The Living Cell

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Biology of Cells IA (Michaelmas Lectures) Flashcards on The Living Cell, created by Alice Hathaway on 06/01/2019.
Alice Hathaway
Flashcards by Alice Hathaway, updated more than 1 year ago
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Archaea Enzymes form extremophiles e.g. thermostable DNA polymerase
Cell Membrane Maintain chemical integrity by separation - amphipathic bilayer. Best in liquid crystallised state. Selective permeability
Cell wall Fully permeable. Cellulose in plants - most abundant polysaccharide Peptidoglycan Chitin
Gram Bacteria POSITIVE -> thick pepdioglycan and membrane under. Purple NEGATIVE -> membrane, thin peptidoglycan then membrane. Pink. Bacteria won't work - cannot active peptidoglycan
Information Storage requirements Molecule must be stable and accessible - rapid replication without error
DNA Major and minor grooves allow access to information. Genome = total DNA in organism
Genes Not all encode proteins and some may encode multiple (alternative splicing)
Plasmids Readily transferred, antibiotic resistance. Horizontal gene transmission - rapid spread
DNA packaging 2m in cells. Octomer form nucleosome and further folding. Chromatin packing regulates gene expression
Nucleus Contains pores, regulated bu NPC above 60,000 Da. Mammals 3-4000 pores
Central Dogma DNA replication -> transcription -> translation One way system
DNA -> protein Transcription and translation Spontaneous 3D folding
Ribosomes 2 main chain rRNA and over 50 proteins. Small and large subunit 70s -> (50s large/ 30s small) 80s -> (60s large/ 40s small) rRNA made in nucleolus Smaller subunit = protein assembly framework, large = catalyst for amino acids into polypeptide
ER Makes 10% cell volume Signal peptide recognised by translator proteins to allow them to move through ER
Proteomics Large scale protein analysis 80,000 proteins in human cell
Metabolism Chemical reaction release energy from catabolism, or use energy in anabolism
Metabolomics Study of cellular metabolites. Changes can occur from stress/ environment. Use to diagnose/ treat disease/ test drug retention times
Specific environments Enabled through membranes Different pH Proteins organised in arrays
Peroxisome Oxidative reactions (e.g. breakdown fatty acids). Make myelin sheath hence issue could cause neurological disease
Glyoxysome In plants Convert fats to sugar via glyoxylate cycle
ATP High energy final bonds due to phosphate repulsion being overcome Terminal phosphorylate other molecules to drive anabolic reactions Chemiosmosis and substrate level phosphorylation
ATP synthase 100 ATP per second. Rotation action Chemiomosis
Mitochondria Outer membrane smooth and permeable Inner very impermeable, but rich to proteins for energy transduction Membrane potential 160mV across inner membrane drives ATP synthesis 0.001% of nuclear DNA
Chloroplast Phototransduction Thylakoid membrane of flattened vesicles forming grand. 3pH difference drives chemiosmosis Not made denovo - arise by division of different ones
Transport of proteins Requires transit across membranes via transporters Fate depends on amino acid sequence - no signal remains in cytosol Others have sorting signals recognised by complementary membrane translators Sorting signal 15-60 amino acids. Removed by peptidases
Entrance/ exit from cell Enter through endocytosis Leave through exocytosis
Vesicle Movement flow along organised routes. Budd off from donor Polarised Golgi cistern - material enters from cis end and leaves via trans. Small vesicles transfer between cistern - each has different enzyme and environments. Chemically modified e.g. ogliosaccharide
Cytoskeleton Dynamic. More refined in eukaryotes 3 filament types - microtubules, intermediate filaments, actin filaments
Microtubules Set position of organelles and direct transport
Intermediate filaments Mechanical strength
Actin filaments Shape and movement of cell
Interactions and assembly All interact with accessory proteins to control assembly and structure and regulate interactions e.g. motor proteins heir structures - non-covalent hence rapid assembly/ disassembly
Microtubule 25nm, hollow cylinder. Heterodimer of alpha and beta tubular. Bind head to tail into protofilaments and assemble side to side into cylinder of 13 protofilaments. Polar - alpha minus end, beta positive. New subunits added more readily to + end Used in plants in cell shape
Kinesin and Dyenin Kinesin to + end and dyeing to - end. Hydrolyse ATP and bind to microtubules and cargo. Cycle of bind and release moves 1 step at a time Kinesis 2-3um/sec, dyenin 14um/sec
Use motors Able to move vesicles and mRNA to make more efficient processes ER binds to kinesin/ Golgi binds to dyenin
Actin filaments 7nm 2 parallel chains of actin in helix. More rapid growth at + end High concentration in cell membrane Used by bacteria to move in cytoplasm
Myosin Close relation to kinesin + end directed motors, move material along actin Regulate cell shape
Intermediate filaments 10-12nm Elongated subunits Cross linked in strong arrays for mechanical stability. Keratins stabilise outer layers of skin/hair/nails Nuclear laming - meshwork outside nuclear envelope
Bacteria tublin forms Z ring in bacteria and chloroplasts for cell division
Cilia metachronal waves over long sheets. beat then relax. 6-10u, dyenin bridges produce sliding
Flagella sperm and protists undulating wave from base to tip. 50-200um Prokaryote thinner, each attached by hook to protein discs in wall - miniature turbine
Ciliary and flagella Rooted in cortex by basal bodies inconvertible to centriole in centriole doublets of microtubules in 9+2 configuration, linked by accessory proteins
Defects in cilliary dyenin Kartagener's syndrome Lung infections, sperm immotile, opposite body axis
Generation of daughter cells Mitosis (prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis-contractile ring and myosin pinches)
Adhesive junctions Most fundamental in cell communication, Adhesion to each other for common extracellular material secretion. Transmembrane junction protein links - actin intermediate associated
Channel forming junctions Direct passage between adjacent cells - animal gap junctions for passage of inorganic ions and small polar molecules. Formed my hexametric complexes Coordination of cell activities regulated by small molecules Permeability regulated by Ca2+ or pH
Plasmodesmata Plant cell channel forming junctions Bridge cell wall with cytoplasmic channels Form as cell divides - cytokinesis incomplete to form
Other junctions Occluding (tight) Signal -relaying
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