BIOL3040 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Resting Potential, Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate, Electrochemical Gradient

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Membrane protein- make up 50% of membrane mass. Lateral diffusion- because membranes are fluid, proteins can just move around, within a given bilayer (more info?) Single-pass transmembrane protein-polypeptide chain usually crosses bilayer as alpha helix (going through one time) Small amphipathic lipid-like molecule (have one tail instead of two tails, monomer) Get into membranes, tears apart and forms micelles. Micelle- forms from detergents, prefer to be circular instead of bilayer because it doesn"t have the two tails to even things out. Detergents are used in everyday products (like sodium lauryl sulfate) Sds- strong ionic detergent, disrupts membranes more easily. Simple diffusion- small nonpolar molecules can get through lipid bilayer. Facilitated transport- by proteins, ions (because of charges), small uncharged polar molecules, larger uncharged polar molecules. Transporter-specific binding site; undergoes conformation change to move molecule. Passive- simple diffusion, channel-mediated, transporter-mediated, moving down the concentration gradient. Active- needs energy to move up concentration gradient. Exploit na/k gradients to move other molecules.

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