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proteolytic cleavage
done by proteases, example: removal of methionine after translation
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Zymogens
inactive precursors that are activated by proteolytic cleavage, ex. clotting cascade (serine proteases cleave inactive zymogens)
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Clotting cascade (main point)
To stimulate a thrombin burst-->convert fibrinogen to fibrin-->fibrin cross linkages create clot
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Acylation
When a methionine is removed it is replaced by an acetyl group at the N-terminus (donated by acetyl CoA)
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Mryristylation
Lipid anchors. Myristyl anchors embed themselves in the lipid bilayer; allows a protein that would normally not associate with the lipid bilayer to be attracted to that area
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Prenylation
Prenylation attaches the cysteine residue and prenyl (15 residue farnesyl) group via a thioester. Fti inhibitors for Progeria try to block prenylation.
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Example of prenylation
Prenylation is known to occur on proteins of the RAB family of RAS-related G-proteins, oncogenic GTP-binding and hydrolyzing protein RAS which is farnesylated
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DNA methylation
Adding methyl group at CPG islands to DNA causes steric hinderance -->allows for transcription factors to bind-->STOP TRANSCRIPTION
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Histone acetylation
When you acetylate histones (using HATS)->shields their charge->decreases their affinity for DNA->activate them-> ENHANCE TRANSCRIPTION, to deactylate use HDACs
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Histone methylation
When histones are methylated, histones are deacetylated, DNA is methylated--> allows binding of transcription factors on outer DNA helix gene silencing (NO TRANSCRIPTION)!
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Phosphorylation
Most common post translational modification, proteins are phosphorylated by kinases, AAs that are phosphorylatable are serine, threonine, tyrosine
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Physiological Example of Phosphorylation
Phosphorylations that occur in glycogen synthase and glycogen phosphorylase in hepatocytes in response to glucagon release from the pancreas
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Ubiquitination
ATP-dependent process that is major mechanisms for the destruction of cellular proteins, involves a complex structure referred to as the proteosome, ubiquitin carrier protein attaches ubiquitin to the protein with ubiquitin ligase
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Lactose
glucose-galactose cleaved by lactase (non-inducible, brush border disaccharidase), rate limiting step in its digestioon is its hydrolysis not the transport of glucose and galactose
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Glycogen
glucose molecules linked by alpha-1,4 glycosidic bonds (amylose), digestion promoted by amylase
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Primary monosaccharides
glucose, fructose, galactose
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Glucose
monosaccharide Na+ dependent glucose transported across brush border from mucosa-->enterocyte
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Galactose
monosaccharide Na+ dependent transported across brush border from mucosa-->enterocyte
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Fructose
monosaccharide Na+ independent facilitated diffusion (uses GLUT5) transported across brush border membrane from mucosa-->enterocyte
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Glycoprotein
proteins with sugars covalently linked to their AAs, MOST CELL SURFACE MEMBRANES, usually contain amino sugars (N-Acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactoseamine), neutral sugars (D-galactose, D-mannose, L-fucose) or acidic sugars (sialic acid)
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Functions of Glycoprotein
Hormone receptors at the cell surface, cell-cell interaction
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Proteoglycan
long unbranched sugar chains, hallmark of disaccharide repeats, MOST ER and Golgi membrane proteins
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Functions of Proteoglycans
Many of ER and Golgi membrane proteins, also proteins secreted from the cell like serum and mucus proteins, Glycosylation is the major enzymatic modification in the body
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N-linked proteins
N-glycosidically linked oligosaccharides widespread in nature, characteristic of membrane and secretory proteins, linked by N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)--connected to asparagine
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O-linked proteins
O-linked found in mucous fluids, but can also be present in membrane and secretory proteins, 3 or more sugars linked by N-acetylglalactosamine (GalNAc)--connected to serine, theronine. O-linked found a lot in collagen
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Collagen Synthesis
First procollagen (N-linked glycoprotein)-->N linke oligosaccharide is removed ("N")-->only O linked remain in mature collagen
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Collagen glycosylation
Degree of glycosylation impacts structure--> less glycosylated collagen=ordered fibrous structure (tendons) while heavily glycosylated are more like meshwork structure in basement membrane
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N-linked protein in hormones
GlcNAc is linked to serine residue that become phosphorylated by protein kinases in hormonal stimulation
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High mannose N-linked protein
all N-linked glycoproteins have oligosaccharide chains coming off a common core 3 mannose residues+2 GlcNAc, high mannose is how they all start some glycoproteins are modified further after this
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Tetra-antennary type N-linked protein
Complex chains which have terminal trisaccharide sequence of sialic acid0galactose-GlcNAc attached to branched core mannoses
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LDL receptor glycoprotein structure
has 2 N-linked oligosaccharides near LDL-binding domain (not involved in binding) and cluster of O-linked oligosaccharides near membrane spanning region (sialic acid residues to hold it up)
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Biosynthesis of N-linked glycoproteins
Synthesized in the ER. Dolihcol is the anchor in the lipid bilayer of the ER membrane-->first sugar is GlcNAc-1-P-->another GlcNAc-1-P --> 4 or 5 mannose residues--> 3 glucose residues (which are later removed) NEXT STEP modificaton in the ER-->sent to Golgi-->elongation
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Biosynthesis of O-linked glycoproteins
Occurs in the Golgi occurs in stepwise fashion of addition of sugars
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High mannose oligosaccharides in Lysosomes
Lysosomal enzymes are N-linked oligosaccharides are synthesized in the ER and Golgi
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Lapatinib (HERCEPTIN)
Small molecule drug to treat HER2 resistant breast cancer by bind to ATP recptors-->Blocks the tyrosine kinase from binding
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Imatinib
Small molecule drug to treat CML by bind to ATP recptors-->Blocks the tyrosine kinase from binding
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Proteoglycans
Gel forming compounds made of protein backbone with covalently bound sugars, oligosaccharide chains have disaccharides repeats usually composed of amino sugar and uronic acid
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)
the carbohydrate part of proteoglycans, each has unique disaccharide repeat, usually includes hexosamine and uronic acid (EXCEPT FOR KERATAN SULFATE), amino sugars are usually glucosamine (GlcNH2) or galctosamine (GalNH2) present in their N-acetylated form
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Hyaluronic acid
proteoglycan, no sulfation--located in joint and ocular fluids
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Chondroitin sulfates
proteoglycan, located in cartilage, tendons, bone
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Dermatan sulfate
proteoglycan, located in skin, valves, blood vessels
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Heparan sulfate
proteoglycan, amino group sulfated (not acetylated) located in cell surfaces
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Heparin
proteoglycan, amino group sulfated (not acetylated) located in mast cells and liver
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Keratan sulfate
proteoglycan, uronic acid replaced by galactose, located in cartilage, cornea
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Synthesis of proteoglycans
synthesized by a series of glycosyl transferases, epimerases, sulfo transferases. Synthesis of core oligosaccharide while still in the RER, then synthesis of the repeating oligosccahride and other modifications take place in the Golgi
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Germline mosaicism
X-inactivation causes one X chromosome to be inactivated in some tissues and the other X chromosome to active in others
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X-linked mental retardation
X chromosome has a high frequency of mutations, microdeletions, duplication that cause X linked mental retardation
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LDL receptor
defects in this receptor are responsible for familial hypercholesterolemia (autosomeal dominant) it's a transmembrane glycoprotein!
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factor VIII
Allel coding for this causes hemophilia A--X-linked recessive, usually seen in males not females
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X-linked recessive (can females ever have phenotype)?
If the father is a carrier on his X and the mother is a carrier then female offspring would be homozygous affected (rare because of the low incidence of X-linked recessive disorders)
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Skewed X-inactivation
X inactivation (usually random) the fraction of mutant alleles that remain active is much greater than normal, the deleterious allele finds itself located on active X, if this is present in pertinent tissues then you will have disease
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Unstable repeat expansions
Genetic diseases caused by the expansion within an affected gene of DNA with repeating units of three or more nucleotides in tandem (CAG or CCG)-->primarily neurological conditions result
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Unstable repeat expansion diseases
Myotonic dystrophy, fragile X syndrome, Huntington's Disease (polyglutamine disoder), spinocerebellar ataxias (polyglutamine disoder)
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Anticipation
Genetic term referrring to the progressive severity and decrease in the age of onset for diseases that are passed through the pedigree
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Disease associated with Anticipation
Fragile X, Myotonic Dystrophy, Huntington's
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Huntington's disease
CAG repeats
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Spinocerebellar ataxia
CAG repeats
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Myotonic Dystrophy
CTG repeats
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Fatty acid synthesis
Step 1: turn acetyl CoA--> malonyl CoA (using Biotin and acetyl CoA carboxylase), Step 2: elongation of fatty acid chain in two
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Phospholipid synthesis
occurs on the cytoplasmic face of the ER, uses CDP-->CMP and flippases who flip the phospholipid one leaflet of the bilayer to the other
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Cholestrol
Phospholipid, has a polar head group and a largely non-polar hydrocarbon tail. When it enters the bilayer, it causes stiffening. It will sit in hydrophobic tail region. It exists at quite a high level at the bilayer. By stiffening the bilayer, you alter the properties, even changing membrane permeability.
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Fluid mosaic model
Singer, Nicholson said that the phospholipid bilayer has assymetry that is caused by differential packing of p-serine vs. p-choline
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Phospholipids in the bilyaer
phosphotidyl serin phosphotidyl choline
- lipid rafs
- another example of asymmetry--mobile--float around bilayer, environment inside rafts is different from outside- Caveoli
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Dominant negative effect
Mutation in gene regulatory region, If you get a mutation in the regulatory region it has an enhanced effec as a result of kinase activity
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Dominant negative effect (disease example)
Amylotrphic lateral sclerosis, causes proteins to aggregate and interfere with cellular function
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PDZ Domain
scaffold protein to bind ion channels to membrane, 80-90 AAs 6 strand Beta sandwich flanked by alpha helices, recognizes the C-terminus of receptors, involved in anchoring the CFTR in lung epithelial cells
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SALT BRIDGE in Hb
ionic bond between lysine and glutamate
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Hemoglobin
Oxygen carrier, iron in heaxcoordinate (binds 4 porphyrin, 1 proximal histidine, 1 oxygen) porphyrin ring is tetra coordinate
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Cooperativity
When the binding of one oxygen molecule increases the binding affinity of the other sites, tense (low affinity), relaxed (high affinity)
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Allosterism:
when the binding of one molecule at a site other than the active site increases or decreases the finction there
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Bonding between base pairs in DNA
Hydrogen bonding
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Alpha helix (macrodipole)
N terminus is positive, C terminus is negative
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Hydrophobic interactions
Ex. oil in water-->increase entropy of system by liberating water molecules, all aromatice molecules are nonpolar (hydrophobic)
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Sterochemistry of enantiomers
Animals are almost exclusively L-amino acids, sugars are all D-sugars
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# exons in B-globin gene
3
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# exons in B-myosin heavy chain (MYH7)
40
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Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic DNA
Prokaryotic Genes On, Eukaryotic OFF, Prokaryotic no DNA-protein complexes, Eukaryotic has DNA-protein complexes
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Stop codons
UGA, UAA, UAG (you go away, you are away, you are gone)
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Kozak sequence
Sequnce that the AUG start codon in included within (in the 5'UTR region)
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Exon-Intron splice
GT (3' end of exon, 5'end of intron)----->AG(5' end of exon, 3'end of intron)
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Transcription factors
TATA box (complimented by iniator), CAAT box, GC rich
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Large genes (>100bp)
Factor VIII, CFTR, Dystrophin, BRCA1
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Small genes (<10 kb)
B-globin, insulin
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Medium gene (10-100bp)
collagen, LDL receptor
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Avergae number of exons per gene
10 exons
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Pseudogene
transcribed but not translated or not transcribed at all--can lead to unequal crossing over
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Unequal crossing over
misalignment of two alpha globin genes on a chromsome causes alpha-thalassemia
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tandem repeats
Repetitive DNA sequences-satellite DNA near centromeres
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SINEs
short interspersed nucleotide repeats (10% human DNA), can interfere with crossing over, ex. Alu repeats SINEs cause familial hypercholesterolemia
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Which exon is lost in the unequal crossing over Familial Hypsercholesterolemia
exon 5
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LINEs
long interspersed nucleotide repeats (20% human DNA), can be transposable elements
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Mitochondrial DNA
37 genes, amternal inheritance, no introns, highly conserved, makes more mutations, 2 strands heavy-guanine rich and light-cytosine rich
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Heteroplasmy
the mixed population or normal and mutant mtDNA
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Histones (#)
two copites of each of the four core histone (H2A, H2B, H3, H4)
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Histones that can substituted
H3 and H2A
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Histones that can be chemically modified
H3 and H4
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Histone code
the pattern of major and specialized histone types and their modifications
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Cell division
4-6 hours to reproduce 6.4 Gb
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High fidelity
DNAs ability to reliably replicate
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DNA error rate
1 in 10^9 is the limit, actual rate is 1 in 10^6 it fixes it by proofreading!
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DNA licensing
ensure that DNA replication is limited to once/cycle
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Replication origin
replication origins are rich in A-T (easier to break)
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Number of replication sites (Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic)
E. coli have 1, humans have 100,000
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Steps of DNA Replication
1. unwinding & replication forks, 2. stabilization with SSBPs, 3. Iniation (priming with DNA polymerase alpha), 4. Elongation (5'-->3'), 5. Lagging strand synthesis (3'-->5'' semgents) discontinuous, 6. Licensing: ensuring each replicates only once/cell cycle
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Helicase
DNA strands are separated in ATP-dependent fashion
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Topoisomerase
prevent DNA from becoming supercoiled
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Single stranded binding protein
stabilize leading strand
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DNA Polymerase
Can only add to the 3' end nucleotides, needs Magnesium to function
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DNA Pol alpha
AKA RNA primase, synthesizes an RNA primer and then acts as a DNA pol to elongate for about 20 bp
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DNA Pol delta
Lagging strand synthesis, Highly processive, proofreading 3'-->5'
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DNA Pol E
Leading strand synthesis, Highly processive, proofreading 3'-->5'
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Processivity
stays on strand longer
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PCNA (clamps)
ATP-dependent way to increase the processivity of the Polymerase (stay on the strand)
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Prokaryotic Polymerazes
DNA Pol 1, II, III
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Main polymerase in bacteria
DNA Pol III
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RNAase H
takes off the small RNA primer and DNA pol delta and epsilon fill it in
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Semi-discontinuous synthesis
Lagging strand is built in segments (Okazaki fragments)
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Okazaki fragments
segments of DNA on the lagging strand
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DNA Ligase
glues together Okazaki fragments
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Replisome
the whole complex of helicase, SSBPs, Polymerase, PCNAs
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Replication
4-6 hours for 6.4 Gb, 100,000 replicons, during S phase
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CDC 6
CDC6 recruited to form pre-replication complex, licensing to ensure 1 DNA replication/cell cycle, by the end of G2 there is no CDC6 left
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Type of DNA Damage
Spontaneous, Exogenous (UV, Radiation, Chemical)
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Spontaneous DNA damage
Deamination (standard bases are exchanged for nonstandard bases), base loss (Depurination>depyrimidation), ROS
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Ionizing radiation
Causes double strand breaks by hydrolysis of water which breaks down into ROS
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UV Radiation
Photo activate nucleotides, causes thymine (pyrimidine) dimer formations
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Adduct formation
covalent attachment to DNA nucleotides, ex. benzo[a]pyrene
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Alkylating agents
Carbn comound group to one of the bases-->disrupts structures, Ex. CYTOXAN
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Crosslinking
Bi functional-->2 adduct forming entities can bond two 2 positions on DNA (can be inter or intra strand), Ex. CISPLATIN
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Type II topoisomerase inhibitor
etoposide
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Microsatelitte Instability
Occurs during replication of repetitive sequences, Forward slippage (parent) causes deletion, backwards slippage (daughter) causes insertion
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Translesion synthesis
DNA backbone is still intact but you will get replication error
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DNA Double strand break
caused by ionizing radiation, most deleterious form of DNA damage-->leads to aneuploidy
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Cell cycle checkpoint
Eukaryotes have cell cycle checkpoints at G1 and G2, focus on checkpoint for G2--if you have mutations in the genes that code for checkpoints
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Why use alkylating agents, crosslinking agents in cancer therapy?
Tumor cells grow faster than normal counterparts, should be more susceptible to checkpoint
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DNA Repai pathways
Base Excision repait, Nucleotide Excision Repair, Translesion Synthesis, Mismatch Repair, Homologous Recombination, End joining
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Base Excision Repair
Deaminations, depurinations-->uses glycosylases to cut out damaged base (least flexible)
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Nucleotide Excision Repair
UV photoproducts, cross links-->RNA pol encounters DNA lesion, stops, uses a multiprotein complex (>10 proteins) for primary repair mechansim of UV photoproducts, cuts 5 bases 3' of the damage and 23 bases 5' of the damage, gaps filled by DNA pol
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Mismatch Repair
Replication error (ex. Lynch Syndrome)
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Homologous recombination
Double strand break, adducts, cross links
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End joining
Double strand breaks
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Translesion synthesis
Not high fideltity, can pass by damage, very error prone, non-templated manner
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XPA and XPC addount for (%) of all XP cases
50%
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How to test for XP?
Unscheduled DNA synthesis with skin biopsy (use radiolabeled thymine)
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Where is rRNA synthesized?
nucleolus
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Where does capping and polyA tail are added after transcription, where?
nucleus
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Transcriptional unit
TATA, GC, CAAT box, Enhacers and Silencers (on the DNA), TFIID
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Transcription Termination sequence
C-G-C-G
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What causes mushroom poisoning?
alpha-Amanitin, is a mushroom poisoning RNA pol II inhibitor-->block mRNA transcription
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RNA polymerases
Enzymes that synthesize the RNA strand from a DNA template during transcription
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RNA pol II transcribes which RNA?
rRNA
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mRNA is transcribed using what RNA Polymerase?
RNA Pol II
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RNA pol II transcribes which RNA?
mRNA and microRNA
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RNA pol III transcribes which RNA?
tRNA and ribozymes
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Stages of transcription
1. initiation (construction of RNApol complex on the promoter, recruitment of transcription factors), 2. Elongation, 3. Termination (cessation of RNA transcription with CG repeats)
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Does RNA Polymerase has its own helicase activity?
Yes
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TATA Box
10-20% of human promoters, 25-30 bases upstream of trranscription start site, allows correct positionaing of RNA pol
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TBP
TATA binding protein, first to bind the DNA, causes the DNA to bend-->recruits TFIID and other transcriiption factors
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General transcription factors (GTFs)
required for PolII in a test tue are TFIIA, B,D, E, F, and H (but basal level is achieved with purified B and F)
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Elongation
RNA pol requires energy to add ribonucleotise to the 3' end of the growing strand, 17 bp transcription complex with 8 bp DNA-RNA hybrid
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Abortive transcription
RNApol shows strong binding to promoter and generates short 9bp RNA fragments-->eventually it clears the promoter
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Rho factor (prokaryotic)
Termination factor dependent for termination, used in bacteria
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How is transcription different in prokaryotes
RNA pol directly recognizes sequences in DNS for binding and transcription, no nuclear envelope, no introns, transcription/translation occur simultaneously, use of polycystronic messages (like the LAC operon)
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Antibiotic that target prokaryotic transcription
Rifampin binds to beta subunit of prokaryotic RNApoly, Dactinomycin (actinomysin D) binds to DNA template and interferes with RNApol progression
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Reverse Transcription
Viral RNA used reverse transcriptase. Take mRNA strand and reverses transcription to turn it into DNA. Then it inserts itself into our genome
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Gene Regulatory Proteins
Helix turn helix, zinc finger, leucine zipper, winged helix, winged helix turn helix, helix loop helix
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Helixa turn helix
Repressor protein
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Zinc Finger
Zn ion to stabilize structure/finger/specific triplet of base pairs, Zn ion causes secondary structure, bind major groove
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Leucine zipper
Leucine every 7th residue, "zips" up to dimerize the protein, needs a dimer to inhibit DNA
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Winged Helix
4 helices and two strand beta sheet
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Winged helix turn helix:
3 helical bundle and 4-strand beta sheet
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Methylate histone
Block charge-->activate transcription
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Acetylates histone
Block charge-->activate transcription
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Methylate DNA
Methylate DNA at the CpG island-->inhibit transcription
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Nucleosome
Histone complex (8 total) with the DNA wrapped around it
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Histone acetyltransferases (HATS)
Acetylate histones
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DNA Binding Proteins (enhancer/silencers)
Regions that can contain multiple elements for assemply of large protein complexes--can be 1000s of bps away
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Multi-domain proteins
activators and repressors can have multiple functions besides serving as transcriptional regulators
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Polycystronic message
message with a length of RNA with whole process associated through several consecutive genes--all related to same process
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Lac Operon
B-galactosidase cleaves lactose into allolactose-->bind repressor subunits to prevent assembly-->cAMP starvation signal forms CAP cAMP and promotes RNA pol attachment--> RNA pol transcribes genes to produce B-Galactosidase, permease and acetylase
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
15-20% of all adult leukemias, BCR-ABL-->ABL (tyrosine kinase) --> speeds up cell division and inhibits DNA repair
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Regulation of RNA turnover- AUUUA sequences
Experiment deomstrating the destabilizing effect of AUUUA sequences-->shortened the halflife of B-globin mRNA from 10h-->1.5h
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Nonsense Mutation
is when you get a stop codon before you should
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Nonsense mediated decay
Inserting stop codon where they shouldn't be
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Regulation of RNA turnover-- IRE-bps
In high iron, the mRNA that codes for transferrin is off. When you have low iron, you want to pump the iron in so the IREbps stabilize the stem loops and turn the transferrin on-->you get lots of transferrin and protect your little iron
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What exon is removed through alternative splicing in CF?
exon 9
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RNA splicing-Lariat
Just 5' of acceptor site is pyrimidine rich acceptorregion that forms lariat site, branch site a single A binding is sitting just upstream of the pyrimidine rich region and is where the lariat lands
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What is the reason for alternate splicing?
The human genome is limited
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Alternate RNA Splicing include or exclude certain exons?
Ex. alpha-tropomyosin, alpha-TM Exon Gene organization uses alternate splicing to produced different types of muscles fibers
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Exonic splicing enhancers (ESEs)
Enhance recognition of splice site- can bind directly or indirectly
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Intronic splicing enhancers (ISEs)
Enhance recognition of splice site- can bind directly or indirectly
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Exonic splicing silencers (ESSs)
Silence recognition of splice site- can bind directly or indirectly
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Intronic splicing silencers (ISSs)
Silence recognition of splice site- can bind directly or indirectly
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Cryptic splice site
splice site that is not supposed to be there, causes competition between splice sites
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Gain of function mutation
Creation of cryptic splice site
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Loss of function mutation
A splice site is weakened or destroyed
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In CF, regulation of splice site
A splice site in intron 8 regulates inclusion of exon 9, in CF you don't get exon 9 included
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CF compound heterozygote, R117H and 7T
mild presentation of disease, congentical bilateral absence of vas deferans
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CF compound heterozygote, R117H and 5T
mild CF, disease symptoms present
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deltaF508
most severe mutation that is associated with CF
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MAPT
codes for tau protein, chromosome 17, involved splicing for exon 2, 3, 10 mutations can disrupt the balance of isoforms and cause disease--> ALZHEIMERS
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miRNA synthesis
Synthesized in the nucleus as double stranded RNA, forms hair pin loops in nucleus, Drosha suts the hair pin loops in the nucleus, Exportin 5 sends it out to the cytoplasm where Dicer cuts it into 20-30 bp fragments, transciptional cleavage, now the miRNA can recognize its homologous RNA on the RISC complex
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Drosha
cuts the hairpin loops of Pri miRNA in the nucleus to turn it Pre-miRNA
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Exportin 5
Exports Pre-miRNA into the cytoplasm
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Dicer
chops up the Pre miRNA into 20-30 bp fragments
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RISC
complex that the anti sense strand binds to-->blocks translation
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Epigenetic
study of heritables changes in gene function that occur without a change in the sequence of DNA
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CpG island
C and G rich area in the 5' regulatory region close to the promoter region of DNA that gets methylated-- YOU METHYLATE THE C (cytosine)
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Location of LncRNAs
Located in the nucleus and then trafficked to the cytoplasm
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Heterochromatin
Highly compacted DNase resistant DNA
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When you acetylate histones which residue do you tag?
Lysine
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When you methylate the histone, which residue do you tag?
Cytosine (the C's of the CpG islands)
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Can drugs demethylate DNA?
yes-through drug reversal you can restore transcription
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Rett Syndrome
MECP2--Methyl CpG binding protein--no males can have Rett Syndrome unless they have Klinefelters (XXY) because if you have only on mutant X you won't have any normal protein
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What gets ADP ribosylated in Cholera?
G protein
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Sumoylation, Small Ubiquitin like Modifier (SUMO)
ADP ribosylation
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What genetic condition are likely to have epigenetic component?
Imprinted genes--prader willie and angelman (7 genes missing on chromosome 15, in normal the maternal allele is expressed, paternal allele is silenced-when the maternal allel is lost you get Angelman)
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Example of secondar structure of RNA
Stem-loop and small subunit of rRNA
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rRNA
structural RNA (80% of all processed DNA)
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tRNA is the only RNA with non standard bases, what are they?
Inosine and pseudouridine
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Are tRNA's aminoacylated?
Yes, it uses ATP to give a high energy bond to the AA which is transferred to the RNA
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aminoacyl tRNA synthetase
What glues the AAs onto the tRNA. There is one for each amino acid
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How many tRNAs do we need?
61
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How many tRNAs do we have?
31
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Wobble
Since we need 61 tRNAs and only have 31, we have to alternate position 3 with the inosine and pseudouridine
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Prokaryotic Ribosome
30S and 50S subunits, total 70S
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Eukaryotic Ribosome
40S and 60S subunits, total 80S
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Svedburg coefficient
centrifugation coefficient used in antibiotics
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Shine-Dalgardo Sequence
What prokaryotic DNA use to determine start sequence (like the eukaryotic Kozak sequence)
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Ribosome scanning
Small ribosomal subunit scans (with tRNA attached) by ribosome scanning the mRNA 5' UTR to look for start AUG codon
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What happens once tRNA find start sequence?
Important Initiation factors are recruited (EIF Ii) and then the 60S is recruited
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What does every protein start with?
Methionine
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A-site
donor tRNA-amino acid (amino acid)
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P-site
tRNA growing peptide chain (peptide)
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Peptidyl transferase
anzyme that is responsible for elongating the polypeptide chain
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Release factor
Once the stop codon comes into A site, RF Binds to the A site with the help of GTP
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Ubiquitination
sends proteins to be destructed in the proteosome
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Secondary structure of proteins
relies on hydrogen bonding interactions, defined by rotation restriction around phi and psi, alpha helix (interchain H bonding) and Beta sheets (interchain H bonding)
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Ramachandran plot
used to calculate the islands stability of stability by minimizing steric hindrance
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Tertiary structure
3-D structure, relies on the interactions between side chains (not the backbone)
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Only covalent bonds in tertiary structure
Disulfide bonds, cysteine-cystine
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Quaternary structure
Several multiple protein subunits, ex. human hemoglobin, heterotetramer (2 alpha and 2 beta)
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Two sites of protein translation
ribosomes in the cytoplasm and ribosomes on the RER
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Direction of protein translation, ribosomes move
from 5'-->3' (synthesis of protein from N terminus-->C terminus)
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Signal recognition protein (SRP)
Signal sequence at the beginning of the protein signals SRP used
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Chemical environment of the mitochondria
Oxidizing
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Chemical environment of the cytoplasm
Reducing
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ER tanslation
Signal recogniition sequence on the protein recognized by the SRP-->direct protein into the ER membrane--> enzyme signal peptidase suts off the signal sequence at the beginning of protein
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Translation termination
Once translation is complete, the ribosomal subunits dissociate-->completed protein is sent to the Golgi-->trafficked out of the cell
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Protein folding
goal is to get to the local minimum energy conformation-->decrease Gibb's free energy and increase entropy (of water molecules)
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Disulfide bonds
Don't want to be in the cytoplasm, weaker thand C-C bonds-->mostly found in secretory proteins, lysosomal proteins and exoplasmic domains on the membrane proteins
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Where do disulfide bond form in the protein?
In the hydrophobic interior region of the protein-->they have lower energy
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Connotoxin
importnat for pain management-->uses disulfide bonds to hold peptide architectures together
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Anfinsen experiment
Taugh us how primary protein structure dictates tertiary structure. Used urea to denature protein and break disulfide bonds, then removed urea, and oxidized (protein went back to original conformation)--then used urea to denature, then oxidized before removing urea, message was scrambled
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Secondary vs. tertiary protein structure
secondary structure has to do with backbone, tertiary has to do with side chains
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Ramachandran plot
certain bond angles are preferred for kinky plates to align, most common are alpha helix, beta sheet and beta turns
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Misfolded proteins
Have hydrophobic surface exposed
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What happens to misfolded protein? (two choices)
sent to proteosome for degradation or refolded using chaperones (GroEl is bacteria or HSPs in humans)
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Heat Shock Proteins
help to correctly fold the protein. Done by altering the polarity (switches from hydrophobic to hydrophilic) of interior surface (massage the outside of the barrel changes the protein on the inside)
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What percentage of proteins get refolded by HSPs?
10%
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Group I chaperonins (Chaperones)
prokaryotic- GroEl (Hsp 60) has a detachable lid (GroEs)
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GroEl action
unfolded protein binds to the GroEl pocket not blocked yb GroEs-->ATP binds to each subunit of the Groel heptamer-->ATP hydrolysis (14)leads to the release of GroEs-->7 ATP and GroES bind to pocket-->lid is reannelaed and shaken up by ATP hydrolysis--> protein refolds inside enclosure
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Group II chaperonins (chaperones)
found in eurkaryotes--TriC, are lidless and rely on apical protrusions to cap chaperonin
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Most misfolded proteins are sent to chaperones or degraded?
degraded
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Why would a protein be misfolded?
Inappropriately modified with glyoclytic compounds, modified via prroducts of lipid peroxidation during oxidative stress, part of brief repsonse to hormones, contain the PEST sequence
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PEST sequence
ProGlUSerThr--marks proteins for rapid turnover
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Proteasome
the place where cytosolic proteins go to get degraded, have proteases within the barrel motif (like garbage disposal)
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Ubiquitination
uses ubiquitin carrier protein, ubiquitin ligase to add ubiquitin to a misfolded protein (uses ATP)
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Protein interactions
binding can be tight or weak, long or short, but is always highly specific
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Protein binding
singles site on one protein or multiple complex interactions
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PDZ domain
FUNCTIONAL PROTEIN DOMAIN,80-90 AA domains found in over 150 different human proteins (including CFTR) 6 strand B sandwiches flanked by 2 alpha helices-->recognize specific sequence (4-5 AA) on the C-terminal of protein
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Anitbody-Antigen interaction
protein-protein interaction
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Antibody structure
Heavy chain on the inside, light chain on the outside, divalent (two binding sites) held together by DISULFIDE BONDS! variable domain in the arm, constant domain on the stem, antigen recognizes the NH2 amino site at the antigen binding site, alpha helices make up C term
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Enzymes
proteins that catalyze covalent bond breakage or makeage
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Gene Regulatory Proteins
is. Zinc finger, TFIID, molecules that bind DNA or other proteins to regulate gene expression
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Structural protein
provides mechanical support inside and outside of cells
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Signal proteins
ligans, receptor for signal trasnduction
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Motor proteins
ex. dynein and kinesin, generate movement in cells and tissues
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Cellular adhesion molecule
example of combining active domains to specify function/structureL Ig combined with FNIII (fibronectin type III), Igs originally evolved in cell adhesion
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Function of PDZ domains in CFTR
Microvilli in alveoli in the lung, Plasma membrane has midrodaomins to localize CFTR to microvilli-->PDZ domain anchors the CFTR here
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Ankyrin repeats
functional protein domain
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Immunoglobulin domain
FUNCTIONAL DOMAIN
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DNA binding domains
Variable, ex Zinc finger, leucine zipper
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Spectrin repeats
STRUCTURAL DOMAIN, 106-110 AA, triple helix, spectrin dystophin, anchors ion channel proteins in the membrane
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Coiled-coiled domain
STRUCTURAL DOMAIN, protein protein association, ex. Leucine zipper
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Transmembrane domain
Membrane spanning regions
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Dominant negative effect
mutations in gene regulatory regions-->aberrant or absence of product, ex. one domain is regulatory region, one domain is a kinase region, enhaced effect of kinase EX. ALS, causes protein aggregates
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Nonsense mutation
Unstable mRNA reduced or absent product, truncated proteins, degraded as proteolytically unstable (can only be in a coding region)
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Missense mutations
Unstable mRNA, reduced or absent product
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Function begats strucute
Human erythrocyte: biconcave disk (gas exchange, deformability (to get through the sinusoidal slits)
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Hereditary spherocytosis
Autosomal dominant (1/2000)--results in splenomegaly, hemolytic anemia
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Hereditary ellipsocytosis
Autosomal dominant (1/2000-1/10000)--results in hemolysis, splenomegaly, hemolytic anemia
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Hereditary Pyropolykilocytosis
looks like sever burns, rare member of the HE family
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Erythrocyte shape-structure
RBCs have scaffold of filamentous proteins that crosslink short actin filaments and underlies plasma membrane, give shape, strength and organization of lipid bilayer
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Band 3
membrane protein in bilayer of RBCs linked to plasma membrane
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Spectrin (alpha and Beta)
long, filamentous molecule, two subunits (a and B) both which have 106 repeats) heterotetramer of two dimers key to maintain RBC structure, a and B organized counter parallel to each other to form spectrin dimer
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Spectrin self association site
allows you to bring together the alpha and beta subunit in head to head association. One molecule contributes 2 alpha helix which form a spectrin repeat and one molecule contributes 2 Beta sheets
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Ankyrin
connected to the B helix of spectrin
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Defects in spectrin self association site
lead to HE
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Missense mutation at spectrin self association site
PROLINE HELIX BREAKERS at the N terminus of a-spectrin subunit--> this mutation affects the ability of spectrin to form the heterotetramer
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Mutations in Band 3 and Ankyrin
Associated with HS--can occur at the cytoplasmic or transmembrane domains in Band 3 or at the membrane bidning, spectrin binding, or regulatory regions of Ankyrin
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Myristoylation
post-translation modification that promotes the association of proteins with plasma membrane
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Most common bond used in protein folding/post translational modification
- Disulfide bonds-->cysteines
- Phosphorylation
- post translational modification that adds phosphate group to a specific molecular site-->activates gene (reversible)
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Ubiquitination
non-reversible post translational protein modification-->leads to proteosome mediated proteolysis
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Clotting cascade (ex of post-translation modification)
example of proteolytic cleavage post translational modification, platelets recruits-->platelet factors form-->recruit clotting factor-->continuously break peptide bonds in platelets to turn pro-thrombin to thrombin (thrombin burst)-->convert fibrinogen to fibrin
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Coagulation factors
serine proteases that convert the Zymogens to active forms
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Proinsulin
Secreted by B-cells in pancreashas signal peptide+active sequence+connecting polypeptide+another active sequence
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Insulin modification (ex. post translational modifcation)
Insulin is a secreted protein, Insulin protein folds into loop, connects active sites by disulfide bonds-->cleaves the signal sequence after insertion in the ER-->endopeptidases cleave the connecting polypeptide
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What do we use for insulin in diabetes?
recombinant protein--used to use pig insulin because this type of processing does not occur in the bacterial system
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Phosphorylation
addition of a negatively charged phosphate group to a serin, threonine or tyrosine residue
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Kinases
molecules that phosphorylate proteins--usually activate proteins
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Phosphatases
molecules that remove phosphoates--usually deactive proteins
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Phosphorylation and HER2
HER2 neu recepotrs have an intracellular kinase domain--acts as a dimer with a neighboring receptor to cross phosphorylate eachother-->this is the beginning of the Tyr-Kin signaling cascade
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Myristylation
Adding a lipid anchor to the amino terminus of the protein to promote the association of proteins with the plasma membrane--happens (ex. RAS important GTPases need the help of proteins in the plasma membrane)
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Prenylation
Adding a lipid anchor to the cysteine residue (ex. FTI inhibitor block the process of Prenylation and block the activity of RAS, actually successful in Progeria)
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Acetylation
Adding acetyl group (usually to the N-terminal alpah amine, NGlcAc) allows many drugs to cross the blood brain barrier (ex. acetylate histone on the lysine at the nucleosome-->increase transcription) (ex. Aspirin is an acetlyated sialic acid)
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Glycosylation
BINDS TO ASPARAGINE--Modification of cell membrane for cell recognition, aid in protein folding, keep proteases away (ex. viruses and bacteria routinely use carbohydrate moities for entry into cell)
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Glycosylation
Attaches to Asparagine, N-linked or O-linked
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Signal recognition protein (SRP)
Recruited after recognizing signal sequence on protein--> SRP carried ribosome to the SRP receptor sending ribosome to the rER membrane--> attaches to translocon-->protein translation occurs directly into ER
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Glycosylation of membrane protein
Once the polpeptide chain enters ER lumen-->it is glycosylated with oligosaccharides at the asparagine residues to the asparagines [Asn-X-Ser/Threonin]
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Dolichol
glycolipid in the ER membrane that glycosylates the protein as it is translated through the translocon
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Glycosylated proteins trafficking
After translation in ER, glycosylated proteins (secreted and membrane bound) are trafficked to the Golgi using kinesins (molecular motors)-->final modifcation-->sent to PM
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Specific modications in ER
additoins of 2 GlcNAc's-->multiple mannoses (8)-->3 glucose cleaved off by glucosidase and 1 mannose by ER mannosidase before it enters Golgi
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Specific modifications in Golgi
3 more mannose cleaved off-->one GlcNAc added-->two mannose sugars are removed to indicate ENDO H RESISTANCE!
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Glycation
Non-enxymatic glycosylation when fructose and glucose (reducing agents) can be added to proteins and lipids-->form AGE complex (ex. cooking sugars)
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EExogenous glycation
Cooking sugars with proteins/lipids-->absorbed by the body
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Endogenous glycation
In the blood stream-->slow reactions form AGEs (advanced glycation endproducts) the long lived cells (Schwann cells, brain cells) and proteins (eye, collagen) are susceptible to damage
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Endogenous glycation and Diabetes
bindinng of endogenous glycation products (AGEs) in bloodstream of patients with diabetes, AGEs in Schwann cells can cause diabetic neuropathy
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Problems with protein based drugs
source (human, animal, contamination), purification (co-factors, stability), administration (direct injection)
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Expression systems
Bacteria (not for glycosylated proteins, yeast, mammalian cells, transgenic animals and plants
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Types of protein based drugs
Mabs, enzymes (for enzyme replacement therapy), hormones, clotting factors vaccines
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Recombinants that replces animal/human sources
HGH, Human insulin, follicle stimulating hormone, Factor VIII
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Original recombinant
EPO (for kidney diseases stimulates hematopoeisis in bone marrow, Glucocerebrosidase (used to treat Gaucher's Disease)
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Monoclonal aanitbodies as drugs--Tsyabri (natalizumab)
Used to treat MS (autoimmune disease affecting myelin sheath), drug blocked the affinity btwn leukocytes and vessel wall-->problem PML-patients started dying because you need the recruitment of WBCs
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Monoclonal antiboides to block function--Trastuzimab
Targets HER2 (in the family of EGFRs involved in controlling cell growth and differentiation)--anti HER2 antibody inhibits the overamplification of HER2
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Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Lack of this ezyme results in fatty accumulation in the spleen, liver, kidenys, lungs, brain-->GAUCHER'S DISEASE
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Enzyme replacement therapy- Ceredase
Genzyme made Ceredase (out of human placenta)-->replaced with recombinant therapy Cerenzyme
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Hormone replacement therapy-EPO
Epo is a hormone produced by the kidney in response to low O2 in the blood-->drives differentiation of RBCs from progenitor cells
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Recombinant Epo
used to treat sever anemia, suspected in illegal doping
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Detecting recombinant EPO
use highly glycosylation of recombinant Epo as compareed to endogenous to detect illegal doping
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Fusion Proteins
use the active domains of some proteins to improve or modify function
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Etanercept
fusion protein (combined Fc domain of TNF alpha and IgG)-->used as a fake receptor for TNF alpha and soaks up all the extra TNF alpha produced, used to treat Rheumatoid arthritis
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Hemoglobin vs. Myoglobin (function)
Hemoglobin is a carrier/transporter we get 10X the amount of O2 carrying capacity, Myoglobin is an O2 storage molecule
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Hemoglobin vs. Myoglobin (location)
Hb in blood, Mb in skeletal and cardiac muscle
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Hemoglobin vs. Myoglobin (location)
Hb is quaternary tetramer, Mb is monomer
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Hematocrit
the % volume of RBCs in the blood (25mM)
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Human oxygen requirements
260mL of O2/min at rest, 4000 mL/min by athletes
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Cytoglobin and Neuroglobin
In the brain and peripheral tissues
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Hb structure
quaternary strucutre of 2 dimers of 2 monomers a and B--the Hb monomers are touching and this allows communication to be possible
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Cooperativity
as one monomer binds an O2, it increases the affinity in the other monomers
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Hb SALT BRIDE
lysine and glutamate (think Salt Bridge is like glue)--IONIC BOND
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Salt Bridge=Tense
No O2 binding--low affinity
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Salt Bridge=Relaxed
O2 binding --> high affinity, O2 binding breaks the salt bridge
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Fe needs to be------to bind oxygens
reduced (Fe2+)
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Heme
Porphyrin ring that is planar and has 4 coordination bonds
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Fe
hexacoordinate, makes 4 bonds with Heme, 1 with proximal histidine, one with O2
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Cooperativity
binding of ligand (O2) to one monomer of a multimeric protein affects the affinity at the other binding sites (can be positive or negative)--positive for Hb
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Why do different types of Hb exist/
to address the specific tissue demands at different times during development
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Fetal Hb
HbF (exists as ~1% of adult blood)
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Allosteric Protein
protein that exhibits changes in ligan affinity under the influence of small molecules
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Allosteric effectors (regulators)
Bind to proteins at a site OTHER than the active site--alter ligan binding via Long-range conformational effects
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Allosterica regulator has a shape______than the substrate molecule
different than
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Hb S-Shaped
because of multimeric cooperativity
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Mb hyperbolic
because of monomeric, reversible binding
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Shifting the curve-->Lower the affinity
Negative allosteric effect-->shifts curve to right
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Shifting the curve-->Increasing the affinity
Positive allosteric effect-->shifts the curve left
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Increasing these, shifts the curve right
Temp, H+, CO2, BPG
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At high altitudes (low pO2, need to get more O2 to tissue)
high levels of BPG-->shift the curve to the right-->lower affinity for O2-->increase tissue O2
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2,3 BPG
metabolite in high concentrations in RBCs, principal allosteric effector for Hb-->stabilizes the T-form-->shifts T/R equilibrium to the T form-->binds btwn B subunits-->weakens affinity for O2 binding-->has little effect at high O2 levels-->has stronger effect at low O2 levels
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Carbamate formation
Hb carries 15% of CO2 in blood as carbamate-->carbamate formation favor salt bridge formation (tense state)-->lowers O2 affinity of Hb
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Hb acts like a blood buffer
binding protons-->Hb promotes the formation of bicarbonate
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Fetal Hb vs. Adult Hb
2,3 BPG has a weaker binding to fetal Hb because of different aminoacids at the allosteric site, allosteric effect of 2,3BPG on HbF HbF has a slightly higher affinity for O2 than HbA
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Alteration in HbF
The Histidine is replaced by Serine--->basically you took away positive charge-->less able to stick the O2
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Sickle cell Hb
HbS-->replace Glutamine with Valine-->hydrophobic-->cells with sickle shape
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B Thalassemias
chromosome 11, two mutated B-globin genes (minor: heterozygote)
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A Thalassemias
chromosome 16, progressive loss of alpha globin genes-->results in more severe anemias
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Why does HbS polymerize in the deoxy state
When the Hb is deoxygenated that is when the Hb clumps together-->causes long polymers, in higher O2 concentrations is can disperse
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Which vessels are affected by HbS?
Mostly venous occlusion because deoxyHb, especially venules
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Splenic involvement in HbS (SC)
Red pulp is the clearinghouse (sinusoidal slits)--white pulp (splenic cord) has immune function, when RBCs migrate from snusoids-->chords they get stuck-->sent for destruction (hemolysis)
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Joint/Inflammatory involvement (SC)
Increased RBC transit times in inflamed tissues
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Bone involvement (SC)
Occlusion in bone marrow-->very painful
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Circulatory involvement (SC)
Increased bilirubin because increased rate of hemolysis
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Sickle cell trait
confers resistance to Malaria, presence of HbA and HbS, patients should over overly strenous physical activity
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Management of Sickle Cell
Hydrate the patient! Dehydration is a huge issue-->hydrate with HYPOTONIC solution so it will enter cells, splenomegaly, ischemic tissue pain, leg ulcers
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Top ten symptoms to manage
Vasoocclusive crisis and acute pain, chronic pain, chronic hemolytic anemia (transfusion, folate supplementation), treatment and prevention of infections (spleen is important for immune response), organ damage (most SC patients have gallbladder removed), diagnosis and prevention of stroke (dilute HbS and antiplatelet therapy), pulmonary hypertension (acute chest syndrome), iron overload (chelation therapy, from transfusions), awareness of sickle cell trait, health maintenance (psychosocial)
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Creuzfeld Jacob Disease-Scrapie-Prions
transmissable spongiform encephalopathy
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Types of CJD
spontaneous CJD, famlial fCJD, variant vCJD
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Monosaccharides
glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose--exist as cyclic ring systems
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Lactose
glucose+galactose
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Amylose
glucose+glucose (alpha 1,4)
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How do gucose and galactose move from lumen-->enterocyte
use Na+ depdent transporter enter the apical membrane of the enterocyte--->exit the basal membrane
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Lactase
non-inducible, brush border enzyme-->can't make more of it if you ingested a lot of lactose-->lactose absorption is dependent upon lactose cleavage not onthe absorption of glucose and galactose
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Lactose intolerance
deficiency in lactase enzyme
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Brain and RBC requirement for glucose-HYPOGLYCEMIA
<45mg/dL
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How long after ingestion is glucose absorption take place?
2-3 hours
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Glycogen
glucose storage polymer--stored as granules in the liver and muscle cells
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Where are Glycogenolytic and glycogenic enzymes stored?
Bounds directly on granules of glycogen-->assures rapid change in glycogen metabolism in response to allosteric and hormone stimuli
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Glycosylation
Can occur during protein synthesis in the ER or after protein synthesis in the Golgi, is the major post translational protein modification
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What is the function of glycosylation?
guard against denaturation, signal tansport, cell-cell communication, maintain water solubility of hydrophobic proteins
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N-linked sugar on protein
GlcNAc or GalNAc bound to asparagine-X-Ser/Thr
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O-linked sugar on protein
bound to serine, usually membrane proteins and mucous secretions are O-linked
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LDL Receptor
Found in the membrane of smooth muscle and fibroblasts-has 2 N-linked and 1 O-linked glycosylations, O linked encircle the protein chain to hold it up like a circulary floaty--deficiency in LDL receptor can lead to Smith Lenli Opits
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I-Cell disease
lacking the GlcNAc 1-P transferase-->lysosomal enzymes do not get phosphorylated--> do not get the Man-6-P to target them to the lysosomes-->build up substrate in the lysosome-->dense inclusion bodies in the fibroblasts
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Collagen
triple helix motif with N-linked and O-linked glycosylations--> N linked cleaved off
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Degree of glycosylation
Highly glycosylated collagens-->meshwork (basement membranes), low glycosylated-->highly ordered (tendons
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Structure of collagen
each monomer: left handed alpha helical (tertiary), mature collagen: triple stranded, right handed super helical, quaternary
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Procollagen
Made first in RER-->sent to the Golgi-->N-linkages are removed
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Tropocollagen
Present form in the Golgi, Second version of collagen after the nonhelical domains have been cleaved off-->self assemble into insoluble collagen fibrils
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Brittle Bone disease
Can't synthesize Type I collagen
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Glycosylation & blood type
Glycosylation determines blood types-the "decoration": on the H-substance lycosphingolipid
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Type A blood
GalNAc (N-acetylgalactose)---develop antibodies in their plasma which agglutinate type B and AB
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Type B blood
Galactose--develop antibodies in plasma against type A and type AB
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Type A-B blood
GalNAc and Galactose--develop no antibodies (universal recipient)
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Type O blood
neither--have only H substance (universal dOnor)
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Sialic acid
impart negative charge via the carboxylate (in the GM receptor for the cholera pathway
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GABA
inhibitory NT-increase Cl- influx into the channel
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GABA drugs
propofol, neurosteroid
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GABA sites
on alpha subunit
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Excitatory
Ach, glutamate, serotonin
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Ionotropic (directly coupled ion channels)
ACh-nicotinic
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Metabotropic (linked to G-protein)
Ach-muscarinic (ex. ACh in the parasympathetic innervation of the heart)
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subunits of ACh receptor
alpha (2), beta, delta, gamma
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D-tubocurarine
competitive inhibitor of ACh
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Ion channel primaarily responsible for resting membrane
K+ leak channels (another is Na-K channels)
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Enzymes that synthesizes ACh, where is it synthesized
cholinacetyltransferase in the presynaptic
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Where is it stored and how is it released?
Stored in vesicles--released by increase Ca2+ (via voltage gated Ca2+ channels)
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Enzyme that degrades Ach, where is it synthesized
achetylcholinesterase, in the synaptic cleft
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Synthesis of GABA
GAD, formation of glutamate to GABA via decarboxylation
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Helix that lines the ion channel of ACh receptors
M2 helix--it's an amphipathic helix and it has hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains (opens and closes)
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What is meant by allosteric regulation of the ACh gating mechanism
ACh binding causes conformational change in M2 helix that allows hydrophilic ions in
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Differences between ACh and GABA(a)
ACh lets in anion, GABA lets in cations,
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Similarities between ACh and GABA(a)
both bind NTs, both have 5 subunits, they both have M2, they are both ionotropic,
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How does GABA decrease the probability of action potential?
GABA opens up Chloride channels (Cl- goes into cell, membrane potential goes down)
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Two positive modulators of the GABA(a) receptor
propafol and ethanol and benzodiazapenes, activate GABA(a) by binding to transmembrane receptor between alpha and gamma
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Disease involving a chloride channel
CFTR--cystic fibrosis
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Disease involving ACh receptor
Myastinia gravis-->autoimmune disease affecting the nicotinic receptor
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3 systems in structural
actin microfilaments, microtubules (the biggest), intermediate filaments
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Roadway analogy
Microtubules are highways, actin are the side roads
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Actin
does the membrane remodeling and movement (short distance movement)
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Myosin
molecular motors for actin, almost always to the + end of the filament
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Microtubules
alpha and beta tubulin heterodimers, alpha GTP does not hydrolyze to GDP, Beta GTP does hydrolyze, the highways
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Synthesis of microtubules
Both subunits of heterodimer need to be in the GTP state for polymerization-->always adds to the GTP-bound Beta subunit-->lateral assembly of 13 protofilaments results in hollow tube-->creates polarity-->heterodimers added to + end
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Microtubule Catastrophe
Rapid dissociation of the microtubules--rate of deletion is faster than the rate of addition
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Treadmilling
adding to the positive and losing from the negative simultaneously to change microtubule length
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Cilia and flagella
formed from doublet microtubules
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Kinesin
move towards the +
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Microtubule associated disease
Tau protien on chromosome 17-->causes Alzheimer's
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Microtubule organizing center
in the centriole, responsible for pulling the DNA apart
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Centrioles
organelles that pull the centromeres apart in mitosis, made up of gamma tubulin
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Kinetochore
the protein that the microtubules bind to on the centromere
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Mitotic spindle motion
uses dynein to pull apart
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Spindle poisons
Taxol(Palitaxel), vinca alkaloids (vinblastine and vincristine), colchicine
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Taxol (Paclitaxel)
hyper stabilizes microtubules by binding to b-tubulin
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Vincca alkaloids (Vinblastine and vincristine)
used in the treatment of leukemia and lymphoma--binds to tubulin dimers to inhibit their assembly
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Colchicine
membrane soluble, high affinity for tubulin, prevents polymerization extremely toxic, used for Gaut
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Genomic instability in Cancer
uneven mutiplication of MT organizing centers-->leads to multipolar cell division-->causes cancer-->one of the earliest events detectable
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Basal body
what cilia originate from, made of triplet microtubules
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Motile cilia
in the lungs
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Non-motile cilia
Ex. in the kidney lumen, these cilia can couple to cell proliferation-->mutation in this results in polycystic kidney disease
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Dynein
carry out long distance intracellular particle movement, retrograde motors-->move to the negative end, highly processive motors
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Kinesin
carry out long distance intracellular particle movement, anterograde-->move to the positive end
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Cytoplasmic dynein
found in the cytoplasm
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Axonemal dynein
found in cilia
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Fast axonal transport
the molecular motors (dynein and kinesin) move fast up and down axons
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Intermediate filaments
2 dimers form a tetramer, 8 tetramers form a rope like filament, coil-coil structure, less dynamic and non polarized--components are extremely diverse and complex--provides mechanical strength to cell
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Type I and II intermediate filaments
Keratins
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Type III -Intermediate filaments
Desmin, Vimentin
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Type IV-Intermediate filaments
nestin neurofilaments
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Type V-Intermediate filaments
nuclear lamins
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Node of ranvier
Achieved by dephosphorylating the intermediate filaments
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Epidermis Bullosa
genetic disease that affects the keratin (type I and II intermediate filaments)-->skin becomes detacheched from dermis
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Cilia
they have MTOC centrioles--basal bodies--composed of microtubules--9 doublets of microtubules arranged in a circle on the outside and 2 on the inside--highly energy dependent
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How do Cilia move?
axonemal dynein acuases adjacent filaments to slide over each other--highly ATP driven
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Cilia and Situs Inversus
Early embryo is symmetric L-R assymetry is established by a ciliated structure known as the node-->cilia mix up the contents-->mutations that affect dynein can cause cilia to beat the wrong direction
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Kartenger Syndrome
Situs inversus--ciliopathy--when combined with chronic sinusitis and bronchiectasis (inability of the cilia to move mucous through the lungs)
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Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Rare autosomal dominant ciliopathy encompassing 250 proteins-- chronic sinutsitis and bronchiestasis
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Crawling
some cells that don't have cilia, rely on intrinsic propeties of the actin/microtubule cytoskeleton for their movement
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Example of crawling cells
neutrophils migrating from the bloodstream to tissues when the "smell" diffusable molecules released from bacteria
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Where does fatty acid synthesis occur?
cytosol
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Where does fatty acid oxidation occur?
mitochondria
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In fatty acid synthesis, where and how is Acetyl CoA transferred from mitochondria?
Transferred to the cytoplasm as citrate through a citrate shuttle
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In fatty acid synthesis, what happens to citrate in cytoplasm?
- It is converted to oxalacetate (ATP-driven).
- Oxalacetate is converted to malate by malate dehydrogenase.
- Reduced form of NADH disguised as malate can be shuttle through to the mitochondria through the Malate transporter
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What is the source of carbons in fatty acid synthesis?
Acetyl CoA--acetyl is tethered by a thioester (SOCH3) to CoA
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The two building block for fatty acid synthesis
Acetyl CoA and malonyl CoA
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How do you convert Acetyl CoA to malonyl CoA?
Biotin as the carrier protein uses Biotin carboxylase
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What triggers fatty acid synthesis?
insulin--the cells know you have energy
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What inhibits fatty acid synthesis?
glucagon, epinephrine-->trigger phosphorylation of Acetyl CoA
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Acetyl CoA carboxylase
Key ergulatory enzyme in fatty acid synthesis
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Fatty acid synthesis: elongation
- Fatty acid synthase is like a wheel that uses CO2 has carbon source to elongate fatty acid chain, starts with 3 carbon malonyl CoA...
- 1. condensation
- 2. reduction
- 3. dehydration
- 4. reduction
- REPEAT!
- to
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How many cycles does fatty acid synthase have to comlete to build palmatate?
7 cycles (start with 2C-->16C)
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Net reaction for fatty acid synthesis
8AcCoA + 14 NADPH + 14H+ + 7 ATP-->palmitate+ 8CoA+ 14NADP+ + 7ADP +7 Pi+ 7 H2O
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How do humans convert fatty acids into triglycerides?
- activate as thioester by converting palmitate to "fatty acid coA" using Fatty acid CoA synthetase (thiokinase)
- acylate alcohol side chain-->reduce it with NADH-->acytlate-->reduce the ketone
- makes a phosphatidic acid intermediate (2/3 of the way to triglyceride
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phosphatidic acid
intermediate created during synthesis of triglycerides
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saturated vs. unsaturated
saturated packs together tightly (butter) unsaturared is kinky (liquid, oil)
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lipoprotein lipase
allows us to degrade triglycerise back to fatty acid
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Where are triglycerides stored? degraded?
adipose tissue, degraded in blood, liver
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