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Fluid Mosaic Model
- Cell membrane is mosaic, a mixed composition of mostly phospholipids. The fluid part of the model refers to the behavior of phospholipids in membranes.
- The phospholipids drift sideways, spin on their axis and their tails wiggle.
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Differences in Membrane Composition
- The difference reflect their functions in the cell
- The two surfaces of the bilayer are different
- Different kinds of cells have different kinds of membrane phospholipids
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Difference in Fluidity
- While some proteins stay put locked in place by the cytoskeleton (those clustered as rigid pores), most proteins in bacterial and eukaryotic cell membranes drift around very quickly
- Archaeans do not build their phospholipids with fatty acids and their bilayers are more rigid.
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Two categories of membrane proteins
- Integral membrane proteins – permanently attached to a lipid bilayer
- Peripheral membrane proteins temporarily attach to one of the bilayer’s surfaces by way of interactions with lipids or other proteins
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Types of Membrane Proteins
- Adhesion Protein
- Enzyme
- Receptor Protein
- Recognition Protein
- Passive Transporter
- Active Transporter
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Adhesion Protein
- Function – attachment of cells to one another and to extracellular matrix
- Occurs only on plasma membranes
- Attachment – Integral
- Examples:
- -Integrins receptors that mediate cell attachment, migration, differentiation, division and survival
- -Cadherins part of adhering junctions between cells
- -Selections bind glycoproteins on the surface o cells that function in immunity
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Enzyme
- Function - Speeds a specific reaction
- Attachment – Integral or peripheral
- Example:
- Monoamine oxidase catalyzes a hydrolysis reaction that removes an ammonia group from amino acids.
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Receptor Protein
- Function - Binding signaling molecules (receives signals)
- Binding causes a change in the cell activity
- Attachment – Integral or peripheral
- Example:
- B cell – Protein made only by white blood cells vital for immune response
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Recognition Protein
- Function – identifier of cell type, individual, or species
- Attachment – Integral
- Example:
- MHC molecule allows white blood cells to identify a cell as nonself or self to trigger immune response.
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Passive Transporter
- Function – transport of molecules
- Does not require energy
- Attachment - Integral
- Examples:
- Glucose transporter
- Aquaporin – open channel water transporter
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Active Transporter
- Function – transport of molecules
- Uses energy to pump substances across the membrane
- Attachment – Integral
- Examples:
- Calcium pump – Uses ATP to pump calcium ions across a membrane
- ATP synthase – Uses ATP to pump hydrogen ions across a membrane
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Mechanisms of membrane transport
- Diffusion
- Osmosis
- Passive Transport (facilitated diffusion)
- Active Transport
- Vesicular Transport (endocytosis/exocytosis)
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Diffusion
- The movement of particles from area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
- Spontaneous – Happens in nature (needs not assistance)
- Gas and water and small ions
- Continues until equilibrium
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Passive Transport
- The movement of particles from area of high concentration to an area of low concentration with the assistance of a protein
- Channels (no interactions) or gates (interact open and close)
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Active Transport
The movement of particles from low to high concentration with the assistance of protein and energy (ATP)
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Co-transporter
Moves two substances at the same time nearly all of the cells in your body have these pumps
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Vesicular Transport
- Uses vesicles to transport items
- Exocytosis vesicles transport items to the PM fuses to expels the content of the Vesticle from the cell
- Endocytosis (Bulk Flow / Receptor)
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Gradient
Nature move and separation from high to low
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Osmosis
Name for the movement of water
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Tonicity
Relative concentration of solutes in two fluids that are separated by a selectively permeable membrane
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Terms of Tonicity
- Hypotonic
- Hypertonic
- Isotonic
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Hypotonic
Fluid with a lower concentration of solutes in comparison to another
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Hypertonic
Fluid with a higher concentration of solutes in comparison to another
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Isotonic
Fluids that has the same over all concentration of solute
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Water movement
Water always move toward the higher concentration of solute
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Turgor
Pressure that fluid exerts on cell wall due to swelling from water in a hypotonic situation
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Energy
The capacity to do work
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First Law of Thermal Dynamics
Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
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Second Law of Thermal Dynamics
The tendency for entropy to increase
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Entropy
Measure of how much the energy of a particular system has become dispersed
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Law of conservation of mass
Equal amount of mass on both sides of a reaction
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Subscript and Coefficient
- – subscript denotes number of atoms
- - Coefficient denotes the number of molecules
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Endergonic reaction
Less free energy in the reactants than the products
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Exergonic reaction
More free energy in the reactants that the products
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Free energy
Amount of energy that is available to do work
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Activation energy
The minimum amount of energy required to get a reaction started
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Enzymes
Catalysts that speed up reactions
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Transition state
When substrates reach their breaking point and the reaction continues to product
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Lock and Key
Substrate and enzyme come together and fit exactly (old model)
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Induced fit model
The bonding of the enzyme and substrates improves the fit of the actives site and the substrate over time
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Metabolism
Activities work in an organized manner
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Intermediates
Products from a substrate enzyme reaction that go to other reactions.
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