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Meaning of amphipathic

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molecule containing both polar and non-polar parts

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what components make up the plasma membrane?

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Proteins- integral, peripheral,
lipid anchored

lipids- Cholesterol, glycolipid,
phospholipid

Carbohydrates- glycoprotein+
glycolipid

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what are phospholipids made of and their structure?

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-2 FA (can be sat/unsat or mixed)
- Phosphorylated Alcohol (choline/serine)
-phosphoglycerate (glycerol+ phosphate)

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what are glycolipids made of?

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  • carbohydrate (sugar)
  • Glycerol
  • FA
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Where is cholesterol located?

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-B/W phospholipids
-Amphipathic- polar and non polar parts

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What is meant by membranes being self sealing?

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they repair themselves if damaged forming the original pattern

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How the phospholipids are arranged in the membrane

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Arranged in a Bilayer-
polar heads point outwards towards the aqueous environment on both sides and non-polar tails point away from the aqueous environment towards center of bilayer.

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what are integral proteins/ how are they arranged

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-completely span across the bilayer
- some partially span (halfway across the bilayer)
-non covalent bonded

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Where are peripheral membrane proteins located?

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can be Located on internal/external of PM so inside or outside of the cell
- non covalent bonding

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How do Lipid anchored membrane proteins work?

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Lipid of the mem protein anchors the protein to the membrane by covalently bonding it to the bilayer
so the protein itself is not embedded only lipid is

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Example of Lipid Anchored mem protein give 2 examples of each of the mem proteins

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GPI

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what are the membrane carbohydrates attached to?

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protein- Glycoprotein
Lipid- Glycolipid

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where are carbohydrates located?

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present on extracellular side of PM not inside of cell so cause PM asymmetry

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Why is it called Fluid Mosaic Structure?

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Fluid- Phospholipids and proteins are flexible they move side to side
Mosaic- Pattern produced by the scattering of lipids, carbs and proteins

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Experiment that proves phospholipids move around

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Fluorescently label lipids of phospholipid

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Example of Flippase clinical use

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blood clot

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What Factors determine the Fluidity of the Plasma membrane?

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-Length and type of Hydrocarbon tail
- Cholesterol
- Lipids and proteins movement within the membrane

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Do saturated FA tails make membrane more/less fluid Why?

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Saturated hydrocarbons make the phospholipids more linear so have ordered arrangement = less fluid

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Do Unsaturated FA tails make membrane more/less fluid Why?

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unsaturated= irregular arrangement so more Fluid

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How length of hydrocarbon tail determines membrane fluidity?

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short= more fluid
long = less fluid example: extremophile bacteria have membrane with long hydrocarbon chain so membrane is not damaged by heat

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What is the Role of Cholesterol?

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Control Fluidity of the PM by adjusting the movement of phospholipids.
prevent the membrane becoming less fluid at low temperature and too fluid at high temperature.

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How cholesterol maintains fluidity at low temperature

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Makes phospholipids more flexible so move more and fluidity increases

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How cholesterol maintains fluidity at high temperature?

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Restricts movement of phospholipids+ prevents membrane becoming too fluid

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other roles of cholesterol such as sterols

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sterols control movement of oxygen into cells so act as o2 sensors

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What experiment proves that proteins can move within the membrane
Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching(FRAP)
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Details of the FRAP experiment
tag proteins with GFP(Green Fluorescent protein) kill fluorescent with laser (photobleaching) if mobile= killed spot should recover Not mobile: killed spot missing proteins stays the same
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How do we look at protein movement nowadays?
Advances in microscopy look at protein molecules individually- use fluorescent microscopy to see proteins move under the microscope.
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What are the forms of Transport across the membrane
active- active transport passive- simple/ facilitated diffusion
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Features of Simple diffusion
-no energy needed- comes from inbuilt chemical energy of molecules - high to low conc. - allows passage of only small, non polar, hydrophobic molecules
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What is facilitated diffusion and features of it
Passive- with the help of transporter proteins speed up movement of molecules until the no of proteins is the limiting factor these transport proteins make the membrane selective
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types of transporter proteins and examples
-channel proteins(aquaporins+ ion channels) -carrier proteins
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Define osmosis
Movement of water molecules from an area of high wp(low solute conc) to low wp(Higher solute conc) through selectively permeable membrane
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is osmosis passive/ active
passive
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hypotonic meaning what happens to animal cells
solute conc. outside cell< inside so water enters cell and animal cells burst(lysed) as no cell wall is present
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Hypertonic meaning what happens to animal cells?
Solute conc outside> inside animal cells lose h20 and shrivel
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isotonic meaning what happens in animal cells
same solute conc inside and outside cell no net movement of water
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Features of Active transport
Energy required (ATP) Substances move from low to high conc against conc gradient allows cells to maintain their conc gradient e.g sodium gradient is created so glucose can enter the cell
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Example of clinical importance of ion channels- what conditions can defects in ion channels lead to?
cystic fibrosis-
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How defects in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane receptors leads to cystic fibrosis?
defects in the CFTR means cl- unable to move out of the lung cells through CFTR so no water moves out to hydrate the mucus- mucus stays thick and sticky clogging lungs.
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what ion passes through CFTR? where are they located?
These are cl- channels defects in these channels in epithelial cells leads to lung congestion
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1. What does the word plasma membrane mean? where does it come from?
plasma: comes from cytoplasm or plasm for short is the membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm, its around the cell.
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are there any membranes around organelles? which organelles are surrounded by membrane?
1) yes 2) lysosome, nucleus (nuclear envelope), Mitochondria (double membrane), Golgi,
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what is special about nuclear membrane/ envelope?
contains pores (junctions b/w) to allow passage of small molecules (mRNA)
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What is different in membranes around different organelles?
they have different composition of protein/ lipid/ carbohydrates for example: mitochondria membrane has higher proportion of proteins as these are enzymes involved in aerobic respiration. axon membranes have higher proportion of lipid compared with lysosome membrane as lipid insulates the axon speeding up nervous impulse
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what are the common features of all plasma membranes?
1) PM is fluid- 2) Self sealing- 3) Electrically polarised 4) non- covalently bonded 5) PM is asymmetric
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What is meant by membrane being asymmetric?
composition of lipids and proteins vary in the extracellular side compared to intracellular side e.g glycolipids only occur on extracellular side of PM
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Why is the membrane electrically polarised?
the membrane has an electrical charge due to unequal conc. of ions across a membrane e.g axon membrane
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what type of bonding holds the phospholipids of the bilayer together?
non-covalent interactions H bond, vdw these bonds stabilise the membrane
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what biological molecules make up the PM?
proteins- peripheral, integral lipids- glycolipid, phospholipid, cholesterol carbohydrates- glycolipid, glycoprotein
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what is the structure+ different components of phospholipids? Draw a PHOSPHOLIPID
-- 2 FA chains(hydrophobic) can be saturated/ unsaturated or mixed -- phosphorylated alcohol(choline/ serine) -- phosphoglycerate
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Phospholipids and cholesterol are amphipathic what does this mean?
they have polar and non-polar parts
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what are the components of glycolipids?
carbohydrate (oligo or monosaccharide) - FA(one/2) -Glycerol
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What are the components of cholesterol? where are they located
are present b/w phospholipids - hydroxyl group attached to long hydrocarbon chain
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How are phospholipids arranged on the membrane?
arranged in a bilayer. Hydrophilic(polar) heads point towards the aqueous environment on both sides hydrophobic tails point away from the aqueous environment towards the center of bilayer
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what are glycolipids and glycoproteins?
carbohydrate chain + Glycerol attached to protein carbohydrate+ glycerol attached to lipid
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why glycoprotein/ lipids cause membrane asymmetry?
they are only present on extracellular side of PM not inside the cell
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3 types of proteins that make up PM
Integral peripheral lipid anchored
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what are integral proteins and give 3 examples
span across the bilayer completely or partially embedded by non covalent bonds GPCR, CFTR, insulin receptor
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what are the 3 types of integral membrane proteins? explain each with examples
- Monotopic: embedded in only one layer of phospholipids of the bilayer(prostaglandin E synthase) - single span transmembrane protein: span the membrane completely once - multi-span membrane protein: span the membrane more than once GPCR spans 7 times
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where are peripheral proteins located? are they covalently bonded to membrane? example
they are on the interna/ external side of PM can be located on inside/ outside a cell - non covalent bonding example cytochrom c
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How do lipid anchored proteins work?
lipid of the mem protein is anchoring the protein to the membrane by covalently bonding to bilayer. protein itself is not embedded only lipid is.
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why is it called fluid mosaic model?
fluid- phospholipids and proteins are flexible move side to side Mosaic- pattern produced by proteins, lipids and carbs which are scattered through the bilayer like tiles in a mosaic
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How can you prove that phospholipids move around?
fluorescently label lipids of the phospholipids laser kill the lipids phospholipids flip from one side of the bilayer to another membrane is recovered and phospholipids are replaced enzyme flippase is used to speed up the flipping process of phospholipids
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which factors determine the fluidity of the PM
- length of the FA tail - type of FA(sat/ unsat) - cholesterol -lipid and proteins movement
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How type of hydrocarbon tail effects fluidity are saturated ones more or less fluid?
saturated= less fluid saturated hydrocarbon tails makes them more linear so they have ordered arrangement , many H bonds form so stick together stronger
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how does length of hydrocarbon chain effect fluidity?
long hydrocarbon chain= less fluid membrane short tail= more fluid bacteria living in high temperatures their phospholipids have long tail so membrane is not damaged by heat
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role of cholesterol in PM
controls fluidity of pm prevents membrane becoming too fluid at high temperature
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how does cholesterol maintain fluidity at low temp?
cholesterol makes phospholipids more flexible so increasing mem fluidity
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How does cholesterol maintain fluidity at high temperature?
restricts movement of phospholipids so prevents membrane becoming too fluid
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sterol is a cholesterol what role does it play in the membrane
sterol controls movement of o2 into the cell so acts as o2 sensor may have evolved in eukaryotes as a result of rise in terrestrial o2
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Experiment that proves lipids and proteins can move within the membrane
FRAP(fluorescent recovery after photobleaching) Fluorescentely label proteins with GFP kill the fluorescence with laser if mobile= killed spot should recover not mobile = spot missing stays there
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Give an example of clinical importance of protein ION channels
CFTR cystic fibrosis transmembrane receptor carries cl- ions if inactivated it leads to cystic fibrosis
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is CFTR integral or peripheral? where is it located?
# present on epithelial cell membrane of every organ that makes mucus (lungs, pancreas, liver) integral located on epithelial cell membrane of every organ that produces mucus
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what causes cystic fibrosis?
inherited genetic disorder caused by mutation in CFTR gene located on ch7
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what is the role of CFTR?
Acts as channel protein allowing the passage of cl- across epithelial cell membrane so CFTR regulates salt and water balance CF patients have saltier sweat
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normal functioning of CFTR
CFTR transports cl- from epithelial cell to lumen of airway(lung), this lowers wp so water enters lumen of airway hydrating mucus, thinning it.
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what effect does mutation of CFTR have
CFTR is absent on epithelial cell cl- doesnt move out of epithelial cell water isnt transported to lumen thick, sticky mucus cloggs the aIRWAY restricting it
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what is wilsons disease?
Autosomal recessive genetic disorder mutation in the ATP7B gene
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what protein does ATP7B gene code for
copper transporting ATPase
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what are the effects of inactive ATP7B Protein?
no Cu2+ enters golgi so cant be packed into vesicles to leave the cell and get excreted CU2+ is floats free in the cell Cu2+ has toxic effects
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what happens if Cu2+ levels get too high as they cant be metabolised?
enters blood very toxic effect brain cells cen absorb cu from blood damaging nerve cells leading to dementia and speech problems
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How many times does GPCR span the membrane?
7 times
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what is the role of GPCR?
allow cells respond to hormones and neurotransmitters
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