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Biochemistry II
Lecture 3
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Biochemistry
Undergraduate 4
01/29/2013

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Primary function of the Cell Membrane
Definition
compartmentalize the inner contents
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Prokaryotes use of Membranes vs Eukaryoes
Definition
Prokaryotes do not use membranes in cell. Eukaryotes do
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Peroxisomes do what
Definition
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
Definition
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
Definition
micelle
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Interface of a lipid monolayer
Definition
air to water
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What are Liposomes?
Definition
unilamellar bilayer vesicles
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Phospholipids can form in what types of vesicles
Definition
Unilamellar (Bilayer)
Multilamellar ( Onion)
Micelles
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Do phospholipids easily arrange into micelles ? Why
Definition
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
Definition
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
Definition
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 ?
Definition
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 ?
Definition
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?
Definition
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?
Definition
alpha helix
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ask if specific details about glycophorin will be on test
Definition
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How many times do integral transmembrane proteins usually cross the membrane?
Definition
more than once.
2-12 segments
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