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exam 3b Lecture 27 Flashcards

1
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What are the three filament systems of the cytoskeleton?

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Microtubules (largest diameter), actin filaments (smallest diameter), intermediate filaments

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Functions of the cytoskeleton

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Movement of cells through liquid, movement of fluids over cells (cilia), movement of organelles in cells, movement within cells (mitotic spindle), movement of cells, cytokinesis (splitting of two cells), cell shaping (microvilli in intestinal epithelial cells example), structural support of cells/tissues (intermediate filaments especially)

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Properties of cytoskeleton filaments

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The filaments are polymers. They are dynamic. They have polarity.

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How are filaments polymers?

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Assembled from monomer subunits (polymerized)

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How are filaments dynamic?

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Signaling – disassembly/reassembly; nucleotide hydrolysis controls assembly of actin, tubulin; protein phosphorylation controls assembly of intermediate filament proteins

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What is polarity of filaments?

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Structurally different at each end. Have different assembly characteristics. Different in function and structure (not intermediate filaments).

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How are cytoskeleteal filaments held together?

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By many noncovalent bonds (end to end and side to side) between the subunits

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Are single filaments flexible? They are also known as?

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Yes. Protofilaments.

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How are multiple aligned protofilaments different from a single protofilament?

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They are stronger but less flexible.

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Why are intermediate filaments strong and flexible?

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Due to staggered arrangement of elongated subunits

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Functions of actin cytoskeleton

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Filament assembly dynamics; actin-binding proteins; cell shaping; generation of force for cell movements

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How does actin cytoskeleton generate force for cell movement?

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a. myosin motor proteins b. actin assembly generates force

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How do chloroplasts move in Elodea leaves?

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On actin filaments

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What are actins?

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Highly conseeved 50 kDa proteins in all eukaryotes

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What do actins bind?

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ATP that can be hydrolyzed when the monomer is in a polymer

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What does G (globular) actin form when it spontaneously polymerizes?

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F (filamentous) actin

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17
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What is actin also known as?

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Microfilaments

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How do actins polymerize?

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Monomers assemble head-to-tail, resulting in structural polarity

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What is an actin polymer?

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Right-handed helix of two protofilaments

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Diameter of actin polymer?

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8-9 nm

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What ends does actin polymer have?

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Plus and minus ends

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How long is actin molecule?

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37 nm

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23
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Assembly components of actin filaments?

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Purified actin + Mg2+ + ATP in physiological salt concentration

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What does actin rate of assembly depend on?

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Concentration of monomer (KonCc)

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What is rate of dissambly independent of monomer concentration?

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Koff

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Equilibrium equation

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konC = koffCc = koff/kon

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when does spontaneous actin polymer assembly happen?

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If Conc of monomer is above Cc

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28
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When does spontaneous actin polymer disassembly happen?

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If Conc of monomer is below Cc

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29
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Is ATP hydrolysis required for actin polymer assembly?

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No. It occurs in the presence of nonhydrolyzable analogs of ATP.

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What is Cc?

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Concentration of monomers at steady state

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31
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Three phases of polymerization of actin?

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Nucleation (lag phase), elongation (growth phase), steady state (equilibrium phase)

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32
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What does structural polarity of the filament result in?

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Assembly polarity.

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33
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Where is rate of assembly higher?

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At the plus or barbed end. It is lower at minus or pointed end.

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How does ATP hydrolysis occur within the polymer? How does it affect the monomer?

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Stochastically (randomly). It changes the shape of the monomer, giving it less affinity for the polymer.

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With what is the minus end enriched?

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ADP actin. ATP hydrolyzation happens because the polymerization rate is slower, allowing for ATP hydrolysis. More ADP on pointed end than barbed end.

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How doe Cc for minus and plus end compare? Why?

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Cc for minus end is higher than for plus end. Cc = koff/kon = rate of disassembly/rate of assembly. Rate of disassembly is higher for minus end because ADP reduces monomer affinity for polymer.

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What happens when the [C] of free monomer is between Cc of plus and minus ends?

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The filaments undergo treadmilling.

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What is treadmilling?

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Assembly at the plus end and disassembly at the minus end results in a flux of monomers through the polymer. There is addition at plus end but overall loss at minus end, so length doesn’t change.

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39
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How does cytochalasin D affect actin assembly?

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Binds and caps F-actin plus ends; filament disassembles

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40
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How does Latrunculin affect actin assembly?

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Binds G-actin, preventing assembly

41
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How does Phalloidin affect actin assembly?

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Binds and stabilizes F-actin

42
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What sequestering proteins control actin filament assembly?

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Thymosin and profilin

43
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How do profiling and thymosin compete?

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In binding G-actin

44
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Thymosin?

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Binds G-actin (about half of G-actin in a typical cell is sequestered), prevents assembly (keeps monomer concentration high, > Cc for assembly)

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Profilin?

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Binds G-actin and promotes assembly of F-actin at the plus end.

46
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What does inactive profilin bind?

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Phospholipids PI(4,5)P2; release by phospholipase C promotes filament assembly at plasma membrane

47
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Two actin assembly proteins

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Arp2/3 and formin

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Role of Arp2/Arp3

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Nucleates assembly of actin filament network

49
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Where is ARP complex localized?

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At minus ends of actin filaments – growth at plus ends

50
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Where does ARP complex bind?

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To side of “older” (ADP-actin) filament to form filament network

51
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What is WASp family protein?

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Activates inactive ARP complex

52
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Where do networks of short actin filaments assemble? What facilitates this?

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Near the plasma membrane. Profilin activated at plasma membrane.

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Role of Formin

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Promotes assembly of F-actin bundles

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How does formin work?

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Formin associates with PM. Formin works with profilin; adds actin monomers to the plus ends of actin filaments. Long filaments are bundled.

55
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What proteins regulate the dynamics of actin filaments?

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Cofilin, gelsolin, capping protein , tropomyosin

56
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What are actin filament regulatory proteins the target of?

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Signaling molecules such as Ca2+

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Cofilin

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Binds ADP-actin filaments, accelerates disassembly

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Gelsolin

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Severs filaments and binds to plus end

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Capping protein

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Prevents assembly and disassembly at plus end

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Tropomyosin

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Stabilizes filament

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Two actin filament cross-linking proteins

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Alpha-actinin and fimbrin

62
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How does alpha-actinin cross-link actin filaments?

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Contractile bundle in loose packing that allows myosin-II to enter bundle

63
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How does fimbrin cross-link actin filaments?

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Parallel bundle in tight packing that prevents myosin-II from entering bundle

64
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What does three-dimensional network of actin filaments form?

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Viscous gel required for extension of leading edge in migrating cells

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Role of ERM proteins

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Link actin filaments to membranes

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ERM protein cycle

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Inactive folded ERM protein undergoes phosphorylation or PIP2 binding; becomes artive and extended; mediates cross linking between actin filament and transmembrane protein

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Three domains of active ERM protein

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Membrane-binding domain; alpha-helical domain, actin-binding domain

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What are myosin motor proteins?

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Mechanochemical enzymes

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How do myosin motor proteins work?

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ATP binding and hydrolysis result in conformational changes and movement along actin filament – toward the plus end. Myosin motor domains contain the actin binding site and the ATP binding site

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What does lever arm length determine for myosins that form dimmers?

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Step distance

71
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What kind of cargo do myosins carry?

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Membrane-bound vesicles/organelles/RNA molecules

72
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Three different types of myosin domains?

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Coiled-coil domain, cargo-binding domain, lever arm domain

73
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How do myosin and actin filaments move?

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Myosin moves towards plus end of filament. Filaments move towards minus end.

74
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What kind of filaments does myosin II form?

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Bipolar, coiled-coil filaments

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How does myosin II work?

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It walks only a short distance along actin filament before falling off, but there are a lot of them, so there is constant contact with actin filament track

76
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Where are large myosin filaments found? Smaller myosin filaments?

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Skeletal muscle cells/nonmuscle cells

77
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Steps of myosin II activity cycle

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Attached (to filament), released (from filament), cocked, force-generating, attached

78
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Rigor configuration

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Myosin head lacking a bound nucleotide is locked tightly onto an actin filament. State rapidly terminated by ATP binding.

79
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What happens when ATP binds to attached myosin II?

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Causes conformation change of actin-binding site, reducing the affinity of the head of myosin for actin and allowing it to move along filament.

80
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How is myosin II cocked?

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Cleft closes like a clam shell around the ATP molecule and triggers a movement in the lever arm that causes head to be displaced along the filament by a distance of about 5 nm. Hydrolysis of ATP occurs, but ADP and inorganic phosphate remain tightly bound to the protein.

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What happens during myosin II force generation?

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Weaking binding of myosin head to a new site on actin filament causes release of inorganic phosphate, and head binds to actin firmly. Release of phosphate triggers power stroke, a force-generating change in shape during which head regains original conformation. During power stroke, head loses bound ADP and starts new cycle.

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Where is head at end of cycle of myosin II?

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Tightly locked to actin filament, but has moved to a new position on the actin filament.

83
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Structure of myosin V

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Alpha helical coild coil with globular tail, two lever arms and motor domain at end of each lever arm.

84
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What do long lever arms of myosin V allow it to do?

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Take long “steps” along actin filaments

85
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How many myosin v genes do mammals have?

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Three

86
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What are myosin v motors involved in?

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Transporting vesicles in neuronal cells, endocytic vesicles, Golgi vesicles, RNAa

87
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What do mutations in myosin VA lead to in mice?

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A “dilute” color because melanosome pigment vesicles are not tethered properly to the cortical actin cytoskeleton.

88
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What does myosin VA do at cortex of melanocytes?

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Retains melanosomes to facilitate uptake by keratinocytes

89
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Role of actin filaments in cell shaping

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Actin filament bundles shape microvilli in intestinal epithelial cells to increase membrane surface area

90
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How are actin filaments aligned below the microvilli of the SI epithelial cell?

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In a circumferential band that is connected to cell-cell adherens junctions that anchor the cells to each other.

91
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What role do intermediate filaments play in SI epithelial cells?

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Are anchored to adhesive structures like desmosomes and hemidesmosomes that connect the epithelial cells into a sturdy sheet and attach them to the underlying extracellular matrix.

92
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Role of microtubules in SI epithelial cells?

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Run vertically from top of cell to bottom and provide a global coordinate system that enables cell to direct newly synthesized components to their proper location.

93
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Where are desmosomes located?

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Inside cells, but between cells.

94
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Where are hemidesmosomes located?

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Inside cells, but between cells and basal lamina

95
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Role of actin in stereocilia

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Hair cells in the inner ear contain actin bundles.

96
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How do stereocilia work?

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Sound vibrations cause stereocilia to bend, opening mechanically gated ion channels to depolarize membrane, propagate action potential. When bundle is tilted, channel is open.

97
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Some actin homologs in prokaryotes

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MreB protein filaments and ParM filaments

98
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MreB protein filaments

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Facilitate cell wall deposition and cell shape in rode-shaped bacteria like Bacillus subtilis

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ParM filaments

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Bind to and separate plasmids, ensuring their distribution to both daughter cells

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