Endomembrane system
... of the cell, as well as interactive surfaces for
lipid and protein synthesis. The membranes that make up the endomembrane system are made of a
lipid bilayer, with proteins attached to either side or ... system:
The plasma membrane is a
lipid bilayer membrane that separates the cell from its ...
Cell membrane
...
Detailed Structure
In fact, not all
lipid molecules in the cell membrane are "fluid," in the sense of free to diffuse.
lipid rafts and caveolae are examples of more ... membrane.
Transport across membranes
As a
lipid bilayer, the cell membrane is selectively ...
Lipase
... of ester bonds in waterinsoluble,
lipid substrates. Most lipases act at a specific position on the glycerol backbone of a
lipid substrate (A1, A2 or A3). In the example of human ... R. Kolesnick. 1996. Signal transduction through
lipid second messengers. Curr Opin Cell Biol 8:159-67.
...
Lipid
... ( P ) and a nonpolar tail ( U for unpolar). The
lipid shown is a phospholipid (two tails). The image on ... with one, two, or three chains.
The term
lipid comprises a diverse range of molecules and to ... major component of biological membranes, other
lipid components like sphingolipids and sterols (such ...
Peripheral membrane protein
... are associated. These molecules do not span the
lipid bilayer core of the membrane, but attach ... membrane proteins , or by interactions with the
lipid polar head. Therefore the so-called regulatory ... moiety, such as the fatty-acid anchor of
lipid anchored proteins , which makes the purification ...
Phospholipid
... it spontaneously to form liposomes , or small
lipid vesicles , which can then be used to transport ... basically describes the membrane as a "mosaic" of
lipid molecules that act as a solvent for all the substances and proteins within it, so proteins and
lipid molecules are basically free to diffuse laterally ...
Lipid bilayer
... C = grey
In biology and chemistry , a
lipid bilayer is a membrane or zone of a membrane composed only of
lipid molecules. The
lipid bilayer is the foundation of all biological ...
Cell membrane
...
Detailed Structure
In fact, not all
lipid molecules in the cell membrane are "fluid," in the sense of free to diffuse.
lipid rafts and caveolae are examples of more ... membrane.
Transport across membranes
As a
lipid bilayer, the cell membrane is selectively ...
Biological membrane
... a membrane which acts as a barrier within or around a cell . It is a
lipid bilayer , being composed of a double layer of
lipid -class molecules , specifically phospholipids , with occasional ...
Hormone
... cortisol . Sterol hormones such as calcitriol are a homologous system.
lipid and phospholipid hormones are derived from lipids such as linoleic ... Sterol hormones
Vitamin D derivatives
calcitriol
lipid and phospholipid hormones ( eicosanoids ):
prostaglandins
...
Life
... by Lynn Margulis ) as an autopoietic (self-producing), water based,
lipid - protein bound, carbon metabolic, nucleic acid replicated, protein ... in the Urey-Miller experiment .
Phospholipids spontaneously form
lipid bilayers , the basic structure of a cell membrane .
Procedures for ...
Signal transduction
... Juxtacrine signals are transmitted along cell membranes via protein or
lipid components integral to the membrane and are capable of affecting either ... stay close to the membrane, or are anchored within the membrane by
lipid anchors , a posttranslational modification (see myristoilation , ...
Virus
... the nucleocapsid, and, in the case of measles virus, is enclosed in a
lipid 'envelope' acquired from the host cell, in which are embedded ... As in the helical viruses, the spherical virus capsid may be enclosed in a
lipid envelope, although frequently spherical viruses are not enveloped, and the ...
Amino acid
... there are other biologically important amino acids, such as the neurotransmitters glycine , GABA and glutamate , as well as carnitine (used in
lipid transport within a cell ), ornithine , citrulline , homocysteine , hydroxyproline , hydroxylysine , and sarcosine .
Some of the 20 standard ...
Antigenic shift
... hemagglutinin and type-2 neuraminidase.
If two different strains of influenza infect the same cell simultaneously, their protein capsids and
lipid envelopes are removed, exposing their RNA , which is then transcribed to DNA . The host cell then forms new viruses that combine antigens; for ...
Cell biology
...
Adhesion
Chloroplast
Cilia
Cytoplasm
Cytoskeleton
Endoplasmic reticulum
Flagella
Glycolysis
Golgi apparatus
lipid bilayer
Membrane
Mitochondrion
Nucleus
Organelle
Passive transport
Ribosome
Signal transduction
Vesicle
...
Cell metabolism
... about the reaction and how its energy is secured in ATP .
Fat catabolism
Main article: Fat catabolism
Fat catabolism, also known as
lipid catabolism, is the process of lipids or phospholipids being broken down by lipases . The opposite of fat catabolism is fat anabolism , involving ...
Chloroplast
... may take, and are generally considered to have originated as endosymbiotic cyanobacteria .
In green plants chloroplasts are surrounded by two
lipid bilayer membranes , now thought to correspond to the outer and inner membranes of the ancestral cyanobacterium.
The genome is considerably reduced ...
Diffusion
... and active transport.
Net flux
Net flux is used to measure diffusion.
Polarity
Nonpolar molecules diffuse faster through the
lipid portion of the membranes.
Ions
Diffusion of ions depends on the concentration gradient, and the membrane potential. The net flux of ions can ...
Glucose
... is immediately involved in the production of ATP , the cell's energy carrier. In addition, it is critical in the production of protein and in
lipid metabolism. As the central nervous system does not metabolise lipids, it is more dependent on glucose than other tissues.
Glucose is absorbed ...
Insulin
... of protein degradation; lack of insulin increases protein degradation,
decreased lipolysis – forces reduction in conversion of fat cell
lipid stores into blood fatty acids; lack of insulin causes the reverse
decreased gluconeogenesis – decreases production of glucose from various ...
Ion channel
... involve a circular arrangement of identical or related proteins closely packed around a water-filled pore through the plane of the membrane or
lipid bilayer . While large-pore channels permit the passage of ions more or less indiscriminately, the archetypal channel pore is just one or two atoms ...
Liver
... (the formation of glycogen from glucose)
The breakdown of insulin and other hormones
The liver also performs several roles in
lipid metabolism:
Cholesterol synthesis
The production of triglycerides (fats).
The liver produces coagulation factors I ...
Origin of life
... This was demonstrated in the Urey-Miller experiment by Stanley L. Miller and Harold C. Urey in 1953 .
Phospholipids spontaneously form
lipid bilayers , the basic structure of a cell membrane .
Procedures for producing random RNA molecules can produce " ribozymes ", which are able to ...
Retrovirus
...
Four identified human retroviruses ( HTLV 1&2, HIV 1&2) attack CD4 cells .
Another feature common to all retroviruses is a
lipid coating surrounding their capsid . It is essential for their propagation. This explains why retroviruses can be made inactive by just washing ...
Semen
... S, Scheit K-H, Bhargava PM. 1990 . Proteins of seminal plasma . New York : John Wiley & Sons . ISBN 0-471-84685-6.
External links
lipid composition of human semen
"What is semen made of?" by Fred Guerra at JackinWorld.com
"Semen Production and ejaculation" by M.J. Ecker at ...
Transmembrane protein
... A transmembrane protein is an integral membrane protein that spans from the internal to the external surface of the biological membrane or
lipid bilayer in which it is embedded.
Extraction of a transmembrane protein in the absence of a detergent will result in aggregation and ...
Transmembrane receptor
... their hypothesized (and sometimes experimentally verified) membrane topology . The polypeptide chains of the simplest are predicted to cross the
lipid bilayer only once, while others cross as many as seven times (the so-called G-protein coupled receptors ).
Like any integral membrane protein, a ...
Varicella zoster virus
... gH, gI, gK, gL) correspond with those in HSV, however there is not equivalent of HSV gD. VZV virons are spherical and 150-200 nm in diameter. Its
lipid envelope encloses the nucleocapsid of 162 capsomeres arranged in a hexagonal form. Its DNA is a single linear, double strand molecule, 125,000 ...
Vesicle
... In cell biology , a vesicle is a relatively small and enclosed compartment, separated from the cytosol by at least one
lipid bilayer . Vesicles store, transport , or digest cellular products and wastes .
This biomembrane enclosing the vesicle is the same as that ...