Test 2 (Exam) Flashcards
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ECM
Extracellular matrix: specialized material outside the cell, found in animal cells
Saccharomyces cervevisiae
Single-celled model organism
- animal cell
- has a cell wall
Lysosome
Deagradation of cell components that are no longer needed (animal cells)
Vacuoles, two types
- Degradation, like animal lysosome
- Storage for small molecules and proteins
Chloroplast
Site of photosynthesis
Cytoplasm
Contents of the cell outside the nucleus, includes organelles, ribosomes, cytoskeleton
Cytosol
Aqueous part of cytoplasm, does not include the membrane-bound organelles, DOES include ribosomes and cytoskeleton
Lumen
Inside of organelles
- for nucleus, space between two membranes of nucleus
- mitochondria includes whole organelle
Phospholipid basic structure
Hydrophilic head group
Two hydrophobic tails
Amphipathic
Two different biochemical properties on different sides
Ex. Polarity of phospholipid
Membranes are composed of three types of lipids
- Phospholipids
- Sterols
- Glycolipid
Phosphoglyceride general composition
A type of phospholipid, many different types of phosphoglyceride
- Different group and phosphate make head group
- GLYCEROL
- Hydrophobic tail
- 12-14 carbon atoms long, can be saturated or unsaturated
- if tail has a kink it is unsaturated, contains cis double bond
- single bonds means it is saturated
In aqueous environment, phospholipids…
Spontaneously associate into bilayer
- hydrophilic heads interact with water, hydrophobic tails face in away from water
Will then form sphere because it is more energetically favourable
Liposomes
Artificial lipid bilayer, used for drug delivery
Phospholipid movements
Phospholipids within each leaflet
- diffuse laterally
- rotation
- flex
They rarely flip flop, or move from one leaflet to another on their own
Factors affecting membrane fluidity
- Temperature
- lower temperatures make it more viscous, less fluid (not good) - Composition changes that can increase mobility if it’s too cold
-cis-double bonds increase fluidity at lower temperatures (give kink to tail)
- shorter hydrocarbon tails increase fluidity at lower temperatures (lipid tails interact less)
- additional of cholesterol in animal cell membranes, stiffens membrane and makes it less permeable to water
Sterols
In animals, mainly cholesterol
- decreases mobility of phospholipid tails (stiffens membrane)
- plasma membrane is less permeable to polar molecules
Lipid movement to the other leaflet
Scramblase catalyzes flip flops in ER membrane randomly
- needed since phospholipids are synthesized in cytosolic leaflet of ER, would become lopsided without flip flop since the only grow on one leaflet (one side of bilayer)
Asymmetry of the lipid bilayer
Noncytosolic face
Cytosolic face (always faces cytosol)
Membranes bulge, form vesicles and fuse, no flip flop, to form membranes of organelles
-maintains two distinct faces throughout this process
Flipases - enzyme in the Golgi membrane
Catalyzes flip flop of specific phospholipids to the cytosolic leaflet
Enzymes in the Golgi membrane
Flip lipids from one leaflet to another
- flipase
Glycolipids and glycoproteins
- formed by addition of sugars to lipids and proteins on luminal face of golgi
- end up on plasma membrane, inside some organelles - GLYCOPROTEIN FACES NONCYTOSOLIC FACE
- protect membrane from harsh environments
4 Types of membrane proteins
Transmembrane
- protein passes through entire lipid bilayer
Monolayer-associated
- associate with one leaflet
Lipid-linked
- attached to lipids which insert into the membrane
Protein-attached
- associated non-covalently to proteins which are inserted
3 types of integral membrane proteins
Proteins that insert in some way directly into the membrane
1. Transmembrane
2. Monolayer-associated
3. Lipid-linked