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Chapter 1 – Molecules, Cells, and Model Organisms 1.1 The Molecules of Life 1.2 Prokaryotic Cell Structure and Function 1.3 Eukaryotic Cell Structure and Function 1.4 Unicellular Eukaryotic Model Organisms 1.5 Metazoan Structure, Differentiation, and Model Organisms malaria parasite invading a human red blood cell

Chapter 1 –Molecules, Cells, and Model Organisms · Chapter 1 –Molecules, Cells, and Model Organisms • Biological systems follow the rules of chemistry and physics, but biological

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Chapter1– Molecules,Cells,andModelOrganisms

1.1TheMolecules ofLife1.2Prokaryotic CellStructureandFunction1.3Eukaryotic CellStructureandFunction1.4Unicellular EukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5Metazoan Structure,Differentiation,andModel Organisms

malariaparasiteinvadingahumanredbloodcell

Chapter1– Molecules,Cells,andModelOrganisms

• Biologicalsystemsfollowtherulesofchemistryandphysics,butbiologicalstructuresandprocesseshaveevolvedalongdifferentpathsunderthepressuresofnaturalselectionforbillionsofyears.

• Althoughhighlydiverged,allbiologicalsystemsarecomposedofcellscontainingthesametypesofchemicalmoleculesandemployingsimilarprinciplesoforganization atthecellularlevel.

• Similarities acrossbiologicalsystemsmakeinvestigationsofmodelorganismsinformativeforunderstandingfundamentalcellularprocesses.

Differences!

Notintheopensystem!

FIGURE1-1Alllivingorganismsdescendedfromacommonancestralcell.

• Skinisalivingorgancomposedoflayers:protectiveouterlayerofdeadcells,layeroflivingepidermalcells,deeperlayersofmuscleandconnectivetissue.• Tissuecellsareconnectedtoothercellsandconnectivetissuebydesmosomeandhemidesmosome adhesionstructures

Diversity!!!

That’sthecharmingpointof

Life!PrinceCharming

1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms

SeverallevelsofDIVERSITY!!!What’sthis?

Someofthemanysmallmoleculesfoundincells

Allarein3Dspace!

1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms

SeverallevelsofDIVERSITY!!!

Conservation Anyexample?

Adenosinetriphosphate(ATP)isthemostcommonmoleculeusedbycellstocapture,store,andtransferenergy.• UniversallyconservedATPstoreschemicalenergyavailabletodocellularworkintwoenergy-rich(phosphoanhydride)bondsbetweenitsphosphategroups.

DNAconsistsoftwocomplementarystrandswoundaroundeachothertoformadoublehelix.

TheinformationencodedinDNAisconvertedintotheaminoacidsequencesofproteinsbyamultistepprocess

Centraldogma

Whyisthelipidbilayersoimportant?

But…

Therearealways’exceptions’innature

Findexamples!

1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms

‘Pro– karyotic’

Prokaryoticcellsallhavearelativelysimplestructure.

Escherichia coli

What’sthefullnameofit?

MostScientistslovethis!

Why?Baseformolecularengineering

“Microbiology”

“Microbiology”

<EX>

Usethediversityforresearch!!!!!

1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms

Remindyourmemory

Thethreetypesofcytoskeletalfilamentshavecharacteristicdistributionswithinmammaliancells.

Surfaceoftheciliatedepitheliumliningamammaliantracheaviewedinascanningelectronmicroscope

Structureofthenucleus.

Oneofmyfavoritestructure…

Individualchromosomescanbeseenincellsduringcelldivision(mitosis).• SemiconservativeDNAreplicationduringthecellcycleSphaseduplicateseachchromosome,whichremainsattachedatthecentromeretoitsidenticalsisterchromatid.• Chromosomesbecomeshighlycompactedforeasiermovementduringmitosis(Mphase).

TheGolgicomplexandroughendoplasmicreticulum.

Endosomesandothercellularstructuresdelivermaterialstolysosomes.• Lysosomescontainenzymesthatdegradepolymersintotheirmonomericsubunits:nucleasesdegradeRNAandDNAintomononucleotides;

proteasesdegradeproteinsintoaminoacids;phosphatasesremovephosphategroupsfrommononucleotides,phospholipids,andothercompounds;otherenzymesdegradecomplexpolysaccharidesandglycolipids.

• Endocytosis:regionsoftheplasmamembranecontainingtransmembraneproteinreceptorsareinvaginated byacytoplasmiccoatingtoformacoatedpit,whichpinchesoffasacoatedvesicle.Thevesicleuncoats andfuseswithanendosome,wheresomeproteinsaresortedintovesiclesthatfusebackwiththeplasmamembraneandothersaresortedintovesiclesthatfusewithalysosomefordegradation.

• Phagocytosis:largeinsolubleextracellularmaterialcanbetakenintoaphagosomeanddeliveredtoalysosomefordestruction.• Autophagy:intracellularmaterialanddamagedorganellescanbeengulfedbyERmembraneanddeliveredtoalysosomefordestruction.

Electronmicrographofathinsectionofaleafcell.

Whatisthis?

Cellularevolution?

1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms

Macaquemonkey

What’sthedifferentname?

Plasmodiumspecies,theparasitesthatcausemalaria,aresingle-celledprotozoanswitharemarkablelifecycle.

1.1TheMoleculesofLife1.2ProkaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.3EukaryoticCellStructureandFunction1.4UnicellularEukaryoticModelOrganisms1.5MetazoanStructure,Differentiation,andModelOrganisms

Doyourememberthetube?

Similarity…BUT!

Weshouldthinkofthedifferences!

Rosydream…

Thefirstfewcelldivisionsofafertilizedeggsetthestageforallsubsequentdevelopment.• Firstthreecelldivisionsinmouseembryoinitiatepatternofembryonicdevelopmentsimilartothatinhumans.

• Theembryonicbodyplanisdeterminedby(1)aprogramofgenesthatspecifiesthepatternofthebodyand(2)localcellinteractionsthatinducedifferentpartsoftheprogram.

Homologousgenesregulateeyedevelopmentindiverseanimals.• Drosophila eyeless andhumanPax6 genesencodehomologswithrelateddevelopmentalfunctions.• Drosophila eyelessmutationscauselackofcompoundeyedevelopment.• HumanPax6mutationscauselackofeyeirisdevelopment.

ScientificmodelFoxP2gene&Language

Enard 2009Cell

ScientificmodelFoxP2gene&Language

Human

Bird

Mice&Rats

FOXP2-related speech and language disorder is a condition that affects the development of speech and language starting in early childhood.

Ultrasoundvocalization

However…

Seethedifferences

Haeckelembryo

Seethedifferences

Haeckelembryo

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?