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Cell Biology

Peter Bechtel

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CELL WALL

Which cell wall component increases membrane fluidity?

  • Cholesterol

What are the 3 main lipid classes found in the cell membrane?

  • Phospholipids, cholesterol, and glycolipids

What percentages of protein, carbohydrate, and lipid compose the plasma membrane?

  • Protein: 60%, carbohydrate: 1% to 10%, and lipid: 40%

What are the most common phospholipids in the plasma membrane?

  • Phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine

Which portion of the cell wall provides capacitance (ability to store charge)?

  • Lipid portion of plasma membrane

Which portion provides ability to resist charge?

  • Protein portion

What is the difference between surface antigens in the ABO system versus HLA system?

  • ABO = glycolipids

  • HLA = glycoproteins

Name the adhesion molecules that anchor a cell to other cells or the extracellular matrix:

  • Desmosomes/hemidesmosomes

Cell-cell occluding junctions that form an impermeable barrier:

  • Tight junctions

Toxic portion of lipopolysaccharide complex:

  • Lipid A

CELL STRUCTURES

Name the thin filaments that interact with myosin:

  • Actin

Name the thick filaments that slide along actin utilizing ATP:

  • Myosin

Intermediate filament found in hair and nails:

  • Keratin

Intermediate filament found in muscle:

  • Desmin

Intermediate filament found in fibroblasts:

  • Vimentin

Form specialized cellular structures such as mitotic spindles, cilia, and neuronal axons; forms lattice inside the cell to aid in transport of organelles in cell:

  • Microtubules

Specialized microtubule that form spindle fibers during cell division:

  • Centriole

Structural component of cell that synthesizes exported proteins:

  • Rough endoplasmic reticulum

Structural component of cell that detoxifies drugs and is involved with lipid/steroid synthesis:

  • Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

Structural component of a cell that uses carbohydrates to modify proteins and targets proteins to lysosomes:

  • Golgi apparatus

Structure inside the cell that has a double membrane with an outer membrane that is continuous with the rough endoplasmic reticulum:

  • Nucleus

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