BIO SCI 38 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Citric Acid Cycle, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, Striatum
11 Jan 2020
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Many gene are found in every cell of the body (e. g. , genes for structure, metabolism, transcription regulation, etc. ) Some genes, with specialized functions, are found in specific cells. Glial fibrillary acid protein (gfap): found in astrocytes. Glutamic acid decarboxylase (gad): enzyme required for the synthesis of neurotransmitter gaba, which is found in inhibitory neurons o. Calcium/calmodulin kinase ii (camkii): found in principal neurons of neocortex, hippocampus, amygadala, striatum, and other brain regions. Some genes are turned on in neurons following action potential firing (cell bursting many spikes from a given neuron in a short time) as occurs during learning. Proteins, rna, dna, nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates, ions, water, A few: enzymes, structural proteins, cell surface receptors, transcription factors, ribosomal proteins, etc. Enzymes: proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in cells. Enzymes (a few): dna and rna polymerases, metabolism (glycolysis and krebs cycle), kinases (add phosphates to proteins), phosphatases (remove phosphates from proteins),
