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Chapter1– Molecules,Cells,andModelOrganisms
1.1TheMolecules ofLife1.2Prokaryotic CellStructureandFunction1.3Eukaryotic CellStructureandFunction1.4Unicellular EukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5Metazoan Structure,Differentiation,andModel Organisms
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Chapter1– Molecules,Cells,andModelOrganisms
• Biologicalsystemsfollowtherulesofchemistryandphysics,butbiologicalstructuresandprocesseshaveevolvedalongdifferentpathsunderthepressuresofnaturalselectionforbillionsofyears.
• Althoughhighlydiverged,allbiologicalsystemsarecomposedofcellscontainingthesametypesofchemicalmoleculesandemployingsimilarprinciplesoforganization atthecellularlevel.
• Similarities acrossbiologicalsystemsmakeinvestigationsofmodelorganismsinformativeforunderstandingfundamentalcellularprocesses.
Differences!
Notintheopensystem!
• Skinisalivingorgancomposedoflayers:protectiveouterlayerofdeadcells,layeroflivingepidermalcells,deeperlayersofmuscleandconnectivetissue.• Tissuecellsareconnectedtoothercellsandconnectivetissuebydesmosomeandhemidesmosome adhesionstructures
1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms
SeverallevelsofDIVERSITY!!!What’sthis?
1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms
SeverallevelsofDIVERSITY!!!
Conservation Anyexample?
Adenosinetriphosphate(ATP)isthemostcommonmoleculeusedbycellstocapture,store,andtransferenergy.• UniversallyconservedATPstoreschemicalenergyavailabletodocellularworkintwoenergy-rich(phosphoanhydride)bondsbetweenitsphosphategroups.
TheinformationencodedinDNAisconvertedintotheaminoacidsequencesofproteinsbyamultistepprocess
Centraldogma
1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms
‘Pro– karyotic’
Prokaryoticcellsallhavearelativelysimplestructure.
Escherichia coli
What’sthefullnameofit?
MostScientistslovethis!
Why?Baseformolecularengineering
1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms
Individualchromosomescanbeseenincellsduringcelldivision(mitosis).• SemiconservativeDNAreplicationduringthecellcycleSphaseduplicateseachchromosome,whichremainsattachedatthecentromeretoitsidenticalsisterchromatid.• Chromosomesbecomeshighlycompactedforeasiermovementduringmitosis(Mphase).
Endosomesandothercellularstructuresdelivermaterialstolysosomes.• Lysosomescontainenzymesthatdegradepolymersintotheirmonomericsubunits:nucleasesdegradeRNAandDNAintomononucleotides;
proteasesdegradeproteinsintoaminoacids;phosphatasesremovephosphategroupsfrommononucleotides,phospholipids,andothercompounds;otherenzymesdegradecomplexpolysaccharidesandglycolipids.
• Endocytosis:regionsoftheplasmamembranecontainingtransmembraneproteinreceptorsareinvaginated byacytoplasmiccoatingtoformacoatedpit,whichpinchesoffasacoatedvesicle.Thevesicleuncoats andfuseswithanendosome,wheresomeproteinsaresortedintovesiclesthatfusebackwiththeplasmamembraneandothersaresortedintovesiclesthatfusewithalysosomefordegradation.
• Phagocytosis:largeinsolubleextracellularmaterialcanbetakenintoaphagosomeanddeliveredtoalysosomefordestruction.• Autophagy:intracellularmaterialanddamagedorganellescanbeengulfedbyERmembraneanddeliveredtoalysosomefordestruction.
1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms
1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms
Thefirstfewcelldivisionsofafertilizedeggsetthestageforallsubsequentdevelopment.• Firstthreecelldivisionsinmouseembryoinitiatepatternofembryonicdevelopmentsimilartothatinhumans.
• Theembryonicbodyplanisdeterminedby(1)aprogramofgenesthatspecifiesthepatternofthebodyand(2)localcellinteractionsthatinducedifferentpartsoftheprogram.
Homologousgenesregulateeyedevelopmentindiverseanimals.• Drosophila eyeless andhumanPax6 genesencodehomologswithrelateddevelopmentalfunctions.• Drosophila eyelessmutationscauselackofcompoundeyedevelopment.• HumanPax6mutationscauselackofeyeirisdevelopment.
ScientificmodelFoxP2gene&Language
Human
Bird
Mice&Rats
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FOXP2-related speech and language disorder is a condition that affects the development of speech and language starting in early childhood.
Discusswithfriends
What are the similarities and differences between different animals?Make one example with a model system.
Find “Taq polymerase” used for PCR reaction.
What are the differences between Bacteria and Archaea?
Talk about three model organisms and discuss why these model systems should be used for research.
Find exceptions in central dogma. How can you use the exceptions for research and engineering?