1Metabolism
Totality of organism's chemical reactions
2Catabolic pathaway
Release energy, break down complex molecule into simpler ones (think cat, cats prob like to break stuff)
3Anabolic Pathaway
Consume energy to build complex molecules from simpler ones
4Energy
Capacity to cause change
5Heat/thermal energy
energy associated with movement of molecules
6Chemical energy
Energy ready for release in reaction
7Thermodynamics
Study of energy transformations
8Open vs closed systems
Organisms are open systems
9First law of thermodynamics
Energy of universe is constant.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred and transformed
Principle of conservation of energy
10Second law of thermodynamics
During energy transfer, some are not used but lost as heat.
Every energy transfer increase entropy (total disorder) of the universe
11Sponteanous processes
Reactions without energy input. Must increase entropy
12Free energy
Energy aviailable in cell that can do work when temperature and pressure are uniform.
Measure of system's instability, and tendency to change to more stable state.
13Free energy formula
d_free energy = d_heat - d_entropy * temperature
14Sponteanous processes and free energy
free energy drecrease, and stability of system increase
moves system towards equilibrium
15Exergonic reaction
Net release of free energy, spontenaous
16Endergonic reaction
Absorbs free energy from surrandings. Nonspontenous
17Three type of work done by cells
Chemical, transport, mechanical
18phosphorylated
recipient of phosphate group in ATP reaction
19Activation energy
Inital energy needed to start a chemical reaction. Free energy of activation
20Enzyme substrate complex
what its called when enzyme binds to substrate
21Induced fit
Theory that enzyme adopts shape to "hug around" substrate
22Competitive inhibitors
Binds to enzyme instead of the substrate to block it
23Noncompetitive inhibitor
Doesn't block substrate, attaches at other site and block enzyme from doing its job
24Allosteric Regulation
When regulatory molecule bind to one point of protein. But it effect protein function at another side
Binding of activator stabilize active form of enzyme
Binding of inhibitor stabilize inactive form
25Cooperativity
Form of allosteric regulation that amplify enzyme activity. Binding by substrate to one active site stabilize favorable changes in other subunits.
26Resolving power
Measure clarity of object (electron microscope)
27How do electron microscopes work
An electron microscope focuses beams of electron through the speicemen
28Cell fractionation
Taking a cell apart and separate major organelle from one another
Can use ultracentrifudge to fractionate cell into componet parts
29Fimbriae
little hair on prokaroyotes, allow them to stick to things
30Flagella
big tail on prokaryotic cells, movement
31Prokaryotic cells
Prokaryotic has no nucleus, only DNA in unbound region (nucleoid)
No membrane bound organelles
Cytoplasm bound by plasma membrane
32Eukaryotic cells
Membrane bound organelled
Generally larger
33Nuclear envelope
Encloses nucleus, separate it from cytoplasm
Pores that regulate what can/cannot enter
34Nuclear Lamina
Array of protein that maintain size of nucleus
Net of protein on envelope
35Chromosomes
Condensed chromatins, formed by protein and chromatins
36Nucleous
Located in nucleus, site of rRNA synthesis
37Ribosome
Particles made of rRNA and protein
Carry out protein synthesis in cytosol (free ribosome)
or on outside of ER or nuclear envelope
38Endoplasmic Reticulum
Continous with nuclear evelope
Majority of total membrane
39Smooth membrane
Synthesizes Lipids
Metabolize carbohydrates
Detoxify poison
Stores calcium
40Rough ER
bound ribosome (secrete glycoproteins)
Distribute transport vesicles
Membrane factory
41Golgi apperatus
Flattened membranes called cisternae
Modified product of ER
manufactures certine macromolecules
store and package material into vesicles
42Lysosomes
Membranous sac of hydrolyric enzyme that digest macromolecules
43Phagocytosis
Cell engulf another cell, forming a food vacuole which lysosome digests
44Contractile vacuole
Pump water out of cell (found in freshwater protists)
45Endomembrane system
Flow of membrane through a system. Synthesize, digest, transport
46Cristae
folded inner membrane of mitochondria
47Mitochonrdrial matrixChl
Compartment in inner membrane of mitochondria
Steps of
48Plastidchrom
Family of organelle that include the chloroplast
49AmyloplastPerxisomos
Colorless plastid that store starch in roots and tubers
50Chromoplast
Site of photosynthesis (where chlorophyll actually do stuff)
51Thykaloid (chroloplast)
membranous sacs, the thing that stack up. forms a granum
52Stroma (chloroplast)
internal fluid of a chromoplast
53Transmission vs scanning electron microscope
tranmission is for going through, scanning is surface
54Perixosomes
Produce hydrogen peroxide as byproduct, produce
metabolic compartmnet
55Microtubules
Hollow rods of tubules. Maintain cell shape, dimer
56Centrosomes
Microtubules grow out of centrosomes, near nucleus
57Centrioles
Ring of microtubules
58Cillia
Hairs on eukaryotic cells that do movement, driven by dynein
59Microfilaments
Maintain cell shape, resist internal forces, form cortex inside cell to support shape.
60Actin
Subunits of microfilaments
61myosin
motor proteins in microfilaments
62Pseudupodia
Made of actin, asists amoeba movements
63Cytoplasmic streaming
Circular flow of cytoplasm in cells. Speeds distribution of materials within the cell
64Intermediate filaments
More permenant cytoskeleton than other two features. shape and fix organelles in place
65Cell wall
extracelluar structure that distinguish plant cell and animal cells.
celluose fibers embeded in other polysacharide and protein
66Layers of cell wall
Primary cell wall, middle lamella, secondary cell wall
Plasmodestomata channels between adjacent plant cells
67Extracelluar matrix of animal cells
Basically cell walls but for animal cells
Made of glycoproteins, bind to receptor proteins called integrins
68Collagen
most abundant glycoprotein in extracelluar matrix, form strong fiber outside of cell
69proteoglycans
consist of small core protein and carbohydrate chain
70Plasmodesmata
Channels between plant cell walls. water and small solute pass through
71Tight junctions
Membranes of neighbhoring cells are pressed, preventing leak of extracelluar fluid
72Desmosomes
Fasten cell together into strong sheets
73Gap junction
I already know what this is from psych
74Selective permeability
plasma membrane allow some things to come in, restrict others
75amphipathic molecules,
contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts (like phospholipids)
76Gorter grendel conclusion
Plasma membrane is bilayer
77Davision and Danielli
plasma membrane Bilayer phospholipid with fatty material
78Singer and Nicolson
Realized that plasma membrane is actually mosiac of proteins scattered in bilayer
79Freeze facture technique
Splits phospholipid layer up to allow for study
80Fluidity of membrane
Phospholipids shake up and down laterally very often
Flips layer upside down every once a long time
unsaturated lipids makes more fluid
81glycolipidlycoprotein
very useful in cell-cell recognition
82Membrane sideness
Determined in ER
helps cell survive in conditions
83aquaporins
channel proteins that allow water passage
84Osmosis
Diffusion of water across slectively permeable membrane ( lower solute concentration to higher)
85Tonicity
ability for solution to gain or lose water
86Isotonic solution
Solute concentration uniform
87turgid
plant cells in hypotonic solutions, having firm structures
88Electrochemical gradient
Chemical and electrical force that drives diffusion of ion
89electrogenic pump
transport proteins that generate voltages. Eg: proton pump
90Cotransport
when diffusion of one solute accidentally drives another
91ligand
any molecule that specifically bind to receptor site of another molecule
92pinocytosis
celluar drinking, take up extracelluar fluid into tiny vesicles