kinases
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Human genome contains _____ encoding protein kinases
~500 genes
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mRNAs of human genome gene under go ____ to yield even more different kinase enzymes
alternative splicing
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A portion of a genome that encodes proteins
proteome
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A portion of a proteome that encodes protein kinases
kinome
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AGC group is named for which family members?
PKA, PKG, and PKC
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What kind of kinase is PKA?
cAMP dependent protein kinase
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What kind of kinase is PKG?
cGMP dependent protein kinase
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What kind of kinase is PKC?
Ca2+ and phospholipid-dependent protein kinase
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CaMK
calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases
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CaMK group comprises what family?
family of serine/threonine kinases
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TK
Tyrosine kinase
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TK group comprises what family?
family of enzymes that phosphorylate tyrosine residues on target proteins
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Most protein kinases are selective for what?
local sequence surrounding the substrate site
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Of the receptor protein kinases, some are ____ and most are ____
protein serine/threonine kinases; protein tyrosine kinases
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Examples of protein tyrosine kinases
a. insulin receptor b. EGF receptor c. PDGF receptor
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Where are two-component systems found in?
prokaryotes, plants, and fungi
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Two-component systems have ___ that receives the stimulus and ____ that initiates cellular responses
receptor (sensor); effector (response regulator)
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Upon stimulus receipt, the sensor undergoes ____ on _____ , then the sensor transfers the phosphate to ____ on ___, thus activating it.
autophosphorylation on His residue; aspartate residue on regulator
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Regulator is active until when?
until its phosphate is removed via hydrolysis
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Most of what inhibitors compete with ATP binding?
pharmacological
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Inhibitors against protein tyrosine kinases such as ______ have experienced success in the clinic
EGF receptor
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What phosphatases are regulated by association with other proteins?
protein-serine/threonine phosphatases
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PP1
phosphoprotein phosphatase 1
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PP2A
phosphoprotein phosphatase 2A
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PP1 associates with a variety of ____ that direct it to relevant organelles
regulatory subunits
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PP2A has separate ___, ____, and _____ subunits
catalytic, scaffolding, and regulatory
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What are 3 natural toxin inhibitors of PP2A and PP1?
a. okadaic acid b. calyculin c. microcystin
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What is one of several dinoflagellate-produced toxins?
okadaic acid
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Okadaic acid are eaten by ___, toxins are concentrated, and when humans eat them, it results in ____.
shellfish; Diarrheic shellfish poisoning (DSP)
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What is a toxin from the marine sponge Discodermia calyx?
Calyculin
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What is a hepatotoxin prouced by cyanobacteria, especially Microcystis aeruginosa?
microcystin
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What is microcytis aeruginosa?
a cyclic, nonribosomal peptide
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_____ aka PP2B
Calcineurin
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Calcineurin regulated by what?
Ca2+ calmodulin
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What is calcineurin important in?
in cardiac development and T cell activation
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What are 2 immunosuppressants that inhibit calcineurin?
a. cyclosporin b. FK506
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PTPs
protein tyrosine phosphatases
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What are cysteine-dependent enzymes?
PTPs (protein tyrosine phosphatases)
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____ is AKA SHPTP2
SHP2
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What is a protein tyrosine phosphatase that binds to certain tyrosine kinase receptors?
SHP2
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SHP2 binds to certain tyrosine kinase receptors via _____.
SH2 domain
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What are major functions of SHPTP2?
to transduce tyrosine kinase signal and to remove phosphates
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What recognizes cyclin-dependent kinase family members as substrates?
Cdc25 phosphatases
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Cdc25 phosphatases plays a roles in what?
increasing Cdk activity at key points in the CDC
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What works on a restricted number of substates?
Dual specificity phosphatases (DSPs)
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What are examples of DSPs that dephosphorylate MAPKs?
MAP kinase phosphatases (MKPs)
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DSPs
dual specificity phosphatases
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MKPs
MAP kinase phosphatases
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Ubiquitin is a member of a family of protein known as ____ proteins
Ubl (ubiquitin-like)
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Functions of Ubl proteins
protein degradation via proteasome and signal transduction
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What can change protein's behavior to induce downstream signals?
mono- and poly-ubiquitination occur
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What is monoubiquitination important for?
for regulation of vesicular trafficking and DNA repair
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What Ubl protein is important for nuclear transport, transcription, and CDC progression?
SUMO
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How does polyubiquitination occur?
when ubiquitins are attached to other ubiquitins on lysine residues
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Addition of polyubiquitin with a ___ linkage directs proteins to the proteasome
K48
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Addition of polyubiquitin with a ___ linkage promotes signal transmission
K63
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NK-kB inactive in the cytoplasm when bound to ____.
I-kB
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With a proper signal, I-kB is phosphorylated by ____.
I-kB kinase (IKK)
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IKB phosphorylated by IKK is recognized by ___
E3 ligase
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The ubiquination and degradation of I-kB results in what?
NLS on NF-kB to be recognized
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NLS on NF-kB is recognized by what?
importin
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When the NLS on NF-kB is recognized by an importin, it allows NF-kB to?
enter the nucleus and function as transcription factor
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I-KB is stabilized via ____
sumoylation
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What is sumoylation
covalent attachment of the ubl sumo
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IKK is regulated by what?
ubiquitination and phosphorylation
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What are extracellular ligands that are glycosylated and has a covalently bound palmitate?
Wnt proteins
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What does Wnts bind to?
several receptors including the Frizzled family
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Frizzled family structure
7-pass transmembrane IMPs
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Wnt pathways functions in what 5?
a. embryonic development b. adult morphogenesis c. body patterning d. axis formation e. cell motility
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Structure/position of receptor tyrosine kinase
transmembrane IMPs
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Receptor tyrosine kinases are activated by ___ for growth, proliferation, and development
growth factors
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Receptor tyrosine kinases includes receptors for what?
insulin, EGF, PDGF
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Mutations that activate receptor tyrosine kinases are often ____.
oncogenic
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Receptor tyrosine kinases have __ membrane span per ____
one; monomer
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Ligand binding to receptor tyrosine kinases favor ____, enhances _____ leading to increased _____ of the intracellular domain of the receptor and associated molecules
receptor oligomerization; kinase activity; Tyr phosphorylation
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Autophosphorylated receptor tyrosine kinases bind to SH2 domain containing proteins like what? (5)
a. PLC-gamma b. PI 3-kinase c. Src d. Ras GAP e. SHP2 tyrosine phosphatase
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The SH2 domain containing proteins are _____ what are phosphorylated on tyrosine residues
receptor substrates
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What is an example of a receptor tyosine kinase?
insulin receptor
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Insulin binding to insulin receptor causes what?
receptor tyrosine kinase activation
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Insulin receptors are responsible for attraction and phosphorylation of __ proteins
IRS
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IRS proteins binds via ____ to activate what?
SH2 domain; PI 3-kinase
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Activation of PI 3-kinase leads to activation of what?
AKT-2
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Function of AKT-2
helps bring about enhanced glucose uptake, and increased glycogen synthesis