3. What is the structure of the membrane?
1915-membranes are lipids + proteins
Where are the proteins?
1674-cells have membranes
4. Fig. 7-5
Lateral movement
(~107
times per second)
Flip-flop
(~ once per month)
(a) Movement of phospholipids
(b) Membrane fluidity
Fluid Viscous
Unsaturated hydrocarbon
tails with kinks
Saturated hydro-
carbon tails
(c) Cholesterol within the animal cell membrane
Cholesterol
7. Fibers of
extracellular
matrix (ECM)
Glyco-
protein
Microfilaments
of cytoskeleton
Cholesterol
Peripheral
proteins
Integral
protein
CYTOPLASMIC SIDE
OF MEMBRANE
Glycolipid
EXTRACELLULAR
SIDE OF
MEMBRANE
Carbohydrate
fluid mosaic model - a membrane is a fluid lipid bilayer
with a “mosaic” of various proteins embedded in it
9. (a) Transport
ATP
(b) Enzymatic activity
Enzymes
(c) Signal transduction
Signal transduction
Signaling molecule
Receptor
(d) Cell-cell recognition
Glyco-
protein
(e) Intercellular joining (f) Attachment
Major functions of membrane proteins
19. Fig. 7-20c
RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS
Receptor
Coat protein
Coated
pit
Ligand
Coat
protein
Plasma
membrane
0.25 µm
Coated
vesicle
A coated pit
and a coated
vesicle formed
during
receptor-
mediated
endocytosis
(TEMs)