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Chapter 7 – Cell Membranes
• Overview: Life at the Edge
• The plasma membrane
– Is the boundary that separates the living cell from its nonliving surroundings
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• The plasma membrane exhibits selective permeability
Figure 7.1
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Fluid Mosaic
• The fluid mosaic model of membrane structure
– States that a membrane is a fluid structure with a “mosaic” of various proteins embedded in it
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• Phospholipids
– Are the most abundant lipid in the plasma membrane
– Are amphipathic, containing both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions
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• Scientists studying the plasma membrane
– Reasoned that it must be a phospholipid bilayer
Figure 7.2
HydrophilicheadHydrophobictail
WATER
WATER
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• Phospholipids in the plasma membrane
– Can move within the bilayer
Figure 7.5 A
Lateral movement(~107 times per second)
Flip-flop(~ once per month)
(a) Movement of phospholipids
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• The type of hydrocarbon tails in phospholipids
– Affects the fluidity of the plasma membrane
Figure 7.5 B
Fluid Viscous
Unsaturated hydrocarbontails with kinks
Saturated hydro-Carbon tails
(b) Membrane fluidity
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Membrane Proteins and Their Functions
• A membrane
– Is a collage of different proteins embedded in the fluid matrix of the phospholipid bilayer
Figure 7.7
Glycoprotein
Carbohydrate
Microfilamentsof cytoskeleton Cholesterol Peripheral
proteinIntegral
proteinCYTOPLASMIC SIDE
OF MEMBRANE
EXTRACELLULAR
SIDE OFMEMBRANE
Glycolipid
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• Scientists proposed that membrane proteins are dispersed and individually inserted into the phospholipid bilayer
Figure 7.3
Phospholipidbilayer
Hydrophobic region of protein
Hydrophobic region of protein
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Proteins may be
• Integral proteins
– Penetrate the hydrophobic core of the lipid bilayer
– Are often transmembrane proteins, completely spanning the membrane
EXTRACELLULARSIDE
Figure 7.8
N-terminus
C-terminus
HelixCYTOPLASMICSIDE
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• Peripheral proteins
– Are appendages loosely bound to the surface of the membrane
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Membrane Proteins have Many Jobs
• An overview of six major functions of membrane proteins
Figure 7.9
Transport. (left) A protein that spans the membrane may provide a hydrophilic channel across the membrane that is selective for a particular solute. (right) Other transport proteins shuttle a substance from one side to the other by changing shape. Some of these proteins hydrolyze ATP as an energy ssource to actively pump substances across the membrane.
Enzymatic activity. A protein built into the membranemay be an enzyme with its active site exposed tosubstances in the adjacent solution. In some cases,several enzymes in a membrane are organized asa team that carries out sequential steps of ametabolic pathway.
Signal transduction. A membrane protein may havea binding site with a specific shape that fits the shapeof a chemical messenger, such as a hormone. Theexternal messenger (signal) may cause aconformational change in the protein (receptor) thatrelays the message to the inside of the cell.
(a)
(b)
(c)
ATP
Enzymes
Signal
Receptor
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Cell-cell recognition. Some glyco-proteins serve as identification tags that are specifically recognized by other cells.
Intercellular joining. Membrane proteins of adjacent cellsmay hook together in various kinds of junctions, such asgap junctions or tight junctions (see Figure 6.31).
Attachment to the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix(ECM). Microfilaments or other elements of thecytoskeleton may be bonded to membrane proteins, a function that helps maintain cell shape and stabilizes the location of certain membrane proteins. Proteins that adhere to the ECM can coordinate extracellular and intracellular changes (see Figure 6.29).
(d)
(e)
(f)
Glyco-protein
Figure 7.9
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Selective Permeability
• A cell must exchange materials with its surroundings, a process controlled by the plasma membrane
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The Permeability of the Lipid Bilayer
• Hydrophobic molecules
– Are lipid soluble and can pass through the membrane rapidly
• Polar molecules
– Do not cross the membrane rapidly
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Transport Proteins
• Transport proteins
– Allow passage of hydrophilic substances across the membrane
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Passive Transport
Passive transport is diffusion of a substance across a membrane with no energy investment
There are two main types of passive transport
1) Diffusion (Often known as simple diffusion)
2) Facilitated diffusion
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• Diffusion
– Is the tendency for molecules of any substance to spread out evenly into the available space
Figure 7.11 A
Molecules of dye Membrane (cross section)
Net diffusion Net diffusion Equilibrium
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• Substances diffuse down their concentration gradient, the difference in concentration of a substance from one area to another
Figure 7.11 B
Net diffusion
Net diffusion
Net diffusion
Net diffusion Equilibrium
Equilibrium
If there is no concentration gradient, substances don’t diffuse!
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Effects of Osmosis on Water Balance
• Osmosis
– Is the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane
– This is a special case of diffusion
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Osmosis continued
– Is affected by the concentration gradient of dissolved substances
Figure 7.12
Lowerconcentrationof solute (sugar)
Higherconcentrationof sugar
Same concentrationof sugar
Selectivelypermeable mem-brane: sugar mole-cules cannot passthrough pores, butwater molecules can
More free watermolecules (higher
concentration)
Water moleculescluster around sugar molecules
Fewer free watermolecules (lowerconcentration)
Water moves from an area of higher free water concentration to an area of lower free water concentration
Osmosis
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Osmosis continued
• If a solution is isotonic
– The concentration of solutes is the same as it is inside the cell
– There will be no net movement of water
• Water still moves though!
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Osmosis continued
• If a solution is hypertonic
– The concentration of solutes is greater outside than it is inside the cell
– The cell will lose water
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Osmosis continued
• If a solution is hypotonic
– The concentration of solutes is less outside than it is inside the cell
– The cell will gain water
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• Water balance in cells without walls
Figure 7.13
Hypotonic solution Isotonic solution Hypertonic solution
Animal cell. Ananimal cell fares bestin an isotonic environ-ment unless it hasspecial adaptations tooffset the osmoticuptake or loss ofwater.
(a)
H2O H2O H2O H2O
Lysed Normal Shriveled
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Facilitated Diffusion: Passive Transport Aided by Proteins
• In facilitated diffusion
– Transport proteins speed the movement of molecules across the plasma membrane
– Still no energy needed!
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•Channel proteins
– Provide corridors that allow a specific molecule or ion to cross the membrane
– Ion channels are special group of channel proteins that require a stimulus to open or close
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• Carrier proteins
– Undergo a subtle change in shape that translocates the solute-binding site across the membrane
Figure 7.15
Carrier proteinSolute
A carrier protein alternates between two conformations, moving a solute across the membrane as the shape of the protein changes. The protein can transport the solute in either direction, with the net movement being down the concentration gradient of the solute.
(b)
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Active Transport
• Active transport
– Moves substances against their concentration gradient
– Requires energy, usually in the form of ATP
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• The sodium-potassium pump
– Is one type of active transport system
– Transfers the terminal phosphate of an ATP molecule directly to a transport protein
– Allows Na+ or K+ to be pumped against their concentration gradient
Example 1:
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Sodium Potassium Pump Na+ binding stimulatesphosphorylation by ATP.
2
Na+
Cytoplasmic Na+ binds tothe sodium-potassium pump.
1
K+ is released and Na+
sites are receptive again; the cycle repeats.
3 Phosphorylation causes the protein to change its conformation, expelling Na+ to the outside.
4
Extracellular K+ binds to the protein, triggering release of the Phosphate group.
6 Loss of the phosphaterestores the protein’s original conformation.
5
CYTOPLASM
[Na+] low[K+] high
Na+
Na+
Na+
Na+
Na+
PATP
Na+
Na+
Na+
P
ADP
K+
K+
K+
K+K+
K+
[Na+] high[K+] low
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Review: Passive and active transport compared
Active Transport – Some transport proteins act as pumps, moving substances across a membrane against their concentration gradients. Energy usually supplied by ATP
Passive Transport – Substances diffuse spontaneously down their concentration gradients, crossing the membrane with no expenditure of energy. Rate can be increased with transport proteins
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Transport of Very Large Macromolecules
• Large molecules
– Cross the membrane by different mechanisms
– Still require energy
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Example 2: Exocytosis
• In exocytosis
– Transport vesicles migrate to the plasma membrane, fuse with it, and release their contents
– This is how the cell excretes waste or ships products to other cells
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Example 3: Endocytosis
• In endocytosis
– The cell takes in macromolecules by forming new vesicles from the plasma membrane
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EXTRACELLULARFLUID
PseudopodiumCYTOPLASM
“Food” or other particle
Foodvacuole
1 µm
Pseudopodiumof amoeba
Bacterium
Food vacuole
An amoeba engulfing a bacterium viaphagocytosis (TEM).
PINOCYTOSIS
Pinocytosis vesiclesforming (arrows) ina cell lining a smallblood vessel (TEM).
0.5 µm
In pinocytosis, the cell “gulps” droplets of extracellular fluid into tinyvesicles. It is not the fluiditself that is needed by the cell, but the molecules dissolved in the droplet. Because any and all included solutes are taken into the cell, pinocytosisis nonspecific in the substances it transports.
Plasmamembrane
Vesicle
In phagocytosis, a cellengulfs a particle by Wrapping pseudopodia around it and packaging it within a membrane-enclosed sac large enough to be classified as a vacuole. The particle is digested after the vacuole fuses with a lysosome containing hydrolytic enzymes.
• Three types of endocytosis
Figure 7.20
PHAGOCYTOSIS
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0.25 µm
RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS
Receptor
Ligand
Coat protein
Coatedpit
Coatedvesicle
A coated pitand a coatedvesicle formedduringreceptor-mediatedendocytosis(TEMs).
Plasmamembrane
Coatprotein
Receptor-mediated endocytosis enables the cell to acquire bulk quantities of specific substances, even though those substances may not be very concentrated in the extracellular fluid. Embedded in the membrane are proteins with specific receptor sites exposed to the extracellular fluid. The receptor proteins are usually already clustered in regions of the membrane called coated pits, which are lined on their cytoplasmic side by a fuzzy layer of coat proteins. Extracellular substances (ligands) bind to these receptors. When binding occurs, the coated pit forms a vesicle containing the ligand molecules. Notice that there are relatively more bound molecules (purple) inside the vesicle, other molecules (green) are also present. After this ingested material is liberated from the vesicle, the receptors are recycled to the plasma membrane by the same vesicle.