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Ch 8, 10, and 13 junk
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Biology
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04/06/2015

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Term
Facilitate diffusion is stereospecific and will readily bind to D-glucose but will not bind to?
Definition
L-Glucose
Term
Transporter proteins will bind to what kind of sugars?
Definition
6 Carbon sugar molecules that are similar to the D-glucose
Term
Name two sugars that can competitively inhibit the uptake of D-glucose into erythrocytes (RBCs)?
Definition
D-mannose and D-galactose
Term
The glucose transporters are actually a family of what? that transport the 6C sugars
Definition
Enzymes
Term
Some facilitated glucose transporters are regulated by hormones... such as?
Definition
Insulin
Term
When secreted into the blood stream insulin stimulates two types of tissue to place more glucose transporters in the plasma membrane. Which two types of tissues?
Definition
Fat and Muscle Cells
Term
There are other diseases that have been identified as transporter problems name one more, other than Diabetes.
Definition
Kidney Disease aka Cystinuria = the transport proteins for cysteine and other amino acids is missing from the membrane
Term
The process that carries only one kind of solute across a membrane is called?
Definition
Uniport
Term
The process that moves two substances simultaneously in the same direction is called?
Definition
Symport
Term
The process that exchanges one solute for another by transporting them in opposite directions is called?
Definition
Antiport
Term
What is the movement of water readily from hypotonic solution to a hypertonic solution is called?
Definition
Osmosis
Term
What term is given to proteins that specifically move water across a membrane?
Definition
Aquaporins
Term
What do aquaporins contain that makes them highly specific for water molecules?
Definition
Hydrophilic channels
Term
Give two examples of prominent cells that aquaporins can be found in?
Definition
Kidney Tubules and plant roots
Term
What hormone stimulates water retention by the collecting ducts of the kidney?
Definition
Vasopressin
Term
What does ADH stand for and what else can it be called?
Definition
Anti-Diuretic Hormone

AKA Vasopressin
Term
A mutation in this aquaporin channel, in which a person excretes large amounts of urine because their kidneys do not respond to vasopressin would be called?
Definition
Congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Term

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Definition
Patch Clamp
Term
What does the patch clamp technique do? What is it for?
Definition
It is used to study ion channels.

Transport proteins that move ions are commonly investigated
Term
Give some examples of charged substances that membranes are impermeable to?
Definition
Na+
K+
Ca 2+
Cl-
Term
What kind of channels are highly selective and allow only one type of ion to pass through?
Definition
Ion channels
Term
Diffusion of ions through a channel is always downhill, meaning what?
Definition
From high conc to low conc
Term
Ion channels allow passage of ions in either direction, this makes them what?
Definition
Bidirectional
Term
An ion channel that can exist as either open or closed is termed?
Definition
Gated
Term
In gated ion channels all the proteins function how?
Definition
Allosterically
Term
Name two types of channels that help in channel regulation.
Definition
Open and Gated Channels
Term
What type of channel allows ions to move back and forth across the membrane without regulation?
Definition
Open
Term
What three ways can a transporters moving ions can be gated.
Definition
1. Chemically or Ligand
2. Voltage
3. Mechanically
Term
Give an example of mechanical gates?
Definition
Opening and closing of channels of the cilia in the ear
Term
Membrane potential can also be called?
Definition
Resting potential
Term
Name the 3 possible confirmations that ion channels exist in
Definition
Close
Open
Inactive
Term
What is the purpose of inactivated gating?
Definition
It is an feedback inhibition process.
A regulatory mechanism
Term
There are two categories of Voltage gated channels, what are they?
Definition
1. Mulitmeric
2. Monomeric
Term
Give an example of a multimeric voltage gated channel.
Definition
The K channel
Term
Give an example of a monomeric voltage gated channel.
Definition
The Na channel
Term
Transporters that move ions are not called "carriers" but instead are called ?
Definition
Channel or pore proteins
Term
Active transport moves the solute ___?__ its concentration gradient and requires the hydrolysis of ___?___
Definition
Against
ATP
Term
Diseases caused by mutations of the ion channels have been identified in humans and other animals. What term is clinically applied to this broad group of diseases?
Definition
Channelopathies
Term
Name some ions that are mutated in channelopathies.
Definition
K+
Na+
Ca2+
Cl-
Term
What does ataxia mean?
Definition
Loss of movement ability

Loss of control of movement
Term
What does long QT syndrome mean?
Definition
That the distance between the Q and the T are longer of the hearts electrical system.
Term
Benign means?
Definition
not life threatening
Term
Neonatal means?
Definition
Newborn
Term
Familial means?
Definition
Inherited from family
Term
What does Hyperkalemic mean?
Definition
High K in blood
Term
What does MHS stand for?
Definition
Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility
Term
Where is Ca2+ stored?
Definition
In the smooth ER
Term
Since Active transport is against the gradient what kind of input does it require?
Definition
An energy input
Term
Active transport moves the movement of ions in which direction?
Definition
In one direction only
Term
Proteins that carry out active transport are often referred to as ?
Definition
"Pumps"
Term
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Definition
The Na K Pump

3 Na+ pumped out while 2 K+ are pumped in per cycle and hydrolyzed ATP
Term
Inside the cell, during the ion movement of Na/K pump, what is the charge in the cell?
Definition
Slightly negative
Term
What term can be used in nonexicteable cells?
Definition
Membrane potential
Term
What term is used in neurons and muscle cells, what type of potential?
Definition
Resting potential
Term
Movement of a solute against its concentration gradient with the aid of an ion gradient that was generated by active transport is given one of two descriptive names. Name them.
Definition
Indirect Active Transport or Secondary Active Transport
Term
What does PDH stand for?
Definition
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase
Term
Name a drug that prevents heartburn by inhibiting the stomach's H+/K+/ATPases
Definition
Prilosec OTC
Term
Name a drug that works by preventing cells from becoming activated by the hormones in your stomach
Definition
Zantac, Pepcid
Term
What kind of drug can you take to neutralize the acid (H+) in your stomach after it has been made?
Definition
Tums or Rolaids
Term
What is found in nearly all eukaryotic cells, not part of the endomembrane system, and are semiautonomous?
Definition
Mitochondrion
Term
Name two transporters that go in and out of the mitochondria?
Definition
TIM and TOM
Term
In a mitochondria, what is the space between membranes called?
Definition
Intermembrane Space
Term
What is the site of H+ storage during the ETC?
Definition
Mitochondria
Term
What is enclosed in a double membrane, with a smooth outer membrane and a convoluted and rich in embedded proteins in its inner membrane?
Definition
Mitochondrion
Term
What are the inner foldings of the mitochondia called?
Definition
Cristae
Term
ETC enzymes are present in which part of the mitochondria?
Definition
In the cristae
Term
What is the aqueous solution within the inner membranes of the mitochondria called?
Definition
Matrix
Term
Name a few things found in the Matrix.
Definition
Fatty Acids
Inhibitors
DNA
Ribosomes
Proteins
mRNA
tRNA
Term
Where can the site of the TCA pathway, mitochondrial gene expression, and the site of mitochondrial genome replication be found within the mitochondria?
Definition
In the matrix
Term
The process by which mitochondrion splits into two is called/
Definition
Biogensis
Term
The pathway by which monosaccharides are broken down (such as glucose) is called?
Definition
Glycolysis
Term
What 3 important molecules are generated during Glycolysis?
Definition
Net gain of 2 ATP
2 Pyruvate
2 NADH
Term
What does TCA stand for?
Definition
Tricaboxilic Acid Cycle
Term
The TCA Cycle can also be called?
Definition
Kreb's Cycle
Citric Acid Cycle
Term
TCA occurs where in the mitochondion?
Definition
In the matrix
Term
What is the substrate of the TCA?
Definition
Acetyl-CoA
Term
Acetyl-CoA is formed via?
Definition
The Beta Oxidation Pathway (in the mitochondrial matrix and peroxisome)
Term
What 3 important molecules are formed during TCA?
Definition
2 ATP

6 NADH (full wheelbarrow, formed by reducing NAD+)

2 FADH2 (full wheelbarrow, formed by reducing FADH)
Term
What is formed during TCA that we breathe out during respiration?
Definition
2 CO2
Term
Where is the ETC located?
Definition
In the inner mitochondrial membrane
Term
The high energy electrons associated with NADH and FADH2 are transferred (dumped) to a series of specific electron carriers that constitute the?
Definition
Electron Transport Chain (ETC)
Term
How many complexes does the ETC have?
Definition
4
Term
The ETC Complexes are composed of 5 types of membrane bound electron carrier proteins. Name them
Definition
1. Flavoproteins
2. Cytochromes
3. Copper Atoms
4. Ubiquinone
5. Iron-Sulfur
Term
What is the purpose of the ETC?
Definition
To build up H gradient in intramembrane space
Term
Flavoproteins are polypeptides tightly bound are which two prosthetic groups?
Definition
FAD and FMN
Term
What does FAD and FMN stand for?
Definition
Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide

Flavin Mononucleotide
Term
FAD and FMN are derived from what?
Definition
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)
Term
Proteins that contain heme prosthetic groups are called?
Definition
Cytochromes
Term
Copper atoms are all located within which complex?
Definition
Complex IV
Term
What is a lipid soluble molecule containing a long hydrophobic chain composed of 5 carbon isoprenoid units?
Definition
Ubiquinone
Term
Which component of the ETC is hydrophobic and is completely embedded within the inner membrane?
Definition
CoQ Ubiquinone
Term
Electrons carried by FADH2 are dumped into which complex of the ETC?
Definition
Complex II
Term
What is the only component of the ETC that is not embedded in the mitochondrial membrane?
Definition
Cytochrome C
Term
What is another name for Coenzyme Q (CoQ)?
Definition
Ubiquinone
Term
What is another name for the F0/F1 complex that is coupled to the ETC?
Definition
ATP Synthase
Term
Which of the two ETC complexes are notorious for throwing off unpaired electrons when the ETC is slowed?
Definition
I and III
Term
Which component of the ETC also serves as an intracellular signal to activate apoptosis?
Definition
Cytochrome C
Term
Regarding Redox potential.. the more positive the value the more ___?__ the reduction half-cell is likely to occur
Definition
More likely
Term
What kind of value indicates the reduction reaction is favorable?
Definition
a positive value
Term
IF your inner membrane leaks, what leaks out?
Definition
1. H does, pH goes down
2. Cytochrome C (triggers apoptosis)
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