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Primary function of the Cell Membrane |
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compartmentalize the inner contents |
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Prokaryotes use of Membranes vs Eukaryoes |
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Prokaryotes do not use membranes in cell. Eukaryotes do |
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Turn very long fattyacids into medium chain fatty acids and then transport them to mitochondria for fatty acid metabolism |
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Where are Proteins secreted from |
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Endoplasmic Reticulum , and Golgi apparatus |
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CMC? in respect ot amphipathic molecules |
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Critical Micelle Concentration concentration of lipids which micelles form spontaneously after adding any more lipid |
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Detergent and Soap lipid aggragation |
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Interface of a lipid monolayer |
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unilamellar bilayer vesicles |
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Phospholipids can form in what types of vesicles |
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Unilamellar (Bilayer) Multilamellar ( Onion) Micelles |
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Do phospholipids easily arrange into micelles ? Why |
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No because pairs of acyl chains do not pack well in micelles |
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Accoring to the Fluid Mosaic Model what is a membrane |
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dynamic structure of lipid and proteins, a fluid matrix. |
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Accoring to the Fluid Mosaic Model in essecne the membrane is a ? What type of movement is allowed for ALL of its components |
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two dimensional solvent of proteins and lipids substances . Both transational and rotational movement is capapble by proteins and lipids |
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Lipid Chain order decreases toward what end of a fatty acid chain? Where are the Lipids chain most perpendicular to the memrbane plane ? |
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toward the end of the fatty acid chain (middle of memrbane) Toward the top of the membrane (membrane surface) |
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What are the classes of memrbane proteins? |
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Integral (intrinsic) and Periphreal (extrinsic) and later added by Engleman Lipid anchored proteins |
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Who are Singer ,Engelman, and Nicolson? What did they proclaim |
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Engleman suggested that membrane more crowded than suggested by Singer and Nicolson. Engleman added Lipid anchored proteins Nicolson and Singer proposed the Fluid Mosaic Model |
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How strong is bond between Peripheral membrane proteins and membrane? what interactions cause this bond? how can they be disociated ? |
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Loosely associated with membrane, H-bonds, ionic with polar heads aswell as weak interactions with the hydrophobic layer with amphiphillic alpha-helixes , can be disociated with mild detergents or high salt concentrations |
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Integral Memrbane proteins form what association with memrbane ? Often they are transmembrane but? How can they be removed ? |
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form strong association, dont have to be transmembrane, they can only be removed by denaturing membrane with organic solvents or strong detergents . |
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why is it hard to research integral membrane proteins? |
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Becuae you have to remove them from membrane by denaturing the membrane with strong detergents or organic solvent s |
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What is common with the portions Integral protimes that are in contact with the lipid bilayer ? what implications do these common segments of protein have? |
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they consist Mostly of alpha helixes and beta sheets. alpha helixses and beta sheets neutralize the highly polar n-h and c=o of the peptide backbone through H-bond formation |
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Proteins of a single tranmembrane segment usuallly take form of what structure for that segment? |
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ask if specific details about glycophorin will be on test |
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How many times do integral transmembrane proteins usually cross the membrane? |
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more than once. 2-12 segments |
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