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THE CELL

MEMBRANE
SBI4U
U1: Biochemistry
Textbook Sections 2.2 and 2.4
MEMBRANE
STRUCTURE

Textbook Section 2.2


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqsf_UJcfBc
Note the kinks in the phospholipid tails.
Recall this is due to double bonds (unsaturated) and
increases fluidity
Note the cell membrane is a bilayer, due to
spontaneous positioning of the polar and non-polar
ends of the phospholipids which form it.
Note structural support of the protein filaments acting like scaffolding –
giving the cell a shape
Note also the cholesterol studded here and there on either side of the
bilayer; it maintains fluidity, preventing the cell from ‘melting’ in heat and
from becoming too rigid in the cold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNbZDcibegY
In the freeze fracture technique cells are flash frozen in liquid nitrogen,
dropped from a height, or split with a knife, and gold is evaporated onto
their exposed surfaces; with the hope that something interesting might
be visualized on the screen of the scanning electron microscope
Membrane Proteins
Membrane Proteins
FUNCTIONS OF CELL
MEMBRANE PROTEINS

Some form "channels" through which


various substances enter and depart from
the cell. Enzymes help speed up chemical
reactions. Some proteins, when attached to
special chemicals, serve as receptors,
setting functions such as hormone synthesis
                                                                                                  
into operation. This attachment launches
the beginning of a certain function such as
the synthesis of hormone in the cell. The
identifiers of the cell are the proteins
receiving information regarding whether
other cells in the body are foreign invaders.
Some proteins assume structural functions;
others serve as attachment points for cells
to adhere to one another. Other proteins are
important in anchoring the cell skeleton.
 Cell-cell recognition is critically important for any kind of organism to function. 
This job is mainly undertaken by membrane carbohydrates.  In order for cells to
recognize each other, they bind to molecules found on the cell’s surface, which
happen to mostly be carbohydrates.  Membrane carbohydrates sometimes bind
covalently to lipids, forming what is to be called a glycolipid, while the majority
of membrane carbohydrates are covalently bound to proteins, making the two
together glycoproteins.  Markers found on the surface of red blood cells, for
example, and dictate what blood type you are.
MEMBRANE
TRANSPORT

Textbook Section 2.4


2 Main Categories
of Membrane Transport
Outline of Membrane Transport
Mechanisms
PASSIVE TRANSPORT ACTIVE TRANSPORT

1) Diffusion 1) Protein Pumps


• Simple Diffusion • Primary Active Transport
• Facilitation Diffusion • Secondary Active Transport

2) Osmosis 2) Bulk Transport


• Exocytosis
• Endocytosis
o Pinocytosis
o Phagocytosis
o Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis
Passive Transport: Diffusion
• Diffusion = the movement of molecules from an area of HIGH
concentration to an area of LOW concentration (ie. movement of
a substance down its concentration gradient
2 Types of Diffusion
Recap: Facilitated diffusion is when an assisting protein remains in
place and “helps” a molecule across by undergoing a change in shape
that moves the binding site from one side of the membrane to the
other. It is still passive since the molecule is still moving down their
concentration gradient.
Net Diffusion  Dynamic Equilibrium
Passive Transport: Osmosis
Tonicity
Tonicity
Tonicity
Active Transport
Certain molecules need to be kept in the cell at a concentration that is
greater than the surrounding environment.
This requires the expenditure of energy, usually in the form of ATP

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bPFKDdWlCg
Proton Pump (active transport)
Proton pump. By pumping H+ out of the cell with the
hydrolysis of ATP, proton pumps produce an H+
gradient and a charge separation called a membrane
potential. These two forms of potential energy can be
used to drive active transport of solutes.
Secondary Active Transport
Secondary Active Transport
Coupled Channel (active)
(Sucrose/Glucose – H+ Symport)
Active Transport: Bulk Transport
Endocytosis & Exocytosis
Exocytosis
Endocytosis – 3 Types
 Phagocytosis (transport of actual particles), pinocytosis
(transport of water, along with any solutes in the water),
and receptor-mediated endocytosis

 In receptor-mediated endocytosis, specific macro molecules outside


the cell attach to the binding sites of receptor proteins, even if they are
in low concentrations ex transferrin – the source of blood iron and
LDL - for membrane cholesterol. These receptors are embedded in
the plasma membrane in specialized regions called coated pits.
After the contents of the vesicle are released inside the cell, the
receptor proteins are reused to form new coated pits.
 Crash Course Recap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKvHrD1eS4
Endocytosis 1 – Pinocytosis
Endocytosis 2 – Phagocytosis
Endocytosis 3 – Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis
Exocytosis / Endocytosis – Summary:
 Endocytosis brings molecules into a cell while
exocytosis takes molecules out of a cell.

 Both processes use vesicles for molecular


transport.

 Endocytosis creates vesicles while exocytosis


can destroy them.

 The primary function of endocytosis is getting


nutrients and the primary function of exocytosis is
expelling waste.
Membrane Transport (2.4) – Summary:

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