Notes in BIOL 2020 (Exam 1)

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Published 10/20/2023 Lipids
Published 10/20/2023 Proteins
Published 10/20/2023 Polysaccharides
Published 10/20/2023 Nucleic Acids
Published 10/20/2023 Fatty Acid
Published 10/20/2023 Triacylglycerols
Published 10/20/2023 Phospholipids
Published 10/20/2023 Steroids and terpenes 
Published 10/20/2023 Phospholipids in cell membranes
Published 10/20/2023 Disaccharides
Published 10/20/2023 Cellulose
Published 10/20/2023 Chitin
Published 10/20/2023 Amino acid stucture
Published 10/20/2023 Polypeptides
Published 10/20/2023 Primary structure of protein
Published 10/20/2023 4 levels of protein structure
Published 10/20/2023 Secondary structure of protein
Published 10/20/2023 Tertiary structure of protein
Published 10/20/2023 Quaternary structure of protein
Published 10/20/2023 Nucleotide structure
Published 10/20/2023 2 families of nitrogenous bases
Published 10/20/2023 What is the difference between the nitrogenous bases used in DNA and RNA?
Published 10/20/2023 Structure of DNA
Published 10/20/2023 Transcription
Published 10/20/2023 Translation
Published 10/20/2023 Central dogma
Published 10/20/2023 Nucleus have two membranes (Inner and outer)
Published 10/20/2023 RNA Polymerase
Published 10/20/2023 Types of RNA molecules and their functions
Published 10/20/2023 Active site of RNA polymerase
Published 10/20/2023 How does RNA polymerase initiate transcription?
Published 10/20/2023 Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC)
Published 10/20/2023 Ribosome translation process
Published 10/20/2023 Ribosome
Published 10/20/2023 Large subunit of ribosome
Published 10/20/2023 Small subunit of the ribosome
Published 10/20/2023 Transfer RNA (tRNA)
Published 10/20/2023 Start codon
Published 10/20/2023 Stop Codon
Published 10/20/2023 RNA splicing
Published 10/20/2023 RNA splicing process
Published 10/20/2023 How do cells make triacylglycerol (TAG)?
Published 10/20/2023 Where is triacylglycerol made?
Published 10/20/2023 Lipid Droplets
Published 10/20/2023 Structure of lipid droplets
Published 10/20/2023 3 steps of lipid droplet synthesis
Published 10/20/2023 Phosphatidic acid
Published 10/20/2023 Membranes
Published 10/20/2023 Translocases
Published 10/20/2023 FRAP (Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching)
Published 10/20/2023 The proteins at the membrane have which type of amino acids?
Published 10/20/2023 What are the differences between integral, peripheral and lipid-anchored proteins?
Published 10/20/2023 What kind of signals to membrane proteins detect and transmit?
Published 10/20/2023 Membrane proteins
Published 10/20/2023 Integral monotopic proteins
Published 10/20/2023 Peripheral membrane proteins
Published 10/20/2023 Lipid-anchored membrane proteins
Published 10/20/2023 Glycosylation
Published 10/20/2023 Which molecules can diffuse freely across membranes, and which can't?
Published 10/20/2023 Simple diffusion
Published 10/20/2023 Facilitated diffusion
Published 10/20/2023 Name 2 major protein types that mediate facilitated diffusion
Published 10/20/2023 Hydrophilic transmembrane channels
Published 10/20/2023 Ion channels
Published 10/20/2023 Why are passing ions important
Published 10/20/2023 Ligand-gated ion channels
Published 10/20/2023 Voltage-gated sodium channels
Published 10/20/2023 Porins
Published 10/20/2023 How does ATP pass through membranes
Published 10/20/2023 Provide an example for a uniporter, symporter and antiporter
Published 10/20/2023 Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
Published 10/20/2023 Direct (Primary) active transport
Published 10/20/2023 Indirect (Secondary) active transport
Published 10/20/2023 Why does amino acid absorption require both direct and indirect active transport?
Published 10/20/2023 What 4 types of ATPases is active transport dependent on?
Published 10/20/2023 P-ATPases
Published 10/20/2023 Types of P2-ATPases
Published 10/20/2023 NA+/K+ ATPase
Published 10/20/2023 Vacuolar-ATPase
Published 10/20/2023 F-type ATPases
Published 10/20/2023 ABC-type ATPases
Published 10/20/2023 What is the difference between anabolic and catabolic pathways?
Published 10/20/2023 How do proteins use the energy released ATP hydrolysis?
Published 10/20/2023 How do cells obtain energy?
Published 10/20/2023 Difference between oxidation and reduction
Published 10/20/2023 What are NAD and FAD molecules?
Published 10/20/2023 Is glucose oxidation highly endergonic or exergonic?
Published 10/20/2023 How do enzymes catalyze oxidation?
Published 10/20/2023 What is glycolysis?
Published 10/20/2023 Glycolysis steps
Published 10/20/2023 Disaccharides are broken into 3 monosaccharides:
Published 10/20/2023 Pyruvate
Published 10/20/2023 Where does glycolysis occur?
Published 10/20/2023 How does pyruvate get transported from the cytoplasm to the mitochondria?
Published 10/20/2023 Pyruvate dehydrogenase
Published 10/20/2023 Pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex
Published 10/20/2023 Citric acid cycle (Krebs Cycle / tricarbocylic acid cycle)
Published 10/20/2023 What are cataplerotic pathways and anaplerotic pathways?
Published 10/20/2023 Beta oxidation
Published 10/20/2023 Electron Transport Chain
Published 10/20/2023 Prosthetic groups
Published 10/20/2023 Complex I
Published 10/20/2023 Coenzyme Q (CoQ)
Published 10/20/2023 Complex II
Published 10/20/2023 Complex III
Published 10/20/2023 Cytochrom C
Published 10/20/2023 Complex IV
Published 10/20/2023 Why do electrons move in a single direction in the ETC?
Published 10/20/2023 Complex I structure
Published 10/20/2023 What is the power source for ATP synthase?
Published 10/20/2023 Structure of the ETC
Published 10/20/2023 Apoptosis
Published 10/20/2023 Differences between apoptotic and necrotic cells
Published 10/20/2023 Caspases
Published 10/20/2023 Initiator caspases
Published 10/20/2023 Executioner caspases
Published 10/20/2023 Are cascades of caspase activations reversible?
Published 10/20/2023 Caspase activated DNAse (CAD)
Published 10/20/2023 Extrinsic pathway of apoptosis
Published 10/20/2023 Intrinsic pathway of apoptosis
Published 10/20/2023 Inhibitors of apoptosis (IAPs)
Published 10/20/2023 Bcl2 proteins
Published 10/20/2023 Ferroptosis
Published 10/20/2023 After being synthesized by a ribosome in the cytosol, where do new proteins go?
Published 10/20/2023 Main steps of the secretory pathway
Published 10/20/2023 What errors in the secretory pathway are caused by mutated proteins?
Published 10/20/2023 What is the difference between the smooth and rough ER?
Published 10/20/2023 Cotranslational import into the ER
Published 10/20/2023 How is the ER signal sequence guided to the ER membrane?
Published 10/20/2023 How are proteins forced inside the ER lumen?
Published 10/20/2023 Where do translocated polypeptide chains fold and assemble?
Published 10/20/2023 What does protein folding in the ER involve?
Published 10/20/2023 Disulfide bonds
Published 10/20/2023 How are proteins synthesized in the rough ER glycosylated?
Published 10/20/2023 Oligosaccharides
Published 10/20/2023 Calnexin
Published 10/20/2023 Chaperone proteins
Published 10/20/2023 How are misfolded proteins recognized?
Published 10/20/2023 What is the purpose of transport vesicles in the Golgi apparatus?
Published 10/20/2023 Secretory vs. Endocytic pathway
Published 10/20/2023 Types of coated vesicles
Published 10/20/2023 What are coats?
Published 10/20/2023 Rab proteins
Published 10/20/2023 SNARE proteins
Published 10/20/2023 How do proteins leave the ER?
Published 10/20/2023 How do COPII-coated transport vesicles accomodate large cargoes?
Published 10/20/2023 What is cisternae?
Published 10/20/2023 Golgi destination codes
Published 10/20/2023 How do cargo receptors inside vesicles ensure they are loaded?
Published 10/20/2023 2 mechanisms that control transport through the Golgi Apparatus
Published 10/20/2023 COPI vesicles
Published 10/20/2023 How do ER proteins initiate vesicle formation?
Published 10/20/2023 Nonselective constitutive secretory pathway
Published 10/20/2023 How are proteins sorted in the cytoplasm?
Published 10/20/2023 Structure of nuclear pore complexes (NPCs)
Published 10/20/2023 Unsructured proteins
Published 10/20/2023 Import receptors (importins)
Published 10/20/2023 What is Ran? What is its function? How is it  activated/deactivated?
Published 10/20/2023 Structure of importin
Published 10/20/2023 Can proteins have both NESs and NLSs?
Published 10/20/2023 How are mitochondrial and plastid proteins translocated into the mitochondria?
Published 10/20/2023 How are polypeptide chains moved through the 2 membranes of the mitochondria?
Published 10/20/2023 HSP-70 chaperones
Published 10/20/2023 Cytoskeleton functions
Published 10/20/2023 3 classes of cytoskeletal filaments
Published 10/20/2023 Structure of microtubules
Published 10/20/2023 Assembly of microtubules
Published 10/20/2023 Helical microtubule lattice
Published 10/20/2023 Microtubules polarity
Published 10/20/2023 How does rapid microtubule growth occur?
Published 10/20/2023 Microtubule nucleation
Published 10/20/2023 Dynamic Instability
Published 10/20/2023 The addition of GTP-tubulin to the plus end of a protofilament causes what?
Published 10/20/2023 Define catastrophe and rescue, in the context of microtubules
Published 10/20/2023 What does hydrolysis of GTP after assembly cause in microtubules?
Published 10/20/2023 Microtubules-organizing center (MTOC)
Published 10/20/2023 Centrosome
Published 10/20/2023 Microtubule associated proteins (MAPs)
Published 10/20/2023 Kinesins
Published 10/20/2023 Kinesin structure (tetramer protein)
Published 10/20/2023 How do kinesins move?
Published 10/20/2023 What element is common in the kinesin protein superfamily?
Published 10/20/2023 Kinesin-13 proteins (microtubule depolymerases)
Published 10/20/2023 Kinesin-14 (Ncd)
Published 10/20/2023 Dynein
Published 10/20/2023 How are microtubule motors (kinesin and dynein) used in the secretory pathway?
Published 10/20/2023 Provide an example of kinesin-mediated transport of organelles
Published 10/20/2023 Melanosomes
Published 10/20/2023 Axoneme
Published 10/20/2023 Axonal transport of organelles
Published 10/23/2023 Microfilaments (actin filaments)
Published 10/23/2023 Actin subunits
Published 10/23/2023 What is the function of actin?
Published 10/23/2023 What is the polarity of an actin filament?
Published 10/23/2023 What is the rate-limiting step in actin filament formation? How do actin filaments form?
Published 10/23/2023 What is phalloidin?
Published 10/23/2023 What protrusive structures do migrating cells make?
Published 10/23/2023 What do actin-binding proteins do?
Published 10/23/2023 What do capping proteins do?
Published 10/23/2023 What does cofilin do?
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