Membrane channels and carriers both show changes in protein conformation.  What is the role of such conformation changes in: (1) channels, and (2) carriers?

what is the Role of cholesterol in membrane fluidity?

Define anterograde axoplasmic transport. Why is this type of axonal transport necessary in most neurons? And, briefly describe the molecules involved in facilitating anterograde transport 2

8) Indicate which of the five major types of membrane protein (adhesion, enzymatic, recognition, receptor, and transport) is most likely to be involved in each of the situations described below: a) An oncologist wants to study the cells from a certain tumour that has been surgically removed from a patient. However, she must first treat the tumour with a solution affects a membrane protein on the tumour cells. Because of the effect of the solution on the membrane protein, the tumour tissue falls apart into individual cells. Type of membrane protein: b) Farmer Jebediah wakes up in the morning and makes himself an extra-strong coffee. The caffeine in the coffee attaches to a protein in the plasma membrane of his neurons, inducing a signal transduction cascade and causing Farmer Jebediah to be more alert Type of membrane protein:

Is the movement of sodium through SGlut-1 during co-transport simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, or secondary active transport? And is the movement of glucose through SGlut-1 during co-transport simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, primary active transport, or secondary active transport?

a skeletal muscle cell has depleted its stores of ATP how will the altered transport properties of the NKA transporter affect cytosolic calcium concentrations (increase, decrease, no change) relative to normal? Why?

What key ATPase is important for maintaining this positive (outside) and negative (inside) transmembrane potential?

Consider the amino acids on the image below. Which of the following amino acids would be most likely to be found in the part of an integral membrane protein that is located within the membrane? (Select all answers that apply.) Asparagine (Asn)   Lysine (Lys)   Phenylalanine (Phe)   Valine (Val)   Glutamic acid (Glu)  Methionine (Met)

Drawn below is a schematic of a transmembrane protein. Extracellular Cell membrane Cytosolic side (a) From the list below, select the amino acid(s) that might by more common in the extracellular domain of this membrane protein and whose side- chain can form hydrogen bonds with the surrounding water molecules. Explain why you selected this option(s). Lysine Serine Phenylalanine Methionine (b) From the list below, select the amino acid(s) that would likely be found in the transmembrane/ membrane spanning domain of this protein and whose side- chain interacts with the lipid bilayer. Lysine Serine Phenylalanine Methionine

Our current experimental procedure works because Con A adheres strongly to the nitrocellulose membrane while HRP hardly binds to the membrane at all. If HRP binds as strongly to the membrane as Con A does, our current scheme will not work. Assuming that's the case (HRP strongly binds to the membrane non-specifically, regardless of the presence of ConA), you will need to treat the membrane with an additional solution before treating it with HRP. What solution would that be? O Saturated NaCI solution. O Concentrated HCI. A membrane-binding protein. Concentrated glucose slution.