Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Plasma membranes
- Components
- Glycocalyx
- Found on the cells surface, they are imbeddded in the
membrane and have a carbohydrate chain extending
outwards.
- Glycolipids: consist of a carbohydrate and a
lipid. They are involved in the recognition of
self/ non-self cells
- Glycoproteins: Consist of a carbohydrate and a
protein. They are involved in cell to cell communication
and transport through the membrane.
- They serve as protein binding sites and cell lubrication and adhesin molecules
- Cholestrol molecule
- found within the cell molecule, acts as a patching
substance which helps to regulate membrane and
fluidity.
- Made of lipid component of cell membranes and
acts to help stiffen the membrane. it si not found in
plant cells
- Proteins
- Can be structural/ integral (bound to hydrophobic
interior of cell membrane) or periferal ( not bound
this way)
- Structural proteins:
Help to give cell
support and shape
- Receptor proteins: Help cells to
communicate with their external
environment by using hormones,
neurotransmitters adn other siganling
molecules
- Tranport proteins: such as
globular proteins accross cell
membranes through facillitated
diffusion.
- Phospholipid bilayer
- A double layer of pholipid molecules whoose hydrophilic heads face
outward and hydrophobic tails face inwards, towards eachother.
- Phospholipids: Are molecules
composed of two fatty acid chains
linked to a charged phosphae group.
- Fatty acid chains are hydrophobic and phosphate is hydrophilic.
This means the fatty acids avoid water while the
phosphate readily bonds with it.
- Hydrophobic molecules pass through freely while hydrophilic
molecules do not pass through freely.
- Phospholipids take on thsi
configuartion as protection from
water, in cytosol.
- Movement is driven by three things.
- Energy
- Differance in concentration.
- Differance in concentration
of substance unable to
cross a membrane
- Types of movement across a membrane.
- Ozmosis
- The net movement of water molecules across a partially
premiable membrane, hte movement is down the
concentration gradient.
- Occurs when other particles cannot cross membrane and hense in
used as a method to creat an equilibrium.
- Hyper, highly concentrated solutions
- Hypo, solutions with a low concentration
- Iso, solutions with the same concentration
- Solution types:
- Hypertonic solutions have more solute outsied
cell causing water to diffuse across and
allowingthe cell to shrink and die.
- Hypertonic solutions have less solute molecules outside the
cell that inside and this causes water to diffuse into
the cell adn hte cell will grow.
- Isotonic solutions have equal solute on both sides
and because of thsi the water moves back and forth
not changing the concentration.
- Diffusion
- movement of molescules across the
plasma membrane as a result of the
concentration gradient. This does NOT
require energy.
- Takes place through phospholipid bilayer.
- Facilitated diffusion: Occurs due to a protein channel or a carrer
protein. when large water soluble molecules diffuse through protein
channels.
- Active trasnport
- moves disolved substance from a high to
concentration to a low concentration. requires
energy. Must take place through carrier proteins and pumps.
- Sodium potassium pump: the cell pumps out 3
sodium ions and takes in 2 potassium ions. Pumps and channels require energy.
- Bulk trasnport
- Endocytosis: the bulk movement of solid particles into a cell. The
membranes forms a vessicle around the particle and creates a
vessicle.
- Exocytosis: bulk movement of particle out of a cell, they are enclosed in a
vessicle which then fuses with plasma membrane an they are released, minus
- Ions: Cannot diffuse through
membrane as they are charged
molecules and hense require proteins
(channels or carriers)
- Eg:- when sodium chloride enters
water, it breakes for compund to the Na
and Cl molecules.
- Water: Crosses phospholipid
bilayer by osmosis.
- Glucose: passes
through the
phospholipid bilayer by
using a carrier protein
- Ions: Cross phospholipid bilayer
with th ehelp of special/ specific
proten channels
- DIfferant types of passive transport
- Diffusion
- Channel mediated: Molecules
which cannot carry out simple
diffusion pass theough protin
channel
- Carrier mediated:Protein molecule
alone is insufficient and carrier
molecule is needed to bring through
protein chanel. facilitated diffusion=
specifi