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Cell metabolism
how cells work
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Undergraduate 2
09/18/2013

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What are the parts of the Cell Theory?
Definition
  1. all living organisms are composed of one or more cells
  2. cells are the smallest units of life
  3. new cells come only from pre-existing cells by division
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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Definition
  • beam of electrons transmitted through a sample
  • thin slices stained with heavy metals
  • some electrons are scattered while others pass through to form an image
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Scanning electron microscope
Definition
  • sample coated with heavy metal
  • bem scans surface to make 3D image
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Features of Prokaryotic cells
Definition
  • simple cell structure
  • lack a membrane-enclased nucleus
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What are the two categories of Prokaryotic cells?
Definition
  1. bacteria (common, most not harmful)
  2. archaea (found in extreem enviroments, not common)
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Gram Positive bacteria
Definition

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Gram Negative Bacteria
Definition

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Function of the plasma membrane in prokaryotic cells (bacteria)
Definition
phospholipid barrier
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Cytoplasm in prokaryotic cells
Definition
contained inside the plasma membrane
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Nucleoid in prokaryotic cells (bacteria)
Definition
region where genetic material is found
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Ribosomes in prokaryotic cells
Definition
involved in protein synthesis
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Cell wall in prokaryotic cells
Definition
function as support and protection and found outside the plasma membrane
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Glycocalyn in prokaryotic cells
Definition

found outside the plasma membrane

traps water is for protection

capsule form may help evade the immune system

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What are the two appendages on the prokaryotic cell?
Definition

pilli (allows attachment)

flagella (allows locomotion in some bacteria)

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Characteristics of Eukaryotic cells
Definition
  1. DNA housed in nucleus
  2. exhibit compartmentalization
  3. have organelle
  4. shape, size and organization vary with the cell type
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What determines the  characteristics of a cell?
Definition

Proteome

identical DNA in different cells but different proteomes

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Nuclear envelope
Definition
  • double membrane
  • outer layer continuous with endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  • materials within the nucleus are not part of the endomembrane system
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Nucleus
Definition
  • chromosomes stored
  • nuclear matrix
  • ribosome assembly occures here
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Nuclear matrix
Definition
  • filamentous network
  • organizes chromosomes
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Chromosomes
Definition
composed of DNA and protein
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Cytoskeleton
Definition

contains three different types of protein filaments

  1. Microtubules (long, hollow, dynamic instability, the big part of the bridge)
  2. Intermediate filaments (intermediate in size, rope like and twisted)
  3. Actin Filaments (aka microfilaments, long thin fibers, the supporting ropes of a bridge)
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Golgi Apparatus...

complex...

body...

or just the Golgi

Definition

 the UPS

stacks of flattened membrane bound compartments

vesicles transport materials between stacks...

  • secretion, processing and protein sorting
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Endoplasmic Reticulum

both

Definition

network of membranes that form flattened, fluid filled tubules or cisternae

membrane encloses a single compartment called the lumen

Rough and smooth

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Rough ER
Definition
  • studded with ribosomes
  • involved in protein synthesis and sorting
  • continuous with the nucleus
  • MRNA comes through to make proteins
  • produces the membranes used in the cell
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Smooth ER
Definition

No ribosomes

involved in detoxification, carbohydrate metabolism, calcium balance, sythesis and modification of lipids

(drinkers will have a larger build up of this in their cells)

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Plasma membrane
Definition

boundary between the cell and the extracellular environment

  • membrane transport (selectively permeable)
  • cell signaling using receptors
  • cell adhesion
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Cytosol
Definition

outside the cell organelles but inside the plasma membrane (20-50% of volume)

 

also this is the central coordinating region for many metabolic activities

 

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Cytoplasm
Definition

includes everything inside the plasma membrane

(cytosol, endomembrane system and semiautomous organelles)

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what is metabolism?
Definition

The sum of all chemical reaction by cells

 

catabolism and anabolism

Term
Catabolism
Definition
breakdown of a molecule into smaller components
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anabolism
Definition
synthesis of cellular molecules and macromolecules
Term
what are the components of the endomembrane system?
Definition
  1. plasma membrane
  2. nucleus
  3. endoplasmic reticulum
  4. golgi apparatus
  5. lysosomes
  6. vacuoles

either directly connected or pass materials via vesicles

Term
Vesicle
Definition

broad term meaning a membrane bound container...varied in size

use:moves materials around cell

Term
Lysosomes
Definition

Suicide sacks

contain acid hydrolases that perform hydrolysis...breaks down proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids dependign on kind of acid hydrolases produced

Autophagy: recycles worn out organelles through endocytosis

 

Term
Vacuoles
Definition

primarly in plants (bigger)

  • varried functions depending on cell type
  • Plants=support and storage
  • contractile vacuoles in protists for expelling excess water
  • phagocytic vacuoles in protists and white blood cells for degradation
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Peroxisomes
Definition

catalyze certain reactions that break down molecules by removing hydrogen or adding oxygen

typical cell contains 100s


Detoxification:

reaction produces H2O2 which is broken down into water and oxygen


also metabolism of fats and amino acids

Term
Semiautomosus organelles
Definition
  • have own DNA
  • can grow and divide to reproduce themselves
  • depend on other parts of the cell for their components

examples mitochondria and chloroplasts

Term
Mitochondria
Definition

Primary function to make ATP

outer and inner membrane, intermembrane space and mitochondrial matrix

involved in synthesis, modification and breakdown of several types of cellular molecules

contain own DNA (semiautomous) and divide by binary fission

thought to have come from bacteria

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Contranslational sorting
Definition

Sorting of proteins from the cytosol that must first stop in the ER before being sent to: Golgi, lysosome, vacuole, plasma membrane, or secretion.

synthesis begins in cytosol and pauses until ribosome binds to the ER membrane, then translation resumes and the polypeptide is synthesized into the ER

 

the first steps of sorting occures at the same time as translation is occuring

  • ERsignal sequence recognized by SRP (signal recognition particle)
  • vesicles from ER contain v-snare proteins that complement t-snare (receptors) on organelle surface
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Post-translational sorting
Definition

the uptake of most proteins into: nucleus, mitochondia, chloroplasts, peroxisomes, takes place after the protein is completely made (translated) in the cytosol.


Sorting does not occure till translation is finished

(organelles besides ER)

  • targeting sequences within proteins
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