Ch. 14: Cellular movement: motility and contractility

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Micotubule based moement inside cells: ____ and ___

kinesins, dyneins

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microtubule associated ___ ___ ___ and ____ walk along the MTs and provide the force needed for movement

motor proteins- kinesins, dyneins

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_____ are a large famiy of proteins whereas there are relatively few dyneins

Kinesins

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Kinesins move cargo in what direction on microtubules

negative to positive

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One major function of kinesins is ___ ____ ___

moving intracellular cargo

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Kinesins consist of two dimerized ___ ___ and two ___ ___

heavy chains, light chains

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____

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How kinesin mov cargo along microtubules-

  • ___ ___ looks like walking with the two globular head domains taking turns as the front foot

  • kinesin act as highly processive _____ traveling great distances along MTs

  • Movement is coupled to the _____ of ___


  • kinesin movement

  • motors

  • hydrolysis of ATP


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dyneins move from

plus to minus end

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dyneins are found in ____ and the ___

axonemes and the cytosol

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Dyneins fall into two classes:

cytoplasmic and axonemal

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cytoplasmic dyneins move forward to the ___ end of MTs

minus

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The _____ complex serves as an adapter between dyneins and their cargo

dynactin

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The ____ domain is an ATPase. it is responsible for the ___ ___ that moves dyneins along the MT

AAA+, power stroke

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__ ___ direct vesicle transport and shape the endomembrane system

Microtubule motors

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______ anchor a polarized array of MT with the plus end at the cell periphery. MT motors move cargo along this network

Centrosomes

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MT motors can shape the endomembrane by moving the ___ along the MT and by assembling and maintaining the ____ apparatus

ER, golgi

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Microtubule based cell motility: ___ and ___

cilia, flagella

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____ occur in large numbers on the surface of ciliated cells (oarlike pattern of beating)

cilia

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_____ are limited to one or a few per cell (propagated bending motion)

Flagella

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Cilia and flagella consist of an ___ connected to a ___ body

axoneme, basal

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the nine ___ ___ of the axoneme are connected laterally to one another and radially to the ___ __ of single MTs

outer doublets, central pair

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Each A tubule has a set of ____ that project from each of the outer doublets these consist of ____ ___

sidearms, axonemal dynein

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crosslinks and spokes are responsible for ____

bending

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_____ ____ is invovled in the sliding of MTs against each other which bend the axoneme

axonemal dynein

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____ ___ provide the driving force for axonemal bending

dynein arms

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microfilament based movement inside cells: ___

myosins

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atp dependent motors the large superfamily called __ interact with and exert force on actin microfilaments

myosins

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many myosins move toward the ___ ___ of MFs

plus ends

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Myosin functions:

muscle contraction, cell movement, endocytosis, and vesicle transportation

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Myosin 2 and classic kinesin are efficient motor proteins that share these similarities:

  • both have ___ ___ that walk along a protein filament

  • both use ____ ___ to change their shape

  • the ____ exerted are similar


  • globular domains

  • ATP Hydrolysis

  • forces


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Myosin 2 and classic kinesin differences:

  • myosin 2 molecules move ___ distances but operate in ___ arrays

  • kinesins operate ____ or in ___ numbers to transport vesicles over large differences


  • short, large

  • alone, small


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myosin goes to

plus end/ toward z line

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_____ ___ are responsible for voluntary movement

skeletal muscles

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skeletal muscles cells contain ____ filaments (actin) and ___ filaments (myosin)

thin, thick

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Muscle contraction is due to ___ filaments sliding past ___ filaments with no change in length either

thin, thick

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The mechanism of ___ ___ is a six step cycle (look at the slide)

muscle contraction

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The regulation of muscle contraction depends on ____

calcium

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The regulatory proteins ___ and ____ regulate the availability of myosin binding sites on actin filaments in a ___ dependent manner

tropomyosin, troponin, calcium

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smooth muscle is more similar to nonmuscle cells than to ___ muscle

skeletal

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smooth muscle have ___ bodies, actin and myosin filaments are anchored at both ends to the dense bodies

dense

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smooth muscle is responsible for ____ contractions

involuntary

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The resulting ____ ___ complex binds to myosin light chain kinase activating it and triggering myosin light chain phosphorylation

calcium calmodulin

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____ ___ ____ ___ activates the myosin so that it can interact with actin filaments to undergo the cross bridge cycle

myosin light chain phosphorylation

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Microfilament based motility in nonmusle cells:

  • extension of a ____

  • attachment to ____

  • generation of ____


  • protrusion

  • substrate

  • tension


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Microfilament based motility in nonmusle cells:

____ ____ : an actomyosin dependent movement of cytoplasm in the plant cell

ex: chemotaxis, amoeboid movement, cytokinesis, and some vesicle movement

cytoplasmic streaming