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What is meant by ‘fluid’ in the fluid mosaic model of membranes?

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phospholipid bilayer in which individual phospholipids can move causing membrane to have a flexible shape

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What is meant by ‘mosaic’ in the fluid mosaic model of membranes?

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extrinsic and intrinsic proteins of different sizes and shapes are embedded

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What is the role of cholesterol in membranes?

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steroid molecule in some plasma membranes which connects phospholipids and reduces fluidity to make bilayer more stable

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What is the role of glycolipids in membranes?

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cell signalling and cell recognition

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What do extrinsic proteins contain?

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binding sites/receptors
antigens (glycoproteins)

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What are the 2 functions of extrinsic proteins in membranes?

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  • bind cells together
  • involved in cell signalling
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What do intrinsic proteins contain and what are these for?

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  • electron carriers (for respiration and photosynthesis)
  • channel proteins (facilitated diffusion)
  • carrier proteins (active transport/facilitated diffusion)
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What are the 4 functions of a membrane?

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  • provide internal transport system
  • selectively permeable to regulate passage of molecules into/out of organelles
  • provide reaction surface
  • isolate organelles from cytoplasm for specific metabolic reactions
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What are the 3 functions of a cell-surface membrane?

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  • isolates cytoplasm from extracellular environment
  • selectively permeable to regulate transport of substances
  • involved in cell signalling/cell recognition
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What are 3 factors affecting membrane permeability?

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1) temperature
2) pH
3) use of solvent

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How does temperature affect membrane permeability?

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high temperature denatures membrane proteins and phospholipid molecules have more kinetic energy and move further apart

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How does pH affect membrane permeability?

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changes tertiary structure of membrane proteins

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How does the use of a solvent affect membrane permeability?

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may dissolve membrane

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What are the 4 steps on how colorimetry can be used to investigate membrane permeability?

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1) use plant tissue with soluble pigment in vacuole (tonoplast cell-surface membrane disrupted, increasing permeability so pigment diffuses into solution)
2) select colorimeter filter with complementary colour
3) use distilled water to set colorimeter to 0 and measure the absorbance/% transmission value of the solution
4) high absorbance/low transmission means there is more pigment in the solution

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What is meant by osmosis?

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water diffuses across semi-permeable membranes from an are of higher water potential to an area of lower water potential, until a dynamic equilibrium is established

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What is water potential?

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pressure created by water molecules

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What are the units for water potential?

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kPa

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What is the water potential of pure water at 25°C and 100kPa?

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0

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What 3 conditions are required for water potential to = 0

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pure water
25°C
100kPa

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What happens to water potential if there is more solute?

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water potential becomes more negative

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When does water potential become more negative?

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when there is more solute

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What is the equation for volume of stock solution?

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require concentration x final volume needed
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concentration of stock solution

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What is the equation for volume of distilled water?

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final volume needed - volume of stock solution

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What happens to plants when osmosis into cells occurs?

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protoplast swells so cell becomes turgid

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What happens to animals when osmosis into cells occurs?
lysis of cells
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What happens to plants when osmosis out of cells occurs?
protoplast shrinks so cell becomes flaccid
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What happens to animals when osmosis out of cells occurs?
crenation of cells
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What is meant by a passive process?
process which requires no energy from ATP hydrolysis
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What is meant by simple diffusion?
net movement of small, lipid-soluble molecules directly through the bilayer from an are of high concentration to an area of lower concentration, down a concentration gradient
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What type of process is simple diffusion?
passive process
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What is meant by facilitated diffusion?
specific channel or carrier proteins with complementary binding sites transport large and/or polar molecules/ions that are no soluble in the hydrophobic phospholipid tail, down a concentration gradient
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What type of process is facilitated diffusion?
passive process
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What 2 types of diffusion are passive processes?
simple diffusion facilitated diffusion
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How do channel proteins work?
hydrophilic channels bind to specific ions, causing one side of the protein to close and the other to open
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How do carrier proteins work?
binds to complementary molecule causing conformational change which releases molecule on other side of membrane
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Why is active transport not a passive process?
requires energy from ATP
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What are 5 factors affecting diffusion rate?
1) temperature 2) diffusion distance 3) surface area 4) size of molecule 5) difference in concentration
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What are 2 cell adaptations which max rate of transport across membranes?
- many carrier/channel proteins - folded membrane to increase SA
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What is meant by active transport?
ATP hydrolysis releases phosphate group that binds to carrier protein, causing it to change shape so specific carrier proteins transport molecules/ions from area of low concentration to area of high concentration, against a concentration gradient
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What is the shape of a graph for simple diffusion?
straight diagonal line where rate of diffusion increases proportionally as concentration increases
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What is on the x and y axis of a graph showing simple or facilitated diffusion?
x-axis = concentration y-axis = rate
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What is the shape of a graph for facilitated diffusion?
straight diagonal line that later levels off when all channel/carrier proteins are saturated
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What is one similarity between active transport and facilitated diffusion?
both may involve carrier proteins
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What are 2 differences between active transport and facilitated diffusion?
- facilitated diffusion may also involve channel proteins - active transport requires energy from ATP hydrolysis whereas facilitated diffusion is a passive process
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What is meant by co-transport?
movement of a substance against its concentration gradient is coupled with the movement of another substance down its concentration/electrochemical gradient
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What are 2 types of intrinsic protein?
symport antiport
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How do symport intrinsic proteins work?
transport substances in same direction
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How do antiport intrinsic proteins work?
transports substances in opposite direction
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What is an example of antiport intrinsic proteins at work?
sodium-potassium pump
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What happens to substances in co-transport?
bind to complementary intrinsic proteins
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What are 3 ways co-transport is involved in absorption of glucose/amino acids in the small intestine?
- sodium ions are actively transported out of epithelial cells and into the bloodstream - sodium ion concentration is lower in epithelial cells than in the lumen of the gut - transport of glucose/amino acids from lumen to epithelial cells is coupled to facilitated diffusion of sodium ions down electrochemical gradient

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