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Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
A network of membranes found within eukaryotic cells, involved in protein and lipid synthesis.
Lipid Bilayer
The site of action of some toxins like the cholera toxin.
Ganglioside GM1
A cell-surface receptor for the cholera toxin on intestinal epithelial cells.
Cholera Toxin
Enters cells, causing an increase in intracellular cyclic AMP, leading to massive secretion of water and electrolytes into the intestine.
Adenylate Cyclase (AC)
Activated by the cholera toxin A subunit after it's translocated across the ER membrane, increasing cAMP levels.
Pore-Forming Toxins (β-PFTs)
Produced by pathogens, damage the cell membrane, leading to leakage and lysis of target cells.
Endoplasmic Reticulum Lumen
The single internal space enclosed by the ER, topologically equivalent to the exterior of the cell.
Sorting Signals
Specific amino acid sequences recognized by sorting receptors to direct proteins to their destination.
Sorting Receptors
Function catalytically, returning to their origin after each round of targeting.
Golgi Apparatus
Receives lipids and proteins from the ER, modifies them (commonly glycosylation), and dispatches them to various destinations in transport vesicles.
KDEL
A translocation signal within the cell.
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (RER)
Part of the ER with ribosomes attached, giving it a rough appearance; synthesizes proteins destined for the cell surface, ER, lysosomes, Golgi, or secretion.
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum (SER)
Part of the ER with a more tubular appearance and no ribosomes; synthesizes lipids, including cholesterol and phospholipids, and is involved in detoxification.
Microsomes
Small vesicles formed when the ER fragments during cell disruption.
Rough Microsomes
Microsomes derived from the rough ER, lined with ribosomes on their outer surface.
Smooth Microsomes
Microsomes drived from the smooth ER, lacking ribosomes.
Unfolded Protein Response (UPR)
Feedback mechanism from the rough ER to the nucleus in response to problems in protein synthesis and folding.
Cytochrome P450
A large family of enzymes in the smooth ER that catalyze reactions to transform water-insoluble drugs or metabolites into water-soluble molecules.
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Specialized smooth ER in muscle cells that sequesters and stores Ca2+.
Transmembrane Proteins
Proteins that extend through the lipid bilayer, having hydrophobic regions that pass through the membrane and hydrophilic regions exposed to water.
GPI Anchor
A way membrane proteins are anchored to the lipid bilayer via a covalently bound lipid.
Apical Surface
The surface of epithelial cells confined with certain plasma membrane enzymes and transport proteins.
Basal and Lateral Surfaces
Other surfaces of epithelial cells confined with certain plasma membrane enzymes and transport proteins.
Signal Peptide
Directs the protein into the ER where they fold.
Post-translational Modifications (PTM)
Modifications to proteins after translation, such as glycosylation, disulfide bond formation, and GPI anchor addition.
Na+, K+, HCO3
Key ions involved in the massive secretion caused by cholera toxin, leading to diarrhea.
β-barrel structure
Formed by β-PFTs after oligomerization, creating a channel in the lipid bilayer.
Transitional ER
The part of the ER that transports lipids and proteins to the Golgi apparatus.
ER Lumen
Continuous with the nuclear membrane, forming the secretory pathway.
Glycosylation
A common modification of lipids and proteins in the Golgi apparatus.
Calsequestrin
Ca2+-binding protein in the smooth ER for Ca2+ storage
Calmodulin
Ca2+-binding protein in the smooth ER for Ca2+ storage
Myofibril contraction
Triggered by the release and reuptake of Ca2+ by the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
ATP production
Membranes of mitochondria or chloroplasts are involved in this process. ~75% or mass is protein (enzymes are proteins).
Cell-surface receptors
Usually transmembrane proteins that bind ligands in the extracellular space and transduce intracellular signals on the opposite side of the plasma membrane.
Palmitic acid
A saturated 16-carbon fatty acid, to a cysteine (Cys) side chain of the protein.
Enterocytes
Epithelial cells lining the gut.
7 TMDs
Second most common protein transmembrane domain. GPCRs.
Bilirubin
Bilirubin is transported within the hepatocyte to the smooth endoplasmic reticulum, where its carboxyl groups are conjugated with glucuronic acid.
Lipid Biomass
The ER therefore has a major influence on cellular lipid biomass and balances the production of different lipid categories, classes, and species.