This document provides an overview of the topics covered in an advanced cell biology course, including cell signaling pathways. The course covers cell structures like the nucleus and membranes, as well as processes like transcription, splicing, trafficking and the cell cycle. It focuses on how cells use receptor proteins and second messengers to transduce chemical and physical stimuli into responses that regulate gene expression, metabolism, secretion and motility. Specific signaling pathways discussed include G protein-coupled receptors, receptor tyrosine kinases, cytokine receptors, MAP kinase pathways, insulin signaling, TGF-beta signaling, calcium signaling and visual transduction in vertebrates.
3. • Eukaryotic cells need to adapt to changing
environmental conditions
• Transducing chemical or physical stimuli ->
activity
• Short term responses mediates changes in
– Metabolic activity
– Secretion
– Cell motility
• Long Term responses mediates changes in
- Gene Expression
Why cell need Cell Signaling?
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5. • Cell uses about 20 different families of
receptor proteins to detect and respond to
the different incoming chemical and physical
stimuli
Receptors
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8. • GPCR : uses trimeric GTP-binding proteins to
relay signals to effector protein insie cells
• Mammals has ~2,000 different seven-helix
receptors to discriminate odorants, light,
amino acids, peptide, hormones, lipids.
• S375 orphan receptors : Receptors with
unknown ligands
Seven-Helix Receptors
29. Regulation of Protein Kinase
• Activation by phosphorylation
- Src-family tyrosine kinase
- MAP kinase
- cyclin-dependent kinase
- calcium-depenent kinase
• Inhibition by phosphorylation
- Phosphorylation of Myosin-Light Chain Kinase by PKC : inhibit activity
• Regulation of substrate binding
- binding of regulatory subunit : inhibit substrate binding
- autoinhibtion
30. Regulation of Protein Kinase
• Targeting
- PKA location was determined by RI and RII subunit
= Kinase-anchoring proteins
• PH Domain and lipid tag : target some kinase to lipid bilayer
• Scaffolding Proteins : Cellular ‘Matchmaker’
32. Number of Protein Kinase Genes in Human/Mouse Genome
- Serine/Threonine Kinase : 289
- Tyrosine Kinase : 123
~= more than 500
Number of Protein Phosphatases
- Serine/Threonine phosphatase : 18
- Tyrosine phosphatase : 40
Total Number of Protein Phosphtase : less than 60
33. Substrate Targeting Subunit of PP
Protein Phosphatase 1 + Myosin Light Chain Kinase Targeting Subunits (MYPT1)
Catalytic subunit of Protein Phosphatase relies on Targeting Subunit for substrate specifities
34. GTP binding protein (GTPase)
Small GTPase
Ras family
Rho family : Rho, Rac, cdc42..
Rab family
Ran
53. Calcium binding of calmodulin
- Calcium binding of calmodulin change protein structure of calmodulin
- Ca2+ bound calmodulin regulate various protein targets
CaM Kinase (Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase)