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Plasma Membrane

8 nm thick

Cholesterol Within the Animal Cell Membrane:

Cholesterol reduces membrane fluidity at moderate temperatures by reducing phospholipid movement, but at low temperatures it hinders solidification by disrupting the regular packing of phospholipids.

Integral Proteins

Penetrate the hydrophobic core of the lipid bilayer. Many are transmembrane proteins, which completely span the membrane. The hydrophobic region of an integral protein consists of one or more stretches of nonpolar amino acids

A phospholipid

amphipathic molecule, meaning is has both a hydrophilic region and a hydrophobic region.

Fluid Mosaic Model

The membrane is a fluid structure with a “mosaic” of various proteins embedded in or attached to a double layer (bilayer) of phospholipids.

Six Major Functions Performed by Proteins of the Plasma Membrane

Transport


Enzymatic Activity


Signal Transduction


Cell-Cell Recognition


Intercellular Joining


Attachment to the Cytoskeleton and Extracellular Matrix (EXM)

Mosaic

small pieces

HIV

Can infect a cell that has CCR5 on its surface that is most people



Cannot affect a cell lacking CCR5 in resistant individual

Passive Transport

the diffusion of a substance across a membrane with no energy investment

Diffusion

tendency for molecules to spread out evenly into the available space along a concentration gradient

Although each molecule in passive transport moves randomly

diffusion of a population of molecules may be directional

Dynamic equilibrium

Many molecules cross the membrane in one direction

Passive transport

substance diffuse down their concentration gradient

Concentration gradient

change/difference in the concentration of solutes in a solution between regions

No work must me done to move substances down the concentration gradient in passive transport

N/A

The diffusion of a substance across a biological membrane

passive transport

what factors can influence the rate diffusion

N/A

Osmosis

the diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane

water diffuses across a membrane from

the region of lower solute concentration to the higher solute concentration until the solute concentration is equal on both sides.

lower solute concentration

hypotonic

higher solute concentration

hypertonic

tonicity

the ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water based on osmosis.. 3 types: Isotonic, Hypertonic, Hypotonic

Isotonic Solution

Solute Concentration is the same as the inside, not net water movement across the plasma membrane

Hypertonic Solution

Solute concentration is greater than that inside the cell; cell loses water

Hypotonic Solution

Solute concentration is less than the inside of cell, cell gains water

Why doesn't the plant cells burst in a hypnotic solution

N/A

Plasmolysis

is in a hypertonic environment where plant cells lose water and eventually the membrane pulls away from the wall..

Passive transport

Aided by protein

Facilitated diffusion

transport proteins speed the passive movement of molecules across the plasma membrane

Channel protein

provide corridors that allow a specific molecule or ion to cross the membrane

Channel proteins include:

Aquaprotein: for facilitated diffuse of water


Ion channels that open or close in response to a stimulus (gated channels)

Active transport

moves substances against their concentration gradients

Active transport requires

energy usually in the form of ATP


adenosine triphosphate

Active transport s performed

by a specific carrier proteins embedded in the membranes

Active transport allows

cells to maintain concentration gradients that differ from their surrounding

Sodium-potassium pump

type of active transport system and is involved in the conduction of nerve impulses

bulk transport

across the plasma membrane occurs by Exocytosis and Endocytosis

Small molecules (oxygen and carbon dioxide) and water enter or leave the cell though the lipid bilayer or via transport proteins

N/A

Large molecules

Polysaccharides and proteins cross the membrane in bulk via vesicles

Bulk transport

requires energy

Exocytosis

transport vesicles migrate to the membrane, fuse with it, and release the contents

Exocytosis

Secretory cells use it to export products

Endocytosis

the cell takes in macromolecules by forming vesicles from the plasma membrane

Endocytosis

is a several of exocytosis involving different proteins

Two types of endocytosis

Phagocytosis: cellular eating


Receptor-mediated endocytosis

LDL

low density lipoprotein and transports insoluble cholesterol

Energy of Life: Living Cell

Cell extracts energy and applies energy yo perform work

Organism Metabolism

transforms matter and energy subject to the laws of thermodynamics

Metabolism

the totality of an organisms chemical reaction

Intermediary meatabolism

the chemical reactions that occur in cell

Metabolic pathways

are virtually identical in all living cells

Metabolic pathways

begin with a specific molecule and end with a product. each steps catalyzed by a specific enzyme

Forms of energy

kinetic: motion


heat(thermal energy): random movement atoms


potential energy: matter have cause of location


chemical energy: potential energy available for release in a chemical reaction

Energy

can be converted from one another but not destroyed or lost

Thermodynamics

the study of energy transformation

Closed system

isolated: like liquid in a thermo is isolated from its surroundings

open system

energy and matter can be transferred between the system and its surrounding

Are cells, organisms, the earth, universe open systems

yes

First law of thermodynamics

the energy of the universe is constant

the fist law is called

principle of conservation of energy

First law of thermodynamics

energy changes form : chemical energy

second law of thermodynamics

during every energy transfer or transformation some energy is reusable and is often lost as heat


every energy transfer or transformation increases entropy (disorder of universe)

second law of thermodynamics

bear with co2