Single mutation in the TΨCG loop of the mitochondrial lysine tRNA

“Ragged-red” muscle fibers & uncontrolled jerky movements

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#Id: 7902

#XL - Q Biochemistry

Single mutation in the TΨCG loop of the mitochondrial lysine tRNA

“Ragged-red” muscle fibers & uncontrolled jerky movements

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 9887

#XL - T Zoology

Eat me” signals

Dying cells facilitate their own phagocytosis by expressing on their surfaces such as phosphatidyl serine and lysophosphatidyl choline, proteins (annexin I), and altered carbohydrates. 

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#Id: 9888

#XL - T Zoology

Don’t eat me

Don’t eat me” signal, the protein CD47. CD47, recognized by the SIRP-α receptor on macrophages.

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#Id: 9889

#XL - T Zoology

Apoptotic cells attract phagocytes by releasing the lipid mediator lysophosphatidic acid, which functions as a chemoattractant

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#Id: 9890

#XL - T Zoology

Conserved motifs, usually present in many copies on the surface of a bacterium, fungal cell, parasite, or virus particle, are called pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs).

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#Id: 9891

#XL - T Zoology

Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs)

Receptors of the innate immune system that recognize molecular patterns or motifs present on pathogens but absent in the host.

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#Id: 9892

#XL - T Zoology

Pattern recognition

Families of PRRs (TLRs, CLRs, RLRs, and NLRs) recognize a wide variety of PAMP (and DAMP) ligands.