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1
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Secretion Overview

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Synthesis/ER →Golgi →PM (plasma membrane)/extracellular space.

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Secretory Pathway: step 1

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Co-translational trans-membrane transport

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Most Proteins Are Covalently Modified in the ER

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➢Important changes to a protein structure
➢Glycosylation
•sugars added to proteins (glycoproteins)
•major function of ER
•most soluble & membrane-bound proteins are glycoproteins
•cytosolic proteins are simply or not glycosylated
•often essential for function

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Glycosylation in ER

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A complex of 14 sugars is added en bloc
➢Sugars transferred from a lipid (dolichol)
➢To asparagine residue by protein transferase
➢Not all Asn are glycosylated
•consensus Asn-X (any AA except proline)Ser/Thr
•N-linked glycosylation (Asn = N)

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ER Chaperones (proteins) ensure quality

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Chaperones bind unfolded proteins- prevents aggregation and ensures that the protein is folded properly before release (speeds up folding process)

➢Binding keeps them in the ER

➢Important for correct folding and assembly of multimeric proteins

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Antibodies

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•4 polypeptide chains (2 heavy and 2 light)

➢BiP (chaperone) retains Ab in the ER until it is complete

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What happens to Improperly folded proteins?

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They are exported out of ER and degraded in the cytosol

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What happens to misfolded proteins in the ER?

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If they start to accumulate in ER, they activate Unfolded Protein Response (UPR)
-Signal to nucleus to reduce translation of proteins
Or
-Signal to increase amount of chaperones

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Secretory Pathway: step 2

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Vesicular transport to the Golgi for further modification and onwards

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Glycosylation in Golgi

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➢O-linked glycosylation (not as frequent as N-linked)

➢Poorly understood

➢sugars bind to -OH groups of amino acid side chains (ser/thr)

➢less frequent than N-linked

11
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Secretion pathway- step 3: EXOCYTOSIS

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Secretion to the Plasma membrane/extracellular space

12
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Where are Proteins sorted?

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  • in the trans Golgi network
  • and transported in vesicles to their final destinations (fuse with plasma membrane- Transmembrane protein will be inserted in plasma membrane or if the cargo is Soluble it will be released into the extracellular space)after activation
13
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Protein Coats Drive vesicle budding

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Vesicles have a distinctive protein coat (cytosolic)

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Vesicle Coat Protein function:

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  • Shapes membrane (cage-like)
  • Helps capture cargo molecules for onward transport
  • Helps induce membrane bending (coated bud)
  • Helps coordinate membrane scission/vesicle release
  • Must disassemble to allow vesicle fusion of with target membrane
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What are major components of protein coats?

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  • Clathrin and COP (Coat Proteins) I and II

- Other components mark where the different vesicles function

16
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Different coats in vesicular trafficking

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➢Adaptor proteins (based on the compartment the vesicles originated) necessary for clathrin coat formation and cargo sequestering

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Vesicle tethering depends on Rab GTPases

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➢Rab GTPases ensure the specificity of vesicular transport
➢Functions via Rab effectors to ensure tethering and docking of vesicles to the membrane (=first connection between donor and target compartments)
•Can link 2 membranes that are >200nm apart

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Vesicle docking and fusion depends on SNAREs: v-SNARE

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on vesicle

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Vesicle docking and fusion depends on SNAREs: t-SNARE

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on target

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Describe the action of SNARES

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  • Wind together

* Squeeze the vesicle and cell membranes together for fusion

21
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Vesicles move along cytoskeletal fibres:

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➢FROM donor compartment (origin)

➢TO target compartment (destination)

22
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Why doesn’t the cell just keep getting bigger?

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➢Exocytosis adds membrane to the plasma membrane

23
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ENDOCYTOSIS

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Cells are constantly bringing material in

Relies on vesicles

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What are the two types of endocytosis?

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PINOCYTOSIS and PHAGOCYTOSIS

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PHAGOCYTOSIS

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(Eating)
Vesicles >250nm
Specialised cells eat large particles

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PINOCYTOSIS

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(Drinking)

Vesicles <150nm

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What does PINOCYTOSIS involve?

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➢Cell drinking
➢Uptake of fluid & macromolecules
➢May be indiscriminate
-Captures local fluids as membrane invaginates

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properties of PINOCYTOSIS

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➢May show specificity
➢RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS (bind specific cargo molecules)
➢Receptors concentrate desired molecule for uptake with the help of the clatherin coat

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Destination of endocytosed cargo

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➢PM→Early Endosome→Late Endosome→Lysosome.
Recycling Endosome→recycled back to PM without being degraded

➢Early Endosomes (EE) sort cargo for onwards destination; ligand dissociates from the receptor - has a low pH, receptor can then be recycled back to plasma membrane
➢Late Endosomes (LE) / multivesicular bodies (MVB) prepare cargo for degradation/secretion, it will either mature or fuse with a lysosome
➢Lysosomes degrade cargo

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Explain PHAGOCYTOSIS in detail

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➢Specialized Phagocytic Cells Ingest Large Particles
➢Phagocytes
•Macrophages
•Neutrophils
➢Large particles (e.g. bacteria) bind receptors
➢Pseudopodia extend around particle (supported by actin cytoskeleton) and fuse together to engulf the particle
➢Tips fuse to create PHAGOSOME
➢Lysosomes fuse and bacterium is degraded
➢Also involved in removal of dead cells

31
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Lysosomes degrade cargo from:

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Endosomes
•Phagosomes
•Autophagosomes

32
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Give a Summary of Exocytosis

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ER→Golgi →PM
➢Signal sequence dictates path
➢Chaperones check quality
➢Sugar modifications made on journey through ER and Golgi
➢Vesicular transport transfers proteins
➢Vesicles are protein coated
➢Membrane fusion deposits protein cargo
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Give a Summary of Endocytosis

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ENDOCYTOSIS (reverse mechanism)
•PM→EE→LE→Lysosome
•PM→EE→RE→PM
•Uptake of membrane &amp; other cargo
•Pinocytosis
•Receptor mediated endocytosis
•Phagocytosis (specialised)
•Lysosomes degrade ingested material
34
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What are the main options for proteins after they reach the trans Golgi network?

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Lysosome
Plasma membrane
Secretory vesicle

35
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COP 1 coats travel to:

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Travel to ER

36
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COP 2 coats come from:

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On ER membrane

37
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What type of glycosylation occurs in ER?

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N

38
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What is autophagy?

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A double membrane enclosed a damaged organelle and brought to the lysosome

Cell removes damaged organelles

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What is the origin and destination of vesicles with Clathrin + adaptin 1 coats?

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Origin: Trans Golgi network

Destination : lysosome

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What is the origin and destination of vesicles with Clathrin + adaptin 2 coats?

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Origin: Plasma membrane
Destination: endosome

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What is the origin and destination of vesicles with COP 1 coats?

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origin: Forming at the Golgi
Destination: travelling to ER

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Where is the cis Golgi network?

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Faces the side closest to the nucleus

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Where is the Golgi stack?

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in the middle of the cis and trans Golgi network

44
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Where is the trans Golgi network?

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facing away from the nucleus (towards plasma membrane)

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What are pseudopods?

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sheetlike projections of the plasma membrane that surround the invading microorganisms.
supported by actin

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What class of enzyme do caspases belong?

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protease

47
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What is BAX protein?

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Apoptosis regulator BAX, also known as bcl-2-like protein

48
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If the genes encoding Bax and Bak are both inactivated

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cells are remarkably resistant to most apoptosis-inducing stimuli, indicating

49
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What are BAX and BAK activated by?

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Bax and Bak are themselves activated by other apoptosis-promoting members of the Bcl-2 family such as Bid.

50
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What is the function of the Bcl-2 family?

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TheBcl-2 familyof intracellular proteins helps regulate the activation of procaspases

51
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What is the apoptosome?

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The apoptosome is a large quaternary protein structure formed in the process of apoptosis. Its formation is triggered by the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria in response to an internal (intrinsic) or external (extrinsic) cell death stimulus

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Which members of the Bcl-2 family inhibit apoptosis?

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Some members of this family, likeBcl-2itself orBcl-XL, inhibitapoptosis

53
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is crm-A anti apoptotic?

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yes

54
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Is the BAD protein anti apopototic?

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No
It is pro apoptotic
-BAD is a member of the BH3-only family, a subfamily of the Bcl-2 family
-It inhibits antiapoptotic BCL-2 and BCL-xL