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The nuclear membranes and the membranes of the ER, Golgi apparatus, endosomes, and lysomes
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endomembrane system
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protein synthesis
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Cytosol
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DNA and RNA synthesis
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Nucleus
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Synthesis of most lipids
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ER
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Intracellular degradation
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Lysosomes
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ATP synthesis by oxidative phosphorylation
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Mitochondria
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Movement of proteins into and out of the nucleus
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Gated transport
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Protein transported from the cytosol into the ER, the mitochondria, the chloroplast and the peroxisome
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Transmembrane transport
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Movement of proteins from the ER into the Golgi,lysosome, and the plasma membrane.
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Vesicular transport
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The absence of a sorting signal results in?
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cytosolic localization
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Fibrous layer on the inner surface of the inner nuclear membrane made up of a network of intermediate filaments
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Nuclear lamina
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Double membrane surrounding the nucleus. Consists of outer and inner membranes perforated by nuclear pores.
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Nuclear envelope
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Channel through the nuclear envelope that allows selected molecules to move between Nucleus and cytoplasm
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Nuclear pore
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small membrane-bounded organelle with a cage of proteins (the coat) on its cytosolic surface. It is formed by the pinching off of a coated region of membrane
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Coated vesicle
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Is a protein which plays a major role in the formation of coated vesicles.
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clathrin
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One or two short sequences containing several positive charged Lys or Arg (lysines or arginines)
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Nuclear localization signal (NLS)
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These cytosolic proteins bind to the nuclear localized signal and help direct the new protein to the pore by interacting with the nuclear pore fibrils.
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Nuclear Transport Receptors (NTR)
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These proteins inside the organelles help to pull the protein across the two membranes of mito., chloro, perioxisome, and to REFOLD the protein once it is inside.
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Chaperone proteins
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Phospholipids are transported individually to mito and chloroplasts by?
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water-soluble lipid carrying proteins
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a segment of eight or more hydrophobic amino acids that are also involved in the process of translocation across the membrane
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ER signal sequence or ER targeting sequence
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ribosomes that are attached to the cytosolic side of the ER membrane (and outer nuclear membrane) and are making proteins that are being translocated in the ER.
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Membrane-bound ribosomes
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ribosomes unattached to any membrane and are making all of the other proteins encoded by the nuclear DNA.
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Free ribosome
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mRNA molecule with many ribosomes bound to it
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polyribosome
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What two components guide the ER signal sequence to the ER membrane?
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signal-recognition particle (SRP) and SRP receptor
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Membrane vesicles that carry proteins from one intracellular comp. to another.
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transport vesicle
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formed by the coming together of the translocation channels from both the outer and inner mitochondrial membrane
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contact site
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recognizes the 5' capped end of the mRNA and starts scanning the molecule for AUG
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Initiation complex
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mechanism that is used when the proteins are said to be targeted to their correct subcellular destination
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"post-translational
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A discrete structure in eukaryotic cells that is specialized to carry out a particular function.
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Organelle
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Proteins recognized by the NPC contain a signal sequence called?
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Nuclear localization signal (NLS)
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Proteins that are transported into and out of nucleus are completely
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FOLDED
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Proteins that are exported have a targeting signal called?
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Nuclear export signal (N.E.S)
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Channels are referred to as --------- a specific stimulus triggers a switch between an open and closed
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gated
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"Selectivity filter"
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Ion channels
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Types of gating stimuli: Probability of opening is controlled by membrane potential
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Voltage-gating
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when ion channel is going from closed to open
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gating
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Types of gating stimuli: Chemical ligand binding controls channel opening
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Ligand-gated
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Type of gating; Mechanical forces placed on the channel controls opening
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Stress-gated
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specialized protein domain that is sensitive to changes in membrane potential
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voltage sensor
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RANDOMLY switch between an open and a closed state.
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K+ leak channels
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Protein embedded in a membrane that serves as a carrier of ions or small molecules from one side to the other.
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Membrane transport protein
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The rate at which a molecule can actively diffuse through a synthetic lipid bilayer depends on size of the molecule and its solubility properties. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE: passively diffuse
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Passage of material based on size and charge
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Channel proteins
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spontaneous movement, down a gradient, NO energy
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Passive transport
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Nonspontaneous movement- requires energy
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Active transport
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CO2, ethanol, O2, and fat soluble molecules move down is conc. gradient by
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Simple Diffusion
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example; The passive transport of glucose acoss the plasma membrane is an example of what?
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Change in carrier protein conformation
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Glucose binding is required to trigger the change in conformation in carrier protein? T/F
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False: Glucose binding is NOT required
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When glucose is going from outside of the cell to the inside of the cell it is going AGAINST its conc. grad.? T/F
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False: Glucose when going from outside to inside is going DOWN its conc. grad.
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Direction of transport of carrier protein is dictated by the conc. gradient of the solute.? T/F
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TRUE
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The outside of the plasma membrane is negative and the cytoplasmic side is positive. T/F
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False; the cytoplasmic side is negative and the outside is relatively POSITIVE
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The conc. grad. and the voltage across the membrane (membrane potential) is referred to as?
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Electrochemical gradient.
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Driving force that causes an ion to move across a membrane. Caused by differences in ion conc. and in electrical charge on either side of the membrane.
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Electrochemical gradient
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Membrane transport process in which the transfer of one molecule depends on the simultaneous or sequential transfer of a second molecule
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Coupled transport
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Na+ out of the cell (30% of energy) and K+ going in the cell. both against the gradient.
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Na+-K+ pump: ATP-driven pump
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In the Glucose-Na+ symporter Na+ moves down the conc. grad and Glucose moves against its gradient? T/F
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True
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In the apical membrane the Sodium-Potassium pump is going and in the basal membrane there is the Na+-glucose symporter. T/F
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False: the Sodium-Potassium pump is on the basal membrane and the Na+-glucose symporter is on the apical membrane.
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must be exerted on the low solute conc. side of a semipermeable membrane to prevent the flow of water across the membrane
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Osmotic pressure
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Water will move from an area of low solute (high water) conc. to an area of high solute (low water) conc. T/F
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True
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Ca2+ is one directional going form lumen of SR to cytosol. T/F
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False From cytosol to lumen of SR
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Specialized to recognize particular oligosaccharide side chains and bind them.
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Lectins
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