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Golgi apparatus
It is a special organell found in the sytoplasm of the eukaryotic cell, it functions in the modification of proteins after they are synthesized. controls the export and import of protein, lipids, etc
Lysosomes
-Membrane sac- holds hydrolytic enzymes
-Breakdown proteins, fats, carbs, nucleic acids
Autophagy-
Recycle organelles and macromolecules

-Membranes fuse
-Enzymes break it down
-Returns to cytosol for reuse
What does the lysosome process look like?
what are neurons in brain made of?
lipids
what are vacuoles?
large vesicles- membrane-bound sacs.

only in plants

They hold water and enzymes and regulate the amount of water etc in a cell...They account for a large portion of cell's weight and size
food vacuole
formed by phagocytosis, fuses with lysosome
contractile vacuole
pump excess water out of a cell to maintain the salt concentration, protists

think of a fish who pees to keep equilibrium
where are central vacuoles?
in plants
what does the plant cell wall do?
-protects plant cell
-maintains its shape
-prevents excessive uptake of water
primary cell wall
relatively thin and flexible
middle lamella
thin layer between primary walls of adjacent cells in plants
where are plant cell walls? in the cell or out of the cell?
find out the answer
what does fibronectin do?
attaches two things, which 2 things?
what does the ECM do?
support
adhesion
movement
what is ECM?
extracellular matrix
intercellular junctions
neighboring cells in tissues, organs - adhere, interact, and communicate through direct physical contact

basically create little doors from one cell to the next, and technically something through go through the entire cell it would take a while but could go all across it through each of these.
cell wall in or outside of the plasma membrane?
OUTSIDE
animal cells (Slide 89 on chapter 6) Important slide
Biggest difference to plants is they don't have a cell wall

tight junctions - membranes of neighboring cells are pressed together, preventing leakage of extracellular fluid

-Desmosomes (anchoring junctions) - fasten cells together into strong sheets

-Gap junctions - provide cytoplasmic channels between adjacent cells
What about Ch 6?
1. Microscopes
2. Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes
3. cell size - relationship between surface area and volume
4. there will be a question on surface area and volume ratios
5. organelles
gap cells are the animal cell equivalent of a what in plants?
plasma desmada
cholesterol
a steroid that effects membrane fluidity depending on the temperature
what does cholesterol do at warm temps?
restrains movement of phospholipids, making them less fluid
what does cholesterol do at cool temps?
maintains fluidity by preventing tight packing...lowers the temperature required for a membrane to solidify
integral protein
gets into he hydrophobic core
a specific class of integral protein that spans the entire membrane is what?
transmembrane protein
peripheral proteins serve as what?
send up a signal or beacon to communicate a need or something so that something will come bond with them, etc or bring something to the cell that it needs
where to integral proteins go?
hydrophobic regions consist of nonpolar AAs, often coiled into a-helices
what are the 6 major functions of membrane proteins?
1 Transport
2 Enzymatic activity
3 Signal transduction
4 Cell-cell recognition
5 Intercellular joining
6 Attachment to the cytoskeleton and ECM
throw a carb on something add what prefix?
glyco
Fundamental themes in biology as related to cells
1. Structure = Function
2. Cells respond to their environment
what century was microscope discovered
16th
Light microscope
Passes light through a specimen & then
through glass lenses
Lenses refract (bend) light, magnifying the
image
who invented microscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Magnification on a microscope is calculated how?
Multiply objective lens (ex 4x) times ocular lens (ex 10x) = 40x
Magnification of a microscope
ratio of an object’s image size to its real size
with regards to resolution on a microscope, is shorter or longer wavelength better for resolution?
Shorter wavelength – better resolution
Conceptually, resolution is what on a microscope
measure of the clarity of the image...Minimum distance 2 points can be separated and still be distinguished as 2 points
What is Minimum resolution?
~200 nanometers (nm)
how much can you magnify with a light microscope?
approx 1000x
Can you use a light microscope to see most organelles of a cell?
No, most cellular organelles are too small to be resolved with a light microscope
how big are animal and plant cells?
Animal/plant cells 10-100 μm
how big are bacterial cells?
Bacterial cells 1-10 μm
can you see nerve cells with a light microscope?
yes, because they're so long, in fact you can see them with your human eye
which of the following can you see with a light microscope or with human eye?

1. frog egg
2. most plant and animal cells
3. inside cells you can see the mitochondria, nucleus,
4. some of bacterium (not the smallest

electron microscope
5. smallest bacterium
6. viruses
7. lipids
8. atoms
1-4 with light microscope
5-8 electron microscope
how does a scanning microscope work?
focus a beam of electrons onto the surface of a specimen
Provides 3D image
how does a Transmission electron microscope work?
focus a beam of electrons through a specimen
Mainly to study the internal ultrastructure of cells
which microscope makes a 3D image?
scanning microscope
which microscope is best to study the internal structure of cells
transmission microscope
why do they use electrons electron microscopy?
Electrons shorter wavelength than visible light- better resolution (clarity)

Resolution is to 2 nm
what is an SEM?
scanning electron microscope
what are the basic features of all cells?
1. plasma membrane
2. cytosol - fluid in cell
3. genetic information
4. ribosomes - make proteins
what term is cytoplasm interchangeable with?
cytosol
what's the diff btwn Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Prokaryotes
1. no nucleus
2. cell wall
3. no membrane bound organelles
4. smaller and simpler

Eukaryotes
1. have nucleus
2. don't have cell wall
3. animal cells only
4. membrane bound
5. larger and more complex
what are plant cells walls composed of?
cellulose
what are fungi cell walls composed of
chitin
what sets limits on the size of cells?
logistics of carrying out cellular metabolism
the larger the cell the ______ the level of metabolism
the larger the cell the larger the level of metabolism
the smaller the cell the ______the level of metabolism
the smaller the cell the smaller the level of metabolism
how large can a cell grow?
Cell can only grow to the extent
that it can support itself
when you increase the size of a cell, which increases more, the volume or the surface area?
volume
do smaller or bigger objects have a bigger surface to volume ratio?
smaller
does a high surface to vol ratio help or hurt ability to facilitate exchange materials between cell and environment
helps not hurts
a 5 in tall perfect cube has what surface to volume ratio?
1.2...

surface = 5x5 x 6 sides
vol = 5x5x5

150/125 = 1.2
what is plasma membrane
Selective barrier that allows sufficient passage of oxygen, nutrients, waste to service the volume of the cell
can things come through freely or is it throttled somehow?
For each square μM of membrane, only so much of a particular substance can cross/second

it's like shipping and receiving, many are semi-permeable
what are the problems with a large cell and the plasma membrane
Rates of chemical exchange with the environment could be inadequate to maintain a large cell
what is the main function of microvilli in the intestines?
to increase surface area to increase absorption
what does the nucleus contain
1. DNA
2. some genes
3. Mitochondria
4. chloroplast
what does the nuclear envelope do?
encloses the nucleus separating it from the cytoplasm
what does the nuclear envelope separate the nucleus from?
cytoplasm
what things line the nuclear envelope allowing macromolecules in and out?
pores
what lines the pores that are on the nuclear envelope?
pore complex
what does pore complex do?
lines the pores that are on the nuclear envelope regulating entry and exit of macromolecules
Nuclear lamina-
lines inside of the nuclear membrane
Netlike array of protein filaments maintains the shape

(like shape and frame on outside of the nucleus giving it shape)
Nuclear matrix-
framework of fibers extends throughout the nuclear interior
which of these 2 handles structure throughout the nucleus and which maintains structure of the outer edges of the nucleus
1. nuclear lamina is the outside framework
2. nuclear matrix is the structure and framework fibers throughout
what are Chromosomes?
DNA in discrete units
what are chromatin?
complex of proteins and DNA
what is the centromere?
it's at the junction in the X of the condensed chromosome
what is a telomere?
I think it's specifically the shorter arms on the condensed chromosome
how many chromosomes do we have?
46... 23 from each parent
what happens in the nucleolus
-ribosomal RNA is synthesized (rRNA)
-rRNA is assembled into large and small subunits
what is rRNA?
ribosomal RNA
In the following process place translated and transcribed by the proper arrow

DNA --> mRNA --> Protein
DNA --> mRNA
transcribed...mRNA goes and unwinds and reads the helix

mRNA --> Protein
translated
as a ribosome reads it and the tRNA grabs the appropriate protein and adds it to the new protein chain
Ribosomes
Make proteins using DNA as “directions”
what are ribosomes made of?
Made of rRNA and protein
what 2 places do ribosomes carry out protein synthesis?
1. cytosol - (those are free ribosomes)
2. on the outside of the endoplasmic reticulated (ER) - bound ribosomes
where/what do bound ribosomes do?
make proteins found in membranes, packaged within organelles, exported (secreted)

They do this on the outside of the endoplasmic reticulum
what are the Components of the endomembrane system?
1. nuclear envelope
2. endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
3. golgi apparatus
4. lysosomes
5. vacuoles
6. plasma membrane
which of the following are identical in structure/function:

Nuclear envelope
Endoplasmic reticulum
Golgi apparatus
Lysosomes
Vacuoles
Plasma membrane
NONE
what are the System Functions of the Endomembrane?
1. synthesize proteins
2. transport proteins to membranes or organelles
3. transport proteins out of cell
4. metabolism & movement of lipids
5. detoxification of poisons
what accounts for more than 1/2 the total membrane in many eukaryotic cells?
endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
what consists of tubules and sacs called cisternae
Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
what's the difference between smooth and rough ER?
rough has ribosomes
smooth has no ribosomes
what are the 2 regions of ER?
smooth ER and rough ER
what connects the ER to the nuclear envelope?
nothing they're continuous and nothing connecting connects them they're already connected
ER lumen what is it?
cisternal space... think Dave Matthews, it's the space between the "choral like" looking ER
what does smooth ER do?
1. synthesizes lipids/ phospholipids and steroids/sex hormones
2. metabolizes carbs
3. stores calcium (muscles)
4. detoxes drugs (liver)
where can we find lots of smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
testes
ovaries
how does smooth ER detox drugs in liver?
It makes it more soluble by adding a hydroxyl group and then secretes
What does rough ER do?
Produces secreted proteins (such as the hormone insulin from the pancreas cells)
how does the rough ER produce secreted proteins?
polypeptide chain goes into ER lumen through a pore in ER membrane
what's a transport vesicles-
vesicles moving from one area of cell to another, they move proteins around
how are Secretory proteins distributed?
Secretory proteins distributed by transport vesicles; Depart ER wrapped in membranes from transitional ER
what anchors the polypeptide to the ribosome on the ER membrane?
Anchored by hydrophobic portions
Why is the Golgi apparatus like Nashville at FedEx?
b/c products of ER are modified, stored and sent out from there...

transport vesicles bring polypeptide chains to them where they are sorted and sent out
Do cells involved in secretion have specifically few or many golgi apparatuses?
many
what is cisternae?
it's flattened membrane sacs found in ER (might be elsewhere but that's where it is for sure)
what are the flattened membrane sacs of ER called?
cisternae
what is the primary product between Photosynthesis II and Photosynthesis I?
ATP
is reducing adding or removing a H?
adding?
what is the strongest oxidizing agent known?
P680
mitochondria take ___ and turn it into ____
take glucose and turn it into ATP
how much is too much ATP?
you can never have too much ATP
what's the difference between oxidative phosphorylation and phosphorylation
With Oxidative phosphorylation - high energy electrons dropped down ETC

whereas with simple phosphorylation - water is the source of the electrons in phosphorylation
what powers ATP synthase
diffusion of H+ from thylakoid space
what gets spit into Calvin cycle
NADPH
What are fundamental themes in biology?
1. Structure = Function
2. Cells respond to their environment
main diff's btwn plant cells and animal
Plants
1. cell wall
2. central vacuoles
3. plasmodesmata
4. chloroplasts

Animal
1. lysosomes
2. centrioles
none of the stuff above
what are central vacuoles?

what type of cells are they in?
they hold enzymes and water

only in plants
Does a large cell have a high or lower level of metabolism compared to smaller cell?
larger
Does a small cell have a high or lower level of metabolism compared to larger cell?
smaller
Thylakoids
membranous sacs
Granum- stack of thylakoids

found in chloroplasts
Stroma
found in chloroplasts... internal fluid
Contain ribosomes & DNA
What 3 compartments are chloroplast divided into?
Intermembrane space
Stroma
Thylakoid space
are chloroplasts mobile?
yes, they move around in the cell
what is a granum?
stack of thylakoids
what is stroma likened to in a chloroplast?
it's like the cytoplasm of a chloroplast
what do peroxisomes produce?
they produce H2O2 and then convert it to water
What do peroxisomes do with oxygen?
Use oxygen to break down fatty acids- fuel in mitochondria
what 3 types of molecular structures are cytoskeleton composed of
microtubules
microfilaments
intermediate filaments
what is the cytoskeleton?
Network of fibers extending throughout the cytoplasm
What are the Roles of the Cytoskeleton?
1. Support cell and maintain its shape
Animal cells lack cell walls
2. Provides anchorage for organelles
3. Dynamic- quickly dismantled and reassembled
Can you imagine if our skeletons did that?!
4. Motility- cell movement & parts within the cell
5. Motor proteins bind tubules, filaments
Slide them past one another
Similar to how your muscles contract
6. Vesicles, organelles travel along microtubules
Neurotransmitter molecules migrate to tips of axons
ER transport vesicles travel to Golgi
7. Manipulate plasma membrane to form vesicles
Why is it important that animal cells have cytoskeleton?
we'd be jello because we don't have cell walls
Rank the Components of the Cytoskeleton in thickness:
Microtubules- thickest
Intermediate filaments- middle
Microfilaments- (actin filaments) thinnest
Microtubules are Hollow rods called what?
tubulin dimer
how do microtubules grow in length?
Grow in length by adding a dimer
within centrosome, how many triplets of microtubules are arranged in a ring
9 triplits
In animal cells- microtubules grow out from what?
centrosome
How do Cilia and flagella differ?
in their beating patterns
What controls the beating of cilia & flagella
the microtubules' contractions
What anchors the cilium or flagellum
basal body
What are cilia and flagella composed of
A core of microtubules sheathed by the plasma membrane
What is the 9 +2 pattern in cilia and flagella
9 doublets in a ring
2 single in the center

like a churro of 9 doublets around the outside tube and 2 singles in middle
What is Dynein?
motor protein drives the bending movements
Located on outer doublet in pairs
Reach toward neighboring doublet
which is thicker actin or myosin?
myosin
1000's of actin filaments are parallel with myosin
in the video, what is the arm that is cocked and powered by ATP?
myosin

myosin pulls actin by fitting in a slot and pulling it like a rope in rowing motions
what are Intermediate Filaments made of?
Made out of keratin proteins
do intermediate filaments disassemble and reassemble?
No, they're Permanent fixture- don’t unassemble
what are the major 3 Extracelluar Components?
1. Cell walls of plants
2. Extracellular matrix (ECM)
3. Intercellular junctions
What are the multiple layers of the cell wall?
1. Primary cell wall- relatively thin and flexible

2. Middle lamella- thin layer between primary walls of adjacent cells
Rich in pectins (polysaccharides)

3. Secondary cell wall- (in some cells): added between the plasma membrane & the primary cell wall
Strengthens the wall, offers protection

4. Plasmodesmata- channels between adjacent plant cells
What is the ECM made up of?
Made up of glycoproteins
How do Cells attach to ECM?
by a glycoprotein called fibronectin
What are the ECM functions?
SAM

Support

Adhesion

Movement
Intercellular Junctions are what in animals and what in plants?
gap junctions in animals
plasmodesmata in plants
What are desmosomes?
(anchoring junctions)- fasten cells together into strong sheets
Why is it important that animal cells have Tight junctions?
membranes of neighboring cells are pressed together, preventing leakage of extracellular fluid
What are Gap junctions?
provide cytoplasmic channels between adjacent cells
What is a light rxn?
Calvin cycle catches the light
Is the Calvin cycle is it NADH or NADPH?
NADPH
what is the product of the calvin cycle?
raw product is a sugar called G3P (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
For the net synthesis of ONE G3P has to turn how many times?
has to turn 3 times
where does the Calvin cycle occur?
stroma
how many CO2's go in to the Calvin cycle to create one G3P?
3 CO2
what is the initial enzyme of Calvin Cycle
Rubisco
What are the 3 phases of the Calvin cycle?
1. Carbon fixation
2. Reduction
3.
What is RuBP?
Ribulose bisphosphate
what goes into the first phase of Calvin cycle (into Carbon fixation)?
RuBP and CO2
What happens essentially in the Reduction phase?
Stealing phosphates from the 1,3-Bishphosphoglycerate and then ditching H+'s

Adding a phosphate group, reducing and using a phosphate group... taking 6 NADPH's and in this case we're pulling the H+'s off
What is Regeneration of the CO2 Acceptor
It's the setting up the Calvin cycle with the necessary RuBP

Carbon skeletons of 5 G3P molec's rearranged into 3 RuBP's
what is the net synthesase of 3 turns of calvin cycle?
1 G3P molecule
If 3 carbons go into the Calvin and only 1 G3P comes out, What happens to the other 2?
They get used to regenerate the RuBP
what would be on test about CAM C3/C4
know chemiosmosis
Know CAM plants
C3 vs C4 plant photosynthesis
Is a CAM plant a C4?
yes it's a specific type
where does Calvin cycle occur in C4?
in bundled sheath cells...this is to keep it from having photo respiration

keeping CO2 high around rubisco

Mesophil cells... calvin in bundled sheath.
how does CAM do Calvin cycle?
at night, the difference is not the cells but in the time of day. CAM saves malate till morning and uses it up during the day.

temporal separation,
Calvin cycle at night
why do C4 and CAM perform differently?
to keep from losing water...
What kind of climates would you see more C4?
hot dry climates

C3 would be in cooler climates in which it's more efficient not to have to fix this carbon molecules.
Why is it called C4?
because it juggles 4 C's
What does oxidative phosphorylation include?
includes electron transport chain and chemiosmosis
what are cellular membranes

A proteins
B lipids
C carbs
D all of the above
D all of the above
what are amphiaphathic molecules?
contain hydrphobic and hydrphilic
Can Phospholipids move within the bilayer (fluid as salad oil)
yes, fluid as salad oil
As temperatures cool, membranes switch from what to what?
fluid state to a solid state
Membranes rich in unsaturated fatty acids are more or less fluid at lower temperatures
more fluid at lower temperature than saturated fatty acids
Do kinks make the membrane more or less fluid?
MORE Fluid --Cannot pack together due to double bonds between carbons in the hydrocarbon chain
What's the difference between Integral protein and Peripheral protein
Integral protein- penetrate the hydrophobic core of the lipid bilayer
Transmembrane protein- spans the entire membrane

Peripheral protein- not embedded in the membrane, bound to it
What are the 2 ways that a transport membrane protein can get something across
Hydrophilic channel or ATP to actively pump substance across
Signal Transduction membrane proteins do what?
They communicate with the environment
cell to cell membrane proteins do what?
communicate with other cells
Do kinks make the membrane more or less fluid?
MORE Fluid --Cannot pack together due to double bonds between carbons in the hydrocarbon chain
What's the difference between Integral protein and Peripheral protein
Integral protein- penetrate the hydrophobic core of the lipid bilayer
Transmembrane protein- spans the entire membrane

Peripheral protein- not embedded in the membrane, bound to it
What are the 2 ways that a transport membrane protein can get something across
Hydrophilic channel or ATP to actively pump substance across
Signal Transduction membrane proteins do what?
They communicate with the environment
cell to cell membrane proteins do what?
communicate with other cells
what do we need to remember about diffusion vs osmosis
Diffusion refers to the movement of

SOLUTE (molecules) down its OWN

concentration gradient

Do NOT confuse this with osmosis- the diffusion of WATER (solution)
do animal cells like hypo, hyper or isotonic environments?
iso
do plant cells like hypo, hyper or isotonic environments?
hypo
what is plasmolyzed
when a cell is in a hypertonic solution and shrivels as a result
what are all the proteins that can facilitate active transport?
ONLY carrier proteins
Phagocytosis (eating)- cell engulfs particles in a vacuole
engulfs food
Pinocytosis (drinking)- cell creates vesicle around fluid
engulfs fluid
Catabolic pathways do what/
break down glucose; release energy
Anabolic pathways do what?
Build complex molecules from simpler ones; consume energy doing it
First Law of Thermodynamics
Energy can be transferred & transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed
what's an example of closed system
mitochrondria
what is -delta G
exergonic
Breaking down glucose has what ∆G
-686KJ
By nature are cells in equilibrium?
Cells are not in equilibrium because they're in an open system otherwise, they'd be dead. If you're in closed system you'd die.
Three main kinds of work use energy:
Mechanical- beating of cilia, muscle contraction

Transport- pump substances across membrane against the concentration gradient

Chemical- endergonic rxn’s, synthesis of polymers from monomers
What is the ETC
Electron Transport Chain
Does ETC product ATP directly?
Does not produce any ATP directly
What goes into ETC?
2 H+'s and 2e-'s from food via NADH
Is photosynthesis exer or energonic? Why
Photosynthesis is endergonic.

because it's storing energy
Is respiration- exer or energonic? Why
(exergonic)
what goes into photosynthesis?
CO2 and H2O
What comes out of photosynthesis?
organic + O2
where does photosynthesis send the organic molecules?
to the mitochondria to create ATP
How do cells obtain chemical energy stored in organic molecules
How do cells use that energy to generate ATP
Glycolysis
Citric Acid Cycle
Oxidative Phosphorylation
Fermentation
Categorize G-energy and S-energy:
G- free energy (energy available to do work)

(S- entropy) dissipated as heat
What are the 2 types of Catabolic Rxn’s that Generate ATP?
Fermentation- anaerobic respiration (no oxygen!)
Partial degradation of sugars, no oxygen is consumed

Cellular Rs- consumes oxygen (aerobic) & organic fuel
Much more efficient than fermentation!
Oxidation
lose an electron
Reduction
gain an electron (reducing the positive charge of the atom b/c electrons are negative)
where is the ETC?
in mitochondria
Cellular respiration goes from what to what to what?
Food  NADH  electron transport chain  oxygen