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Chapter 4-7
Cells
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
10/14/2013

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Three steps of cell theroy:
Definition

1. All living cells are composed of one or more cells.

 

2. Cells are the smallest unit of life

 

3. New cells only come from pre-existing cells

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Briefly Describe the function of the cell organeles:
Definition

Cell Wall - Protects cell/ acts as filter

Membrane - barrier between cell and enviroment

Nuclueus - Controls cell activites

Mitochondion - breaks down sugar molecules

ribosome - produces proteins

E.R - Carries materials through cell

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Explain the relationship between the surface area and the volume:

 

 

 

 

Definition
As the surface area increases the volume increases exponentionally.
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Name three wys enzymes lower activation energy:
Definition

1. Lowering the required energy

2. decreasing the reaction time

3. Increasing the amount of  chemical reactions

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The chemical reaction
Definition
c6h12o6 + 602     --->   6c02 + 6h20 + 34 atp + heat
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Name the products / outputs of each processes:
Definition

1. Glycolsis: 2 pryuvate, 2 NADH, 2 ATP

 

2. Breakdown of pyruvate: 2 c02, 2 NADH, 2 Acetyl CoA

 

3. Citric Acid Cycle: 4 C02; 2 ATP; 6 NADH, FADH20

 

4. Oxidative Phosporlation: ATP, 2 H20

 

5.Phosphorlation / Fermintation: ATP/NAD

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First Law of Thermodynamics:
Definition
Law of energy conservation. Enrgy cannot be created nor destroyed but may be transformed.
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Second Law of Thermodynamics:
Definition
Transfer of energy from one form to another increases the entropy of a system. As entropy increases, less energy is available.
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Catabolic Pathways:
Definition

(Destructive)

Breakdown cellular components

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Anabolic Pathways:
Definition

(Constructive)

Synthesis cellular components

 

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Prokatyotic cells
Definition

Bacteria and Archaea:

 

Inside membrane: cytoplasm, nucleiod region (where DNA is), ribosomes

 

Outside membrane: Cell wall, glycocalyx (traps water), appendages

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Eukaryotic Cells
Definition

Dna is housed inside membrane-bound nucleus

 

Has compartmentalized functions

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Organelles:
Definition

Membrande-bound compartments.

 

each has a unique structure and function

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Variety:
Definition

Shape, size and organization of cells cary

 

differences between species

 

differences between specialized cell types

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Diffussion:
Definition
How things go into cell
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Proteome:
Definition

The proteome largely determines the characteristics of a cell.

 

Through different proteomes, cells can make different types of cells

 

structure determines function

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Molecular synthesis and breakdown:
Definition
The sum total of all chemical reaction is metabolism.
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Catabolism:
Definition
breakdown of a molecule
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Anabolism:
Definition
Synthesis of cellular molecules
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Cytoskeleton
Definition

Network of three types of proteins:

 

microtubeles - long hollow cylindrical structure

 

intermediate fillaments - medium size

 

Actin fillaments - long thin fibers

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Motor Proteins:
Definition

Use ATP as a source of energy for movement

Three domains of head, hinge, tail.

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Flagella
Definition

Protein structure, usually longer cilia used for moving cell around.

 

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Cilia

Definition

tend to cover all or part of the cell surface.

 

used for moving cells around.

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Transcription:
Definition
to make RNA
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Translation
Definition
To make protein
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The Parts of the Nucleus
Definition

Chromosomes: composed of DNA and proteins

 

Nuclear Matrix = fillamentous network organizes chromosomes

 

Ribosome assembly: occurs in the nucleus

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ER (Endoplamsic Reticulum)
Definition

Network of membrans that form flattened fluid filled tubules of cisternae

 

ER membrane encloses a single compartment

 

Rough ER: helps with protein synthesis and sorting

 

Smooth ER: used in detox

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Golgi Apparatus:
Definition

Also called the golgi body,golgi complex

 

Stack or flattened membrane-bounded compartments

 

 

 

 

 

vedicles transport materials between stacks

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Lysosomes:
Definition

Digestive enzyme used to kill pathogens

 

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Autophagy:
Definition
self eating of organelle to make new ones
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Vacuoles:
Definition
function varys from cell type
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Plasma membrane
Definition

membrane transport

cell signaling

cell adhesion

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mitochandria
Definition

used to make ATP

contains its own DNA and divides by primary fission

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Chloroplast
Definition

Photosynthesis is used to create

contains own DNA, divides by binary fission

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Membrane Structure:
Definition

The framework of the membrane is the phospholipid bilayer

 

Hydrophobic region faces in

Hydrophillic region face out

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Fluid Mosaic Model
Definition
membrane is considered a mosaic of lipid, protein, carbs, and molecules
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Transmembrane Proteins
Definition
regions are physically embeded in the hydrophobic portion of the phospholipid bilayer
Term
liquid-anchored proteins
Definition
an amino acid of the protein is covalenlty attached to a lipid
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Fluidity of Membranes
Definition

membranes are semi fluid

lipis can rotate freely around their long axis

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Lipid Rafts
Definition

certain lipids associate strongly with each other to form lipid rafts

lipids float together as unit within the larger sea of lipids in the membrane

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Synthesis of Lipids
Definition

In eukaryotes the cytosol and endomembrane work together to make lipids

 

fatty acid building blocks

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Transfer of lipis to other membraes
Definition
liquids in ER membrane can difuse laterally to nuclear envelope
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Synthesis of Transmembrane Proteins:
Definition

Most transmembrane proteins are directed to the ER mebrane first.

 

From the ER, membrane proteins can be transferred via vesicles to other membranes of the cell

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Tonicity

Definition
is a measure of the osmotic pressure gradient
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Isotonic
Definition
- Equal water and solute concentration on either side of the membrane
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Hypertonic
Definition
solute concentration is higher (and water concentration lower) always on outside
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Hypotonic
Definition
Solute concentration is lower (and water concentration higher) on one side of the membrane
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Cells maintain gradients
Definition

Trnasmembrane gradient - concentration of a solute is higher on one side of a membrane than the other

 

Ion electrochemical gradient - both an electrical gradient and chemical gradient

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Osmosis
Definition

when water moves its called osmosis

if the solute cannot move, water movement can make the cell shrink or swell

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Aquaporin
Definition
little tunel that helps to moves water into and out of cell
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Transport Proteins
Definition

Channels - often passageway for direct difussion of ions

 

transporters - transport solute across membranes

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Transporter types
Definition

uniporter - one molecule or ion gets moved " in or out" of cell

 

Symporter - two or more ions moved in the same direction

 

 

Antiporter - two or more ions in opposite direction

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Active Transport
Definition

requires energy, moving against gradient

move against "charge , concnetration"

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Primary Active Transport
Definition
move cell designed to transport
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Secondary Active Transport
Definition
uses a pre-existing gradient to drive transport
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Excotosis
Definition
material inside the cell packaged into vesicles and excreted into the extracellular medium
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Endocytosis
Definition
plasma membrane folds inward to form a vesicle that brings substance into the cell
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Three types of endocytosis
Definition

Receptor mediated endocytosis,

 

pinocytosis,

 

phagocytosis

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enzymes
Definition
protein catalyst in living cells
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