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Histology - Important proteins
Unit 1 proteins
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08/29/2009

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Term
Caveolin
Definition
Protein in lipid rafts?
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Catalase
Definition
Enzyme; 40% of total protein in peroxisome; (decompose hydrogen peroxide)
Term
cardiolipin
Definition
(phospholipid); decreases permeability of inner membrane of mitochondria to small ions
Term
dynein arms
Definition

link doublets in cilia; twisting motion creates waving motion in cilia

 

(Kartagener's syndrome - absence of dynein arms=sterile sperm)

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villin
Definition
crosslinks actin filaments in microvilli
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fimbrin
Definition
crosslinks actin filaments in microvilli and stereocilia
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myosin I
Definition
links actin filaments to membrane in microvilli
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calmodulin
Definition
links actin filaments to membrane in microvilli
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Ezrin
Definition
links actin filaments to the membrane in stereocilia
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occludin
Definition
transmembrane protein involved in forming 'zonula occludens'
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Claudin
Definition
transmembrane protein involved in forming 'zonula occludens'
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zonula occludins proteins
Definition
ZO-1, ZO-2, ZO-3; link occludin to actin cytoskeleton
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cadherins
Definition
transmembrane protein in zonula adherens; calcium-dependent
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catenin
Definition
peripheral protein in zonula adherins; links to actin filaments
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desmocollins
Definition
transmembrane linker protein in macula adherens
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desmogleins
Definition

transmembrane linker protein in macula adherens

 

autoantibodies against can cause blistering disease: pemphigus folliaceus

Term
desmoplakin
Definition
link keratins to transmembrane protein in macula adherens
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plakoglobin
Definition
transmembrane linker protein in macula adherens
Term
entactin
Definition
links laminin and type IV collagen (basal lamina)
Term
bullous pemphigoid antigen I
Definition

link keratins to transmembrane linker proteins(integrins)

 

(hemidesmosome plaque)

 

autoantibodies against result in 'bulous pemphigoid' blistering disease

 

 

Term
plectin
Definition

link keratins to transmembrane linker proteins(integrins)

 

(hemidesmisome plaque)

Term
integrins
Definition
transmembrane protein; anchors cell to basal lamina by linking to keratins inside cell (via plaque) and basal lamina outside cell (via anchoring filaments laminin-5 and collagen type IV)
Term
glycosaminoglycans
Definition

ground substance; carbohydrate side chains; usu. attach to proteoglycan

 

have sulfate residues that give molecule a negative charge: attract water (Na ions)

Term
proteoglycans
Definition
linear protein in ground substance; usu. attached to glycosaminoglycans
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hyaluronic acid
Definition
long-chain glycosaminoglycan; increases viscosity of matrix;
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procollagen
Definition

triplett polypeptide chain (made by fibroblasts in process of synthesizing Type I collagen)

 

rich in proline, lysine, hydroxyproline, and hydroxylysine

Term
tropocollagen
Definition

peptidases cleave terminal ends of procollagen after it is secreted by fibroblast

 

self-assembles into Type I collagen fibrils

Term
hydroxyproline
Definition
large amounts found in Type I collagen
Term
hydroxylysine
Definition
large amounts found in Type I collagen
Term
triptase
Definition
mast cell marker released from mast cell granules
Term
aggrecan
Definition

proteoglycan found only in the ground substance of cartilage

 

high concentrations of sulfated glycosaminoglycans (keratan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate)

 

bind water to resist compression

Term
keratin sulfate
Definition

highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan; attracts water to ground substance, helping to resist compression

 

found in cartilage GS (aggrecan) 

Term
chondroitin sulfate
Definition

highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan; attracts water to ground substance, helping to resist compression

 

found in cartilage GS (aggrecan) 

Term
osteocalcin
Definition
secreted by osteoblast; aid spontaneous mineralization of osteoid
Term
alkaline phosphatase
Definition
secreted by osteoblast; aid spontaneous mineralization of osteoid
Term
growth hormone
Definition

released by adenohypophysis (endocrine gland); signals release of IGF-1 from kidney

 

(controls activity of osteoblasts)

Term
Insulin-like growth factor-1
Definition

(IGF-1) release from liver signaled by growth hormone; binds to receptors on osteoblast

 

Vitamin D binds similarly

Term
osteopontin
Definition
integrin receptor; released by osteoblast; allows osteoclast to fasten/bind to bone spicule
Term
RANKL
Definition
Binds RANK of osteoclast; signals maturation of osteoclast cells
Term
integrin (alpha-v beta3)
Definition
binds osteopontin; allows formation of 'ring seal' between osteoclast and bone
Term
carbonic anhydrase
Definition
breaks down CO2 and H2O in osteoclast; allows production of HCl outside clast membrane
Term
parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Definition

released in response to low calcium concentrations in blood

 

bind to osteoblast receptors: ^RANKL expresion; M-CSF secreted

Term
macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF)
Definition
secreted by osteoblasts in response to PTH; binds to monocytes, causing to become macrophages, express RANK receptor, and fuse with other macrophages to form immature osteoclasts
Term
calcitonin
Definition
released by C-cells in the thyroid gland in response to high concentrations of calcium; binds directly to osteoclast to inactivate
Term
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
Definition
attracts blood vessels; secreted by dying chondrocytes of zone of hypertrophy
Term
metalloproteases
Definition
dissolve cartilage matrix (secreted by dying chondrocytes in primary center of ossification)
Term
biphosphinates
Definition
used to treat osteoporosis by inhibiting osteoclast activity
Term
Sox 9
Definition
activates production of type II collgen and aggrecan in growing bones; defect = dwarfism
Term
glycophorin
Definition
glycoprotein containing A or B antigens used in blood typing; integral membrane protein closely linked with the cytoskelton; linked by peripheral proteins to a network of spectrin (and actin) beneath plasma membrane (allows RBC to deform to squeeze through capillaries, then spring back to its regular shape)
Term
band 3
Definition

anion exchange channel on RBCs (exchanges HCO3- with Cl- in lungs)

 

integral membrane protein closely linked with the cytoskelton; linked by peripheral proteins to a network of spectrin (and actin) beneath plasma membrane (allows RBC to deform to squeeze through capillaries, then spring back to its regular shape)

Term
band 4.1
Definition

peripheral protein in RBC; binds gychophorin to cytoskeleton (spectrin lattice)

 

band 4.1 works with actin to bind spectrin into a lattice

Term
ankyrin
Definition
RBC peripheral protein; binds band 3 to spectrin cytoskeleton
Term
arylsulfatase
Definition
counteracts leukotrienes; released by eosinophils to counteract basophil and mast cell secretions
Term
major basic protein
Definition
one of many antiparasitic substances released by eosinophil granules
Term
tissue-plasminogen activator
Definition

produced by endothelial cells and CT; activates plasminogen to become plasmin, a potent peptidase for dissolving clots

 

injected into patients with strokes or myocardial infarctions to dissolve blood clots

Term
lipofuscin granules
Definition
pigment inclusion; accumulates during aging;  commonly found in long lived cells (neurons, cardiac muscle cells)
Term
kinesin
Definition
motor protein involved in anterograde axonal transport in axon (toward positive terminal)
Term
dynein
Definition
motor protein involved with retrograde axonal transport
Term
synapsin
Definition
binds synaptic vessicle to actin cytoskeleton; released by phosphorilation during high calcium levels in terminal
Term
v-snare
Definition
docking protein in synaptic vessicle membrane
Term
fusion protein
Definition
in synaptic vessicle, initiating vessicle fusion with presynaptic membrane after docking
Term
t-snare
Definition
presynaptic membrane docking protein complementary to v-snare
Term
alpha-actinin
Definition
in Z-line; anchors actin filaments of sarcomere
Term
tropomyosin
Definition
bound to actin in sarcomere, covering sites of interaction with myosin
Term
troponin
Definition
bound to both actin and tropomyosin in sarcomere; binding of calcium results in shift of complex to open myosin binding site on actin
Term
myomesin
Definition
anchors myosin in sarcomere (M-line)
Term
calsequestrin
Definition
calcium binding protein used by sarcoplasmic reticulum (sER) to store calcium ions
Term
dystrophin
Definition
spectrin-like binding protein that anchors actin of myofibril to end of plasma membrane; linked to laminin, which is linked by reticular fibers to CT of tendon
Term
desmin
Definition
intermediate filament in desmosome of cardiac muscle cells
Term
vimentin
Definition
intermediate filament linking macula adherens of cardiac muscle cells
Term
myosin light chain kinase
Definition
activated by calmodulin, it phosphorylates myosin light chains, uncovering mysoin actin-binding sites (=contraction of smooth muscle cell)
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