membrane structure and function
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Membrane Structure and Function
Eva Socorro Estrada Aranas-Angel, MD, FPSGMDepartment of Biochemistry
Davao Medical School Foundation
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Biomedical ImportanceBiomedical Importance
Plasma Membranes – selective Plasma Membranes – selective permeabilities, channels, pumps, permeabilities, channels, pumps, cell-cell interactions, trans-cell-cell interactions, trans-membrane signalingmembrane signaling
Specialized Compartments – Specialized Compartments – enzymes, excitation-response enzymes, excitation-response coupling, energy transductioncoupling, energy transduction
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Compartmentalization of Internal Body WaterCompartmentalization of Internal Body Water Intracellular Fluid –Intracellular Fluid –- 2/3 of the total body water- Provides environment for the cell to - make, store and utilize energy - repair itself - replicate - perform special functions
Extracellular FluidExtracellular Fluid
- - 1/3 of total body water
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Ionic Compositions of ICF and ECFSubstance Extracellular Intracellular Na+ 140 10 mmol/L K+ 4 140 Ca++ 2.5 0.1umol/L
Cl- 100 4 HCO3- 27 10 PO4- 2 60Glucose 5.5 0-1Protein 2 16 g/dL
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures
Asymmetric sheet-like enclosed structures with distinct inner and outer surfaces
Sheet-like structures are non-covalent assemblies that are thermodynamically stable
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures Major Lipids in Mammalian
Membranes
A. Phospholipids- More common- Consist of glycerol backbone to
which are attached two fatty acids in ester linkage and phosphorylated alcohol
- FA constituents are usually even numbered, 16-18 carbons
- Unbranched, saturated or unsaturated
O IIR1-C- O- 1CH2 I R2-C- O- 2CH O- I I 3CH2- O-P-O-R3 II O
Fatty Acids
Glycerol Alcohol
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures
O IIR1-C- O- 1CH2 I R2-C- O- 2CH O- I I 3CH2- O-P-O-R3 II O
Fatty Acids
Glycerol Alcohol
Major Lipids in Mammalian Membranes
A. Phospholipids
- Phosphatidic acid is simplest phosphoglyceride
- 1,2-diacylglycerol 3-phosphate, a key intermediate in the formation of all other phosphoglycerides
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Major Lipids in Mammalian Membranes
B. Glycosphongolipids
- Sugar containing lipids built on a backbone of ceramide
- Include galactosyl and glucosyl ceramide
(cerebrosides) and the gangliosides
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Major Lipids in Mammalian Membranes
C. Sterols
- Most common sterol in membranes is cholesterol
- Intercalates among the phospholipids of the membrane, with its hydroxyl group at the aqueous surface and the remainder of the molecule within the leaflet
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures
Membrane Lipids are Amphipathic
- Contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic region
S U S S
POLARHEAD GROUP
Apolar HydrocarbonTails
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures
Straight tails – saturated fatty acids
Kinked tails – unsaturated fatty acids, make membrane become less compact, more fluid
S U S S
POLARHEAD GROUP
Apolar HydrocarbonTails
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures
Membrane Lipids Form BilayersMicelle – a structure where hydrophobic regions
are shielded from water while the hydrophilic polar groups are immersed in the
aqueous environmentBilayers- key structures in bilogic membranes. A
bilayer exists as a sheet in which the hydrohobic regions of the phospholipids are protected from the aqueous environment while the hydrophilic regions are immersed in water
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures
Membrane Lipids Form Bilayers
1. How many biologic materials are lipid soluble?
- gases such as oxygen, CO2, nitrogen, small molecules with little interaction with solvents
- steroids
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Membrane Lipids Form Bilayers
2. How are the transmembrane concentration gradients for non-lipid soluble maintained
- Membranes contain proteins, and proteins are also amphipathic molecules that can be inserted into the correspondingly amphipathic lipid bilayer
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures
Membrane Lipids Form Bilayers
Proteins form channels for the movement of ions and small molecules and serve as transporters for molecules that otherwise could not pass the bilayer
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures
Membrane Proteins Are associated with the Lipid Bilayers
Phospholipids –act as solvent for membrane proteins creating an environment in which the latter can function
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures Membranes Are Asymmetric Structures- Inside-Outside asymmetry
-Attributed to irregular distribution of proteins within the membranes.
- provided by the external location of carbohydrates attached to membrane proteins
- inside-outside asymmetry of phospholipids
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MMembranes Are Complex Structures Membranes Are Asymmetric Structures- Inside-Outside asymmetry
- choline containing PPL (PPC and sphingomyelin, outer molecular layer
- aminophospholipids (PPS and PPE) are preferentially located in the inner membrane
- GSL’s and glycoproteins whose sugar moieties protrude outward from plasma membrane
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