1a. Aquaporins are membrane proteins that have fourteen various structures however the most common form is that of a homotetramer. The homotetramer is often found in the membrane and composed of four aquaporin membranes. The structural arrangement creates a fifth channel in the middle that allows for gas transportation. 1b. The direction of H2O molecular flow through a channel is determined by an osmotic gradient. 1c. One of the mechanisms that prevents proton channeling is due to the (ar/R) and
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occur. 3) Which of the following statements about carrier proteins is FALSE? 3) _______ A) They can become saturated if the maximum transport rate is exceeded. B) They are found integrated into the plasma membrane. C) They assist in simple diffusion. D) They might have to change shape slightly to accommodate a solute. 4) Osmotic pressure is measured in units of _______. 4) _______ A) mm Hg B)
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Plasma membranes are selectively permeable. The purpose of this experiment is to reveal how a form of diffusion in a semipermeable membrane works by creating a real life simulation of a semipermeable plasma membrane. This is done by building an imitation of a caterpillar’s digestive tract using dialysis tubing and glassware. The first material in this experiment is a small beaker representing the head and crop of the caterpillar. This beaker is filled with both starch and the enzyme α-amylase. This
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LAB REPORT 1 - LAB 7 CELL MEMBRANE FUNCTION Marisela Camacho Legarreta June 30‚ 2013 ACTIVITY 1 INTRODUCTION Be aware that all molecules have kinetic energy‚ which means that is an active energy that is always in motion. Molecules move in all different ways and this create an evenly distributed movement which is best known as diffusion. Diffusion is the movement of molecules from a region of their higher concentration to a lower concentration. METHODS Check the reaction of different
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Materials & Methods Brook trout blood was used throughout our experiment as our erythrocyte suspension‚ which consisted of ten drops of fish blood in a test tube containing 10mL of 0.7% NaCl. Eleven other solutions‚ (erythritol‚ xylose‚ monacetin‚ diacetin‚ triacetin‚ urea‚ thiourea‚ glycerol‚ ethylene glycol‚ glucose and fructose) all isosmotic but not necessarily isotonic with the cytoplasm of the erythrocyte‚ were combined with a 0.2mL of well-mixed stock suspension were added to 0.27M of each
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difference in the osmolarity‚ no change in the cells sizes. PART 3 Procedure: 1. Repeat step (1 – 3 of PART 2) using 30% of sucrose solution. Results & Observations: In the hypertonic solution we can notice the shrinking of the cell membrane due to the loose of water. Discussion & Conclusion: Water will move in or out of the onion cells according to the concentration of sucrose in and out of the onion cells: in an isotonic solution no change will happen; in a hypertonic solution
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Plan:- Independent Variable- Temperature is what I will be changing in the experiment. I want to find out what effect temperature has on the permeability of a cell membrane. Controlling other Variables- I will use measures to ensure that everything stays the same in my test to gain the best and most reliable results possible - Same volume of water that I put the beetroot into after heating. - The beetroot I use will be the same size each time‚ I will ensure this using a cork borer. - The beetroot
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investigation I will be measuring the effects of temperature on the membrane permeability of beetroot. I will be measuring the amount of anthocyanin that will diffuse out of the beetroot. The way in which I will measure the anthocyanin is to check the light absorbency of the solution using a colorimeter. The higher the reading on colorimeter the more anthocyanin present in the solution To find out the permeability of the beetroot membrane I will firstly cut out cylinders of beetroot using a cork borer
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Ligia Ramos 11th Grade HL Biology – Ms. Bartels Due Monday October 21st Limitations on Cell Size Research Question: What is the correlation between surface-to-volume ration and ion exchange and how does this relate to cells? Evaluation of Method and Results: Errors/ Limitations: | Suggestions for improvement: | Impact on Results: | Precision - Human error –cutting cubes freely‚ resulting in very different sized cubes‚ especially for the 1cm x 1cm x 1 cm cubes. All the cubes also had slightly
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ORGANIC MATTER AND INORGANIC MATTE Organic matter is that which is living or has been alive‚ e.g. wood or coal. Inorganic matter is that which is not living and never has been alive‚ e.g. water or iron. Inorganic substances can be built up into organic compounds by living organisms. All living matter is made up of small units called cells. Some organisms‚ such as bacteria‚ consist of one single cell; others‚ like human beings‚ consist of many hundreds of millions of cells‚ all functioning together
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