Name a microscopic method that is suitable in terms of resolution to make larger protein molecules visible
Electron microscopy (EM)
power microscopy
How can you label a protein to study its behavior in a living cell under the microscope?
GFP labelling
Fl-Antibody injection
Which method can you use to fractionate cell organelles and according to which physical size are the organelles fractionated in this method?
Density gradient centrifugation
density
How is the unlimited cell division capacity of the antibody-producing cells achieved in the production of monoclonal antibodies?
Fusion with B-cell tumor cells/myeloma cells
Which method allows the elucidation of the molecular structure of proteins at atomic resolution and in what form must the protein be available for this investigation?
X-ray structure analysis
crystalline
Which chromatography method does not separate on the basis of affinity to the chromatography matrix
Gel filtration
Which method can be used to specifically repress the expression of certain proteins without manipulating the genome (no abbreviation)?
Doublestrand-RNA-Interference
Why are monoclonal antibodies produced using mice and not rabbits?
there are no suitable myeloma cells in rabbits
What methods can you use to visualize lipid rafts
Power microscopy
Which metabolic pathway is blocked during the production of monoclonal antibodies in order to select for the growth of antibody-producing cells in cell culture?
de novo Nucleotide- or Purin/Pyrimidine synthesis pathway
Which two substances do you have to supply to the cells under blockade conditions of this metabolic pathway (de novo synthesis/ Purin/Pyrimidine pathway) so that they can still grow?
Hypoxanthine, Thymidine
Why are cells or tissue sections often treated with detergents during immunofluorescence microscopy?
Permeabilisation
When fixing cells for immunofluorescence microscopy, what type of agent do you add to permeabilize the cells?
Detergent
What is the purpose of permeabilization?
Penetration of ABs into the cell interior
What is the advantage of indirect immunofluorescence microscopy over direct immunofluorescence microscopy?
Signal amplification
elimination of the need for direct marking
Name a method for detecting protein interaction between two proteins
Two-Hybrid System
TAP
Which two parameters determine the resolution in microscopy?
numerical aperture
wavelength
What is the approximate lateral resolution limit for light microscopy?
300 nm
According to which physical quantity are proteins essentially separated in SDS gel electrophoresis?
mol. mass
Why do you achieve a much higher optical resolution with electron microscopy than with light microscopy?
Wave length of the radiation is shorter
Which electrophoresis technique can you use to separate individual proteins from highly complex mixtures? Which two physicochemical parameters of the proteins are decisive for the separation result?
IEP
molecular mass
Which method can you use to isolate individual cells directly from a tissue bandage for further cell biological or biochemical analysis?
(Laser microdissection)
Which method can you use to sort different types of single cells based on the presence of specific marker proteins?
Flow cytometry
FACS = fluorescence-activated cell sorter
Which method can you use to detect the mobility of a protein within the membrane?
FRAP
= Fluorescense recovery after Photobleaching
Which 3 classes of membrane lipids do you know?
Phosphoglycerides (Glycophospholipids)
Sphingolipids
Cholesterol
What are the 4 basic building blocks of phosphoglycerides?
Fatty acids
Glycerol
Phosphate
Alcohol
Name 5 fundamentally different ways in which peripheral membrane proteins can associate with the membrane
Lipid anchor
GPI anchor
electrostatic interaction
association with transmembrane protein
partial plasma membrane passage
Name the sites of synthesis of cholesterol, phosphoglycerides and sphingolipids
Cholesterol = ER (endoplasmatic reticulum)
Phosphoglycerides = ER (endoplasmatic reticulum)
Sphingolipids =Golgi Apparatus
Which protein structure(s) can occur in transmembrane proteins within a membrane passage?
beta-leaflet
alpha-helix
Which two structurally different types of long-chain lipid residues can occur as lipid anchors when peripheral membrane proteins bind to the membrane? Name either the generic term that describes the lipid type or give an example of each
Terpenes/isoprenoids
fatty acid residues
palmityl
isoprenyl
Which property of membrane lipids is responsible for the structure of biological double membranes?
amphipathic properties
What is the difference between glycosphingolipids and sphingomyelin?
Sugar instead of alcohol on sphingosine
Name three functions of the glycocalyx
Protection
cell recognition (blood group antigens)
cell contacts (cell adhesion)
What type of membrane lipids preferentially accumulate in lipid rafts?
(glycosphingolipids and sphingomyelin)
Which two enzymes catalyze the thermodynamically unfavorable transverse change of a membrane lipid from one membrane sheet to the other in biological membranes?
Flippase/Scramblase
Name one protein and one lipid type typically associated with rafts.
Caveolin, GPI-anchored proteins..., Sphingolipids
Which method can you use to specifically visualize certain proteins after electrophoresis?
Western blot
immunostaining
As a precursor for which molecules does the body need cholesterol as a basic building block?
Vitamin D
bile salts
steroid hormones
Name the 5 electron microscopically distinguishable forms of endocytosis vesicles
Clathrin-coated
non-coated
Macropinosome
Caveosome/Caveolin vesicle
Phagosome/Phagocytosis vesicle
Which forms of coated vesicles do you know, in which transport pathways do they occur and which small GTPase is involved in the strangulation process?
Clathrin-coated Vesicles; Endocytosis; Dynamin
COPI-coated Vesicles; Retrograde Transport; ARF1
COPII-coated Vesicles; Anterograde Transport; Sar1
How can you experimentally inhibit GTPases?
GTPγS
Which types of coated vesicles are not formed at the plasma membrane?
COPI/COPII-Vesikel
Which types of coated vesicles are not formed at the Golgi apparatus?
COPII
Name the 3 types of membrane lipids shown and circle the part of each molecule that has hydrophilic properties
Glycosphingolipid
Cholesterin
Sphingomyelin
What is the name of the molecular switch protein that regulates both the assembly and disassembly of the coat when an ER vesicle is pinched off? Which molecule is converted in the process?
Sar1
GTP
What is the function of GTP cleavage by Sar1 or ARF1 after the pinching off of a transport vesicle?
Degradation of the coat
What is the name of the regulatory protein that regulates both the assembly and disintegration of the coat when an ER vesicle is pinched off?
Which other regulatory protein determines which target membrane the vesicle can fuse with?
Rab-GTPase
Give an example of a transport material that is taken up from the blood via receptor-mediated endocytosis and the characteristic coat protein involved in the formation of endocytosis vesicles
LDL/Transferrin
Clathrin
In receptor-mediated endocytosis, which proteins are mainly responsible for
a) the invagination process and
b) the vesicle pinching process?
a) Clathrin
b) Dynamin
Which endocytosis process requires dynamin?
Vesicle constriction
What is the name of the molecular switch protein that regulates both the assembly and disassembly of the coat when a Golgi vesicle is pinched off? Which molecule is converted in the process?
ARF1, GTP
Name a plasma membrane protein that can mediate the phagocytosis of bacteria
Fc receptor, complement receptor, also: opsonin receptor
Which protein is involved in all endocytosis processes
Actin
Give the names of two nucleotide-cleaving proteins that can occur simultaneously on the vesicle membrane and the nucleotide
ARF1/Sar1, Rab
Proteins from which protein family are involved in both vesicle constriction and vesicle fusion? Give one example of each
Small GTPases,
Sar1/ARF1, Rab
Which protein (name) regulates assembly and dissassembly of COPII vesicle shells and where are these vesicles formed?
Sar1, ER
which interaction between which proteins is primarily responsible for ensuring that vesicles
a) fuse with the target membrane and
b) which interaction ensures that they fuse with the correct target membrane?
to b) What is the name of the tertiary structure that the proteins involved in this process form during vesicle fusion?
v-/t-SNARE, rab/rab-Effektor
alpha-helical coiled-coil structure
What effect does the addition of NEM have on vesicle fusion and how can it be explained?
Indirectly inhibits vesicle transport/fusion as v/t-SNARES can no longer be unwound.
Consequence: Depletion of functional v/t-SNARES
Which step in vesicle transport is inhibited by the addition of NEM (N-ethylmaleimide), and what is the name of the inhibited protein?
recycling/dissociation of the v-/t-SNARE complex
NSF = NEM-sensitive factor
Why does the NSF/α-SNAP complex need ATP?
To unwrap v/t-SNARE Helices
How does inhibition of the NEM-sensitive factor (NSF) by the toxin NEM inhibit vesicle transport?
No unwrapping of v-/t-SNARE -> Depletion of v-SNARE
What technique can you utilize to use antibodies to purify your antigen?
Affinity chromatography
Why does botulinum toxin inhibit vesicle fusion?
Proteolyses of v-SNAREs VAMP
What is the direct effect of inhibition of the NSF/α-SNAP complex on vesicle transport and how can it be explained?
Inhibits vesicle transport/fusion as v/t-SNARES can no longer be unwound.
What manipulation would you have to perform to experimentally force a cell to accumulate a normally secretory protein in the ER lumen?
attach KDEL/HDEL sequence
What manipulation would you have to perform to experimentally force a cell to secrete a cytosolic protein?
Attach signal sequence for transport to the ER
In which compartment of the cell does the initiation of translation of a secretory protein take place and where does that of a peroxisomal protein take place?
Where in the cell does the initiation of translation of a membrane protein and where does that of a mitochondrial protein occur?
Cytoplasm
To which group do the proteins that regulate the assembly and disassembly of vesicle coats belong and which substrate do they convert due to their enzymatic activity?
Small GTPase
Where (compartment) is the C-terminus of a type I membrane protein located
a) immediately after synthesis,
b) during vesicle transport and
c) at its final destination, the plasma membrane?
3 x Cytosol
You have the protein sequence of two transmembrane proteins. What do you need to examine these sequences to be able to predict whether you have a type I or type II membrane protein?
Position of the signal sequence:
type I: signal sequence at the beginning
type II: signal sequence within the protein
You are investigating the transport of a type II membrane protein.
a) In which compartment is the C-terminus located during transport in the vesicle
b) where is it located after the fusion of the vesicle with the plasma membrane?
a) Vesicle lumen
b) extracellular space
Name 4 functions of the Golgi apparatus
e.g.
sorting
glycosylation
sphingolipid synthesis
phosphoglyceride synthesis
cholesterol synthesis
Which forms of glycosylation of proteins do you know and in which compartment does the cell begin with the respective glycosylation?
N-/O-linked, ER/Golgi
In a certain protein of the plasma membrane with a membrane passage, the C-terminus is located in the ER lumen. Where is the C-terminus located in the transport vesicle
a) from the ER to the Golgi,
b) from the Golgi to the plasma membrane and
c) after vesicle fusion with the plasma membrane
Possible answers for the 3 stations are
a) vesicle lumen
b) vesicle lumen
c) extracellular space
To which functional group of which amino acids can sugar chains be attached during glycosylation?
STN, OH, OH, NH2
In which compartment does the cell begin glycosylation and to which amino acids are the sugars bound there?
ER, N
The illustration shows 3 glycosylatable amino acid residues within a polypeptide chain. State the name of the corresponding amino acid and circle the atom to which the sugar molecules are bound during protein glycosylation.
UNANSWERED
Where in the cell does the initiation of translation of a membrane protein take place, and where does that of a mitochondrial protein?
Where does glycosylation take place?
ER/Golgi
Name 3 forms of protein modification that take place during protein biosynthesis at the rough ER
S-S bridges
proteolysis
hydroxylation
What type of agent (collective term) do you generally need to isolate a membrane protein and what is its function?
Detergent, solubilization
Which sugars make up the preformed basic sugar scaffold that is attached to proteins synthesized at the rough ER?
GlcNAc, Man, Glc
From which molecule is the basic sugar scaffold transferred to proteins?
To which family of molecules does it belong?
Dolichol
Terpene derivative/isoprenoid
Name 2 functions of glycosylation of proteins
Role in folding
protective function
cell-cell recognition
targeting
increased stability
Where does the formation of disulfide bridges take place during protein processing and what is the name of the enzyme that catalyzes this process?
ER, PDI
What reaction conditions (environment) must be present for the formation of disulfide bridges and where in the cell are such conditions present?
oxidizing, ER
Why can't the formation of disulfide bridges take place in the cytosol?
reducing environment
Why do cytosolic proteins have no disulfide bridges?
Name the 4 protein folding components in the ER
BiP/Hsc70
Calnexin
Calreticulin
PDI/Proteindisulfidisomerase
What is the functional principle of chaperonins?
ATP cleavage
What form of intermolecular interactions causes the binding to chaperonins and what is the function of ATP cleavage by chaperonins?
hydrophobic WW, cleavage of bonds
Give 2 examples of protein hormones, two of their main post-translational modifications (glyc, oxide, proteolysis) and the site of their final processing from prohormone to mature hormone and what the final processing step consists of
Proteolysis
Which type of vesicle travels between the Golgi cisternae from cis to trans or from trans to cis?
both COPI-Vesikel
Which coat protein is carried by vesicles that traffic between trans-Golgi and endosomes?
What do vesicles that are transported from the CGN to the ER carry?
ER-resident proteins
Which signal is used to ensure that ER-specific proteins remain enriched there (in the ER)?
KDEL/KKXX
sorting signal at KDEL-receptor in the cis-Golgi is KXXX at C-Terminus
Which type of vesicle is involved between the TGN and endosomes, which small GTPase regulates strangulation and which adapter proteins are involved in the formation of the coat?
Clathrin-Vesikel, ARF1, AP1/GGAs
Which amino acid sequence signal is used to recognize ER-specific proteins in the cis-Golgi and transport them back to the ER?
KDEL
Which envelope protein characterizes the vesicles that transport mannose 6-phosphate receptors from the early endosome back to the Golgi apparatus?
Retromer Coat
In which vesicle transport process in the cell do retromer-coated vesicles occur?
Recycling of M6P receptors from the endosome to the Golgi
a) Which 2 chemical reactions take place during the processing of proinsulin to mature insulin? b) Where in the cell do each of these reactions take place?
a) Oxidation, proteolysis
b) ER, transport vesicles after leaving the TGN
For each of the 4 types, name the cellular transport process in which it occurs.
intra-Golgi bzw. GA>ER
ER>GA
GA>Endosom/rezeptorverm. Endoc.,
Endosom>GA
Which sorting signal on lysosomal proteins is used by the Golgi apparatus for correct sorting to the lysosome?
M6P-Residue
Where (organelle and subcompartment) does the formation of the post-translational modification typical for lysosome proteins take place and what is it?
cis-Golgi, M6P
Give an example of transcytosis
Absorption of IgA with breast milk
Along which cytoskeletal elements does the transport of ER vesicles take place in animals?
Which type of motor protein is most likely to be involved?
MT
Dynein
a) Along which cytoskeletal elements does the transport of Golgi vesicles with secretory proteins take place and
b) Which type of motor protein is most likely to be involved?
MT, conventional Kinesin
Which dominant cytoskeletal elements and which associated motor protein can you find in flagella?
MT, Dynein
Which nucleotides cleave dynein and dynamin?
ATP, GTP
Name the function of the proteins dynein, dynamin and dynactin using one term each.
Dynein: Motor protein
Dynamin: vesicle constriction
Dynactin: dynein adapter
Explain the origin of the name Dynactin
binds to dynein and contains an actin-binding protein
Which cytoskeletal filaments can spontaneously assemble from their basic building blocks?
F-Aktin, MT, IF
Name a common type of intermediate filament
Keratinfilament
Which cytoskeletal protein subunits cleave nucleotides in vivo and which nucleotides are these?
G-Aktin bzw. beta-Tubulin, ATP bzw. GTP
What are the consequences of nucleotide cleavage with regard to the critical concentration?
Increasing concentration
What requirements must be met for treadmilling with microtubules?
Concentration of dimers between the critical concentrations for the GTP or GDP form
What explains the lag phase in the spontaneous polymerization of actin and tubulin filaments from the basic building blocks?
Affinity of the basic building blocks to the nucleation germ greater than between the subunits
You carry out an in vitro actin polymerization experiment under 2 different conditions and obtain the result shown below. What distinguishes the conditions in curve a (dark gray) from those in curve b
a was obtained with the addition of nucleation complexes, b without addition
Regarding the same experiment: Why does the mass of filaments no longer increase after some time under both conditions, but remains constant despite a sufficient amount of ATP?
Polymerization stops when critical concentration is reached
What is the basic building block of the actin or tubulin filament?
G-Aktin, alpha/beta-Tubulin Dimer
What are the two prerequisites for the formation of an ATP or GTP cap?
Monomer concentration above the critical concentration
Hydrolysis rate lower than assembly rate
To which two superordinate protein families do most actin-binding proteins belong?
Ig/Spectrin Superfamilie
Which characteristic and fundamentally different secondary structure feature characterizes the repetitive parts of these two protein families?
beta-leaflet/alpha-helix
What is the consequence of treating cells with latrunkulin/ cytochalasin/ phalloidin/ nocodazole/ taxol on filament length? Also indicate the cytoskeletal filament type affected in each case.
shorter-actin (latrunkulin)
shorter-actin (cytochalasin)
constant-actin (phalloidin)
shorter-MT (nocodazole)
constant-MT (Taxol)
What is the molecular cause of rigor mortis?
Myosin with ATP deficiency in the rigor state
Name one toxin that leads to the stabilization or depolymerization of actin filaments and one toxin that leads to the stabilization or depolymerization of microtubules
Shorter actin (latrunkulin)
Which substance could you add to an in vitro microtubule polymerization experiment to ensure that the microtubules formed no longer depolymerize even after the GTP has been consumed?
Taxol
Which 3 types of cytoskeletal motors do you know, with which cytoskeletal elements do they interact and in which direction do they move?
Myosin, Actin, plus-end directed
Kinesin, MT, plus-end directed
Dynein, MT, minus-end directed
Why do intermediate filaments have no intrinsic polarity?
they are made of antiparallel tetramer subunits, which cancel out any directional orientation.
The symmetric assembly of these tetramers results in a structure that lacks a distinct "plus" or "minus" end, unlike microtubules or actin filaments.
Which cytoskeletal elements cleave nucleotides and which property is directly regulated by nucleotide cleavage
Actin/tubulin
affinity between the basic building blocks of the filaments
What is meant by dynamic instability?
the rapid and reversible transition between growth and shrinkage of microtubules.
This process allows microtubules to explore cellular space by alternating between phases of polymerization (growth) and depolymerization (shrinkage).
Which spindle checkpoint protein prevents the activation of the separase as long as the checkpoint is active?
Mad2
Which proteins serve as molecular switches for the formation of a) filopodia, b) stress fibers, c) lamellipodia and d) to which protein family do they belong?
cdc42, rho, rac, small GTPases
Name 2 fundamental differences in the mechanochemical coupling between myosin and kinesin motors
Processivity/coordination between the heads
power stroke with ADP/Pi release (myosin) or ATP binding (kinesin))
Which property of conventional kinesin is responsible for the fact that one motor molecule is sufficient for the transport of a vesicle along a microtubule?
Processivity
What is meant by processivity in motor proteins?
one motor molecule alone can travel along the filament
To which group of ATPases does dynein belong
AAA-ATPasen
Which molecular complex is required to bind dynein to the transported material?
Dynactin complex
Where in the cell is the Golgi apparatus normally located and which protein's activity is responsible for this localization?
Centrosom, Dynein
Along which cytoskeletal elements does the transport of organelles take place in animals?
Which two fundamentally different types of motor proteins are involved in organelle transport in animal cells?
Dynein, Kinesine
Which motor protein is responsible for the movement of cilia and flagella?
You carry out an immunofluorescence microscopy experiment with mammalian culture cells and label microtubules with fluorescence-labeled antibodies against EB1 and other-colored fluorescence-labeled antibodies against alpha-tubulin.
a) Where on the microtubules does EB1 staining occur?
b) What does the presence or absence of staining against EB1 tell you about the growth status of the individual microtubules?
plus end;
EB1 staining only at the plus ends of growing MT or absent at shrinking MT
Which property regarding their interaction with microtubules is characteristic for microtubule-(+)-end-tracking proteins?
bind to plus ends of growing microtubules
a) Where in the cell do you expect to find the highest concentration of gamma-tubulin and b) what is its function there?
Centrosom, MT-Nukleation
Where on the microtubule and where in the cell is gamma-tubulin located and what is its function?
- End, Centrosome, MT-Nucleation
Which protein complex nucleates microtubules in vivo and where in the cell does it have the highest concentration?
gamma-Tubulin Ringkomplex, Centrosom
Why does centrosome duplication have to be synchronized with the cell cycle and which defect typically occurs in case of mismatched synchronization?
To ensure that there are exactly 2 spindle poles during mitosis, otherwise multipolar spindles with incorrect chromosome segregation will occur
With which cell cycle phase is centrosome duplication synchronized in most cell types?
G1/S phase transition
When in the cell cycle does centrosome duplication begin in most cells?
G1/S
Name a process in which the joint interaction of the actin and tubulin cytoskeleton is of crucial importance
Spindle orientation with yeast
Indicate one staining method for visualizing microtubules or actin in a fixed cell preparation using light microscopy.
Draw the position of the 3 main F-actin structures discussed in the lecture in the moving cell shown in the diagram and name them (filopodia, stress fibers, lamellipodia)
In addition to actin itself, name two other important protein components for the outgrowth of lamellipodia
Briefly name the function of each of the two protein components you have named
Arp2/3, Rac, Profilin, Cofilin
Arp2/3: Nucleator for actin filaments
Profilin: Catalyzes ADP/-ATP exchange on G-actin
Cofilin: cleaves G-actin at the (-) end of the filaments
Rac: Activates the Arp2/3 complex
Which actin filament nucleator proteins/protein complexes do you know and in the formation of which cell processes are they involved?
Arp2/3-Komplex, Formin (FTP); Lamellipodien, Filopodien
Where in the ATP cleavage cycle does the power stroke occur with conventional kinesin or with myosin?
Conventional kinesin: ATP binding
Myosin: (ADP)/Pi release
Which two protein families do most actin-binding proteins belong to?
Spectrin, Ig
Which protein complex nucleates microtubules in vivo and where does it occur in this capacity?
gamma-Tubulincomplex/gamma-TuRC, Centrosome
Which protein is the main component of a basal body
Tubulin
Name 4 types of cell contacts that have a connection to the cytoskeleton and which of the 3 cytoskeletal filament types they are primarily connected to?
Microtubuli
Gap junction
Tight junction
Focal contact
Adherens junction
Intermediate Filaments
Desmosome
Hemidesmosome
Which 2 fundamentally distinguishable types of adhesive interactions between cells do you know? For each of the two categories, name a cell adhesion molecule for which this type of interaction is the normal case.
Cadherin homo, Integrin hetero, Selectin hetero
Apart from their involvement in cell adhesion, what do the JAM and CAM proteins have in common?
Ig-Proteinfamilie
Which two types of filament are found in the cell nucleus?
Aktin, IF
Which 2 forms of cell contacts mediated by integrins do you know that can be distinguished in terms of interaction with cytoskeletal elements and with which cytoskeletal filament system do they interact in each case?
Focal contact: Aktin (MT)
Hemidesmosome: IF
Name one similarity and one fundamental difference with regard to the proteins involved in hemidesmosomes and desmosomes.
IF-Assoz, Cadh. vs. Integrin
Name one similarity and one fundamental difference with regard to the proteins involved in hemidesmosomes and focal contacts.
Similarity:
Integrines
Differences:
Hemidesmosomes: IF
Focal contacts: Actin
Name one similarity and one fundamental difference with regard to the proteins involved in desmosomes and adherens junctions
Cadherine, IF/Aktin
Name 3 essential components of the basal lamina
Laminin, Fibronectin, Collagen IV, Nidogen, Perlecan
Which cellular membrane protein does fibronectin interact with?
Integrine
Which substances (at least 3 mentions) can pass through gap junctions and what is their maximum size?
Sugar
amino acids
second messenger
nucleotides < 1 kDa
How are gap junctions regulated?
Ca
Which characteristic post-translational modification is found in collagen?
Hydroxylation of P and K
Where does the assembly of collagen fibers take place?
ECM
To which molecular group does the molecule to which the proteoglycan side chains of an aggrecan aggregate are bound belong?
Glycane
Name three structural components of the extracellular matrix (exact names)
Proteoglycan
Kollagen/Elastin
Fibronectin/Laminin
Which two membrane proteins mediate the initial contact between leukocytes and endothelial cells during diapedesis and thus ensure that the cells are not washed away in the bloodstream but roll slowly along the epithelium?
Selectine und Mucine/Glykoproteine
Which cell adhesion proteins are regulated by calcium?
In which cell connections do these proteins occur?
Cadherine, Connexin
Adherence connections/Desmosomen, Gap Junctions
Name two different types of cell adhesion proteins that are regulated by calcium.
In which cell compounds do these proteins occur?
Adherenceconncetions/Desomsomen, Gap Junctions
Do cadherins show their adhesive properties at high or low calcium concentrations?
Name 4 different processes that are regulated by small GTPases.
Vesicle truncation, vesicle fusion, lamellipodia formation, filopodia formation
In which state are small GTPases activated or inactivated and name one type of protein that causes each state.
GTP/GDP-Form, GEF, GAP
Give two examples of modular protein structure
Antibodies, cadherins, actin-binding proteins, CAMs.
Identify 2 important physical/chemical parameters that can differ greatly in different cell compartments
pH-Wert, Redoxpotential
Name the classes of molecules that make up the 4 basic molecular building blocks of the cell
Proteins, sugars, nucleic acids, lipids
Which enzymes are the most important regulators of the cell cycle?
Cyclin-dependent kinases
Which process inactivates a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)?
Polyubiquitinylation of cyclin followed by degradation via the proteasome
Explain the origin of the name Dynaktin.
binds to dynein and contains an actin-like protein
Name the four different types of coat proteins that occur in transport vesicles
COPI, COPII, Clathrin, Retromer
Which two main structural components characterize a centrosome in animals?
a) Centrioles, b) pericentriolar Matrix
a) Which stage of cell division is inhibited by
treatment of cells with nocodazole or colchicine and
b) exactly which process is inhibited by the toxin?
a) Prometaphase
b) Formation of the mitotic spindle
Which dominant cytoskeletal elements and which corresponding motor protein can you find in cilia?
Why do glycans bind so much water and form gels?
numerous charged groups on the sugar molecules
Name three membrane protein components of Tight junctions
Claudin, MARVEL (Occludin), JAMs, BVES
Name a cell adhesion protein anchored in the plasma membrane of endothelial cells that prevents contact with leukocytes in the blood during diapedesis
Selectin/Mucin, Integrin/ICAM/CAM
You are looking at the amino acid sequence of two
membrane proteins with the following sequence scheme:
a)
xxxxxxxxxxxxx+hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
b)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh+xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(x = any amino acid, + = basic amino acid, h = hydrophobic amino acid).
hydrophobic amino acid). What type of
type of membrane protein is (a) or (b)?
a) Typ II
b) Typ III
Name 3 forms of non-covalent binding that can take place between protein chains
H-bridges
ionic bonding
hydrophobic WW
van der Waals forces
Name three essential proteins that are involved in the pinching off of vesicles during receptor-mediated endocytosis.
Adapterprotein AP
Dynamin
small GTPase (Arf1)
Phosphoglycerides
To which structures (type of molecule) do lectins such as calnexin or calreticulin bind to?
Sugar structures/oligosaccharides
How does beta-tubulin at the plus and minus ends of a microtubule differ with regard to the hydrolysis state of GTP?
plus-End: GTP-beta-Tubulin
minus-End: GDP-beta-Tubulin
What is the basic building block of the
a) actin or
b) tubulin filament?
a) G-Aktin
b) alpha/beta-Tubulin Dimer
a) Which protein complex nucleates microtubules in vivo and
b) where does it occur in this capacity?
a) gamma-Tubulinkomplex/gamma-TuRC
b) Centrosom
a) Which stage of cell division is disturbed by treatment of cells with cytochalasin and b) exactly which process is inhibited by the toxin?
a) Disturbance of cytokinesis
b) Contraction/formation of the actin/myosin ring
Name 5 mitotic phases in the correct chronological order
Prophase, Prometaphase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
alternativ: statt Prometaphase Anaphase A und B oder Cytokinese
What is the function of GTP cleavage by Sar1 or ARF1 after the strangulation of a transport vesicle?
Collapse of the coat
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