MEMBRANE

Phospholipid bilayer

Protein

Peripheral: touch the outside of the phospholipid bilayer

Endocytosis: cell takes in molecules by forming new vesicles from the plasma membrane

Phagocytosis: cell engulfs particles

Receptor-mediated: cell acquires bulk quantities of specific substances

Diffusion: moving from high to low concentration

Active: needs protein and ATP

Simple: no need for protein or ATP

Small non-polar molecules: CO2, O2

Molarity

Hypertonic: higher solute concentration

Isotonic: same concentration

Plant

Turgid: normal; plant cell is hypertonic to the outside

Plasmolyze:

Flaccid

Animal

Lysed

Normal

Shriveled

Hypotonic: lower solute concentration

Subtopic

Membrane fluidity: unsaturated tail and cholesterol

Exocytosis: cell secretes certain molecules by the fusion of vesicles with the plasma membrane

CELL SIGNALING

Signal transduction pathway: amplification of message

Reception signal molecule binds to receptor

Signaling molecule

G protein coupled receptor

G protein

Adenylyl Cyclase

Ras: type of G-protein

Tyrosine Kinase Receptor

Signaling molecule binds to kinases, makes a dimer

Produces ATP and adds 6 phosphate groups

Activates relay protein kinases

Transduction

CAMP: second messenger

Protein Kinase A

Phosphorylation Cascade

Cellular responses

Example: Produces transcription factors

p53: (tumor suppressor gene) produces protein that inhibits the cell cycle as a transcription factor

defective p53 as a missing transcription factor cannot activate transcription, causes cancer

Enzymes

GENE REGULATION

PROKARYOTES

Lac operon

Lactose Present

Yes

Repressor binds to allolactose (inactive)

Glucose Present

No

Adenylyl Cyclase: active

cAMP levels high

CAP active

Yes

Adenylyl cyclase: inactive

cAMP levels low

cAMP inactive

operon OFF (basal)

No

Trp operon

Tryptophan Present

Yes

No

Repressor is inactive (not enough tryptophan avaliable)

Operon ON

EUKARYOTIC

DNA packaging

Nucleosome

Tight Helical Fiber

Looped Domains

Metaphase Chromosome

Proximal control elements

Distal control elemeents

General Transcription Factors

Low Levels (basal) Transcription

Specific Transcription Factors

High Levels of Transcription

Activatiors

Attach to the enhancers

Activates to the DNA binding protein: bends and folds to gene to reach the promoter

CELL CYCLE

Interphase

G1: growth occurs

S: DNA replication

G2: more growth

Meiosis

Meiosis I

Prophase I: chromosomes condenses, nucleoli begins to break down and disappear

Prometaphase I

Metaphase I: homologous chromosomes align parallel in the center of cell

Anaphase I: homologous chromosomes move to the opposite ends of the cell

Telophase I: spindle fibers disperse, nuclear envelope forms around a group of chromosomes at each pole

Cytokinesis

Animals: cleavage furrow

Plants: cell plate forms

Meiosis II

Prophase II

Prometaphase II

Metaphase II: Chromosomes align in the center of cell

Anaphase II

TelophaseII

Mitosis

Prophase: chromosomes condenses, nucleoli begins to break down and disappear

Prometaphase

Metaphase: chromosomes align in the center of cell

Anaphase: sister chromatids move to the opposite ends of the cell

Telophase: spindle fibers disperse, nuclear envelope forms around a group of chromosomes at each pole

Cytokinesis: cytoplasm divides

Animals: cleavage furrow

Plants: cell plate forms

Cancer

Proto-oncogene: normal cell growth and division

Oncogene: 'onco' means tumor

p53: tumor repressor gene

Ras: a G-protein

Cyclins: protein

Cyclin-Dependent Kinases: only active when bound to specific cyclins, always present in the cell

Expresses protein that stimulates the cell cycle

Hyperactive Ras signals excessive protein

Produces an uncontrolled cell growth and leads to cancer

Proteins

Amino Acids

Carbohydrates

Sugars

Fats

Glycerol

Fatty Acids

Glycolysis

Glucose

Glyceraldehyde-3-P

Pyruvate

Acetyl CoA

Citric Acid Cycle

Oxidative phosphorylation

CELLULAR RESPIRATION

MACROMOLECULES

Protein Kinase: adds a phosphate group

EXAM 1

EXAM 3

BIOLOGY 311C: introduction to structure & function, energy flow, and transmission & expression of genetic information in the living systems

BIG IDEA I

Biological Hierarchy

Chemistry for Biology

Biological Molecules

Origin of Life

Cell Structure

Biological Membrane

Cell Communication

BIG IDEA II

Metabolism

Respiration

Photosynthesis

PEP Carboxylase

CO2

Oxaloacelatate (4C)

Malate (4C)

CO2

Calvin Cycle

Sugar

Vascular Tissue

Pyruvate (3C)

PEP (3C)

BIG IDEA III

DNA Structure & Replication

Transcription & Translation

Gene Regulation

Recombinant DNA

Mammary cell donor

Egg cell from ovary

Grown in culture

Implanted in uterus of a third sheep

Embryonic Development

Egg cell donor

Cell Cycle

Meiosis

Adnylyl cyclase: converts ATP to CAMP

Phosphodiesterase: converts CAMP to AMP

Phosphatase: removes a phosphate group

EXAM 2

Pinocytosis:cell continually gulps droplets of extracellularfluid

Subtopic

Integral: Proteins that are inside and outside the phospholipid bilayer; transmembrane protein

Carrier

operon ON

Repressor binds to the operator (active)

Operon OFF