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Week 2 (58 cards)

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What are glycolipids important for?

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cell recognition and adhesion

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In which leaflet are almost all phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine located?

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cytoplasmic leaflet

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In which leaflet are phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin mostly found?

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non cytosolic leaflet

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Where is the glycocalyx and what is it used for?

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inside lumen or outside cell, used for protection, identification, and adhesion

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What are the main functions of the RER and SER?

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RER: synthesize proteins, synthesize lipids
SER: synthesize lipids, metabolize and detoxify, regulate Ca2+

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Where is N-linked glycosylation done?

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In ER, sugar is attached to asparagine

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What complex helps transport misfolded proteins into lumen for degradation?

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sec61 translocator complex

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What is cytochrome p450 used for in the SER?

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detoxification

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What are the cis and trans face of the Golgi body?

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cis = entry
trans = exit
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Where does O-linked glycosylation occur?

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Golgi- adds oligosaccharides to proteoglycans

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What 3 places does Golgi direct transport to?

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lysosomes, secretory vesicles, plasma membrane

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Where does Mannose-6 phosphate target to?

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lysosomes, from golgi

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What are lysosomes used for?

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Digestive organelles filled with hydrolytic enzymes, pH about 5 (by proton pumps)

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What does mitochondrial release of cytochrome C cause?

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cell death

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Where to mitochondrial localization sequences TOM, TIM, and OXA direct things?

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TOM= to outer mito membrane
TIM = to inner mito membrane
OXA = out of mito matrix
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What are peroxisomes?

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single membrane bound organelles, do oxidation reactions, produce and decompose H2O2

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How are microfilaments formed?

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actin polymerization happens at + end

  • hydrolyzes ATP to ADP and becomes unstable
  • alpha beta actin dimers
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What do the Rho proteins (Rac, Rho, CDC42) do to actin?

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Overall actin organization:
Rac- promotes gel like network, cell cortex
Rho- stress fibers, contractile bundle
CDC42- promotes tight parallel bundle

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What are type 1 and type 2 myosin?

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type 1 = short tail, can’t form filaments

type 2 = long tail, can form filaments (thick filaments)

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What are microtubules?

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heterodimers of alpha and beta tubulin

  • organize cytoplasm and intracellular transport
  • responsible for sperm mobility (flagella)
  • start with gamma tubulin at centrosome
  • grows - end to + end (also GTP to GDP decreases stability)
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What does the drug taxol do?

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stabilizes microtubules, arrests cells in metaphase and results in cell death
-chemo drug for cancer (inhibits tubulin depolymerization)

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What do the 2 motor MAPs (microtubule associated proteins) dyneins and kinesins do?

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Dyneins- move things toward MT - end

kinesins- move things toward MT + end

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What does the drug colchicine do?

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inhibits tubulin polymerization

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What are intermediate filaments?

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middle size, in both cytoplasm and nucleus

  • strengthen cytoplasm, nucleus, and cell to cell EC junctions
  • proteins are linear (rick in alpha helices)
  • 2 ends are structurally similiar
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How does phosphorylation affect intermediate filament growth?
low phosphorylation promotes polymerization | high levels phosphorylation promotes depolymerization
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What are sites of ribosomal RNA transcription and ribosomal unit assembly called?
nucleoli
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What is clathrin used for?
involved in endocytosis, assembles to form cage-like structures to deform membrane and begin vesicle formation - forms coated vesicles - Golgi to endosomes/ lysosomes
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What does the early endosome do?
receives pinocytotic vesicles
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What does the late endosome do?
located deeper in cytoplasm, digests internalized material
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Endosomes are formed from the fusion of..
vesicles from Golgi with hydrolytic enzymes and vesicles containing endocytosed cargo
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What does KDEL do?
identifies proteins that should stay in ER or come back to ER from Golgi
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What do coat proteins COP1 and COP2 do?
COP 2- coats ER vesicles that fuse with cis Golgi | COP 1- coat Golgi vesicles that fuse with ER
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What do SNARE proteins do?
help fuse PM of vesicle and correct target. V-SNARES on vesicle membrane correspond with t-SNARES on target organelle membrane
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What does cholesterol do in membranes?
inhibits phase transitions
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What are the 3 important lipids in membranes?
phospholipids, cholesterol, glycolipids
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Where are phosphoglycerides synthesized?
ER
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Where is sphingomyelin made?
Golgi apparatus
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Where are glycolipids made?
From sphingosine in Golgi apparatus
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What is the difference between flippases and scramblases?
flippases flip specific phospholipids between leaflets and scramblases are not specific
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What are lipid rafts?
specialized patches of lipids and proteins, asymmetry in PM, active in cell functioning and endocytosis
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What do cadherins do?
bind to proteins on adjacent cells, held together by calcium
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What are proteoglycans?
special class of very heavily glycosylated proteins - sugar chains are glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains (repeating disaccharide units that are highly charged by sulfate (neg) groups) - O linked glycosylation
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What does accumulation of misfolded proteins trigger?
heat shock response (increased expression of chaperone proteins in cytoplasm)
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Where are phospholipids and cholesterol synthesized?
ER, active sites face cytoplasm but scramplases equilibrilate lipids between leaflets
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What is familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)?
deficit in an endocytotic pathway, cells don't take up enough LDL from blood -macrophages take up LDL and cause plaques
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What do GEF enzymes do?
convert GDP to GTP
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What are the 3 paths to lysosomes?
autophagy, phagocytosis, endocytosis
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What integral membrane protein is found in many uncoated vesicles?
caveolin
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what are peroxisomes used for?
detoxification reactions (ethanol to acetaldehyde), beta oxidation of FAs, formation of myelin phospholipids
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How are proteins destined for the nucleus targeted?
nuclear localization signal (NLS) which is a short region of AAs
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How is directionality of transport directed for nucleus?
Imported proteins: bind import receptors with GDP bound and dissociate in presence of GTP Exported proteins: bind export receptors in presence of GTP and dissociate in presence of GDP
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What are Ran proteins?
G proteins that facilitate nuclear transport, Ran-GEF is concentrated in nucleus to make more Ran-GTP there
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What are the main functions of microfilaments?
support/ organize PM, cell shape, cell division, cell motility
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What are the main functions of microtubules?
organize cytoplasm, intracellular transport, cell division, cilia/flagella motility
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What are the main functions of intermediate filaments?
strengthen cytoplasm, support nucleus, epidermal appendages (hair and nails)- keratin
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What is the power stroke in contraction?
dissociation of ADP (not the hydrolysis step)
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What does integrin do?
links to EC matrix and provides traction to moving cell
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What is the centrosome?
- a pair of centrioles and pericentriolar material | - used for microtubule nucleation and organization

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