water structure and properties
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bio 121 plant physio lectureTRANSCRIPT
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WATER:
STRUCTURE
AND
PROPERTIES
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Why do we study water?
• Because water is the substance that makes possible life
• Life on Earth began in water and evolved there for 3 billion years before spreading onto land.
• Even terrestrial organisms are tied to water.
– cells are about 70-95% water.
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Nature of water
•Polar molecule
two hydrogen atoms form
single polar covalent bonds
with an oxygen atom.
the region around oxygen
has a partial negative charge.
the region near the two hydrogen atoms has a
partial positive charge.
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The slightly negative
regions of one
molecule are attracted
to the slightly positive
regions of nearby
molecules, forming a
hydrogen bond.
Water
Each water
molecule
can form hydrogen
bonds with up to
four neighbors.
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Hydrogen bond is a
weak bond. It is 1/20th as
strong as covalent bonds.
H-bond continually
forms, break ups and re-
forms
At any instant, a
substantial percentage of
all water molecules are
bonded to their neighbors,
making water more
structured than most other
liquids
Water
It is responsible for many
of the unusual physical
properties of water
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Properties of water
1. Water is cohesive.
Water that evaporates from
a leaf is replaced by water
from vessels in the leaf.
Hydrogen bonds cause
water molecules leaving the
veins to tug on molecules
further down.
This upward pull is
transmitted to the roots.
Cohesion among water molecules plays a key role in the transport of water against gravity in plants.
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Properties of water
2. Water exhibits adhesion or attraction to a solid phase.
Adhesion- attraction
between unlike
molecules
Adhesion is also due
to hydrogen bonding
Adhesion of water to the walls of the vessels helps
counter the downward pull of gravity during water
transport
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Properties of water
3. Water exhibits high surface tension
Surface tension – a force exerted by water
molecules at the air-water interface resulting from
the cohesion properties of water
As a result of unequal attraction, an air-water
interface minimizes the surface area of water
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Some animals can stand, walk, or run on water without
breaking the surface.
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surface tension
Influence the
shape of the surface
Create a pressure
in the rest of the
liquid; at the
evaporative surfaces
of the leaves
generates the
physical forces that
pull water through
the plant’s vascular
system
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Capillarity
Movement of water for a small distance up a
glass capillary tube or within a cell wall, due to
water’s cohesion, adhesion and surface tension
The smaller
the tube the
higher the
capillary rise
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Properties of water
4. Water has high specific heat
specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat
energy required to raise the temperature of a
substance by a specific amount.
Water’s high specific heat is due to hydrogen
bonding. Heat must be absorbed to break
hydrogen bonds and is released when hydrogen
bonds form.
Investment of heat causes relatively little change
to the temperature of water because much of the
energy is used to disrupt hydrogen bonds, not
move molecules faster.
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4. Water has high specific heat
The water that dominates the composition of biological organisms moderates changes in temperature better than if composed of a liquid with a lower specific heat.
Water moderates temperatures on earth
Properties of water
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• H2O resists changes in temperature – High specific heat
• takes a lot to heat it up • takes a lot to cool it down
– High thermal conductivity – rapidly conducts heat away from point of application • Localized overheating in a cell due to the heat
of a biochemical reaction is largely prevented because the heat is quickly dissipated throughout the cell
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Properties of water
5. Water exhibits high heat of vaporization
Heat of vaporization is the quantity of heat that a liquid must absorb for it to be converted from the liquid to the gaseous state at constant temperature.
Hydrogen bonds must be broken before a water molecule can evaporate from the liquid.
Evaporative cooling moderates temperature in
lakes and ponds and prevents terrestrial
organisms from overheating.
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Properties of water
6. Solid water floats
Water is unusual because it is less dense as a
solid than as a liquid.
When water reaches 0oC, water becomes
locked into a crystalline lattice with each
molecule bonded to the maximum of four
partners.
As ice starts to melt, some of the hydrogen
bonds break and some water molecules can
slip closer together than they can while in the
ice state.
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Properties of water
Important consequences for life of this
property of water:
allows life to exist under the frozen surface
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Properties of water
Many of the solutes of importance to plants are
charged
Water is the medium for movement of molecules
within and between cells
Forms the environment in which most of the
biochemical reactions of the cell occur (oxidation,
reduction,hydrolysis)
Cells are made up of 70-95% water
7. Water is the solvent of life
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Water is the solvent of life
• Polarity makes H2O a good solvent
– polar H2O molecules surround + & – ions
– solvents dissolve solutes creating solutions
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Properties of water
8. Water has a high tensile strength
Tensile strength – maximum tension that an
uninterrupted column of any material can withstand
without breaking
the ability to resist a pulling force
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TRANSPORT
PROCESSES
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Diffusion
• Movement of molecules along a concentration
gradient by random thermal agitation
• Described by Fick’s equation:
• Js = -Ds ΔCs where Js = rate of transport
• Δ x s = substance
• D = diffusion coefficient
• ΔC = concentration
• gradient
• Δ x = distance
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DIFFUSION
The net movement of molecules from regions of high
concentration to regions of low concentration through
random thermal motion of individual molecules
at dynamic equilibrium:
1. movement is still taking place from one
area to the other
2. the concentrations in the 2 areas are
equal
Diffusion – movement of molecules or ions from
one location to another
-continues even at equilibrium
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Net diffusion – direction of greatest number of
molecules
DIFFUSION
Factors affecting the rate of diffusion
Temperature
an increase results in an
increase in the activity of
molecules; thus, increase
in speed of diffusion
Concentration gradients
The steeper the gradient,
the faster the rate of diffusion
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Factors affecting the rate of diffusion
Concentration gradients
influenced by the
distance between
the 2 regions
External Forces
The greater the
force, the faster the
rate of diffusion
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Factors affecting the rate of diffusion
Size of molecules
The larger the molecule, the slower is the rate of
diffusion
For gases Graham’s law of diffusion states that
the rates of diffusion are inversely proportional to
the square roots of their densities
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Size of molecules
r1 (HCl) = √d2 (NH3) = √17 = 4
r2 (NH3) √d1 (HCl) √36 6
Solubility in diffusion medium
the more soluble a substance is in the diffusion medium, the faster it will diffuse (unless the diffusion medium is concentrated)
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Presence of other molecules
Decreases rate of diffusion because of
additional collisions that occur
Direction of net diffusion is not influenced by the presence of other types of molecules
Factors affecting the rate of diffusion
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Osmosis
movement (net diffusion) of water through
a differentially permeable membrane from
a region of high water concentration to a
region of low water concentration
Special example of net diffusion
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The solution with the higher concentration
of solutes is hypertonic.
The solution with the lower concentration
of solutes is hypotonic.
These are comparative terms. • Tap water is hypertonic compared to distilled water
but hypotonic when compared to sea water.
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Solutions with equal solute concentrations are isotonic.
direction of osmosis is determined only by a
difference in total solute concentration.
-The kinds of solutes in the solutions do not
matter
water molecules move at equal rates from one
to the other, with no net osmosis.
Osmosis
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Animal cell
in an isotonic environment
experiences no net movement
of water across its plasma
membrane.
Volume of the cell is stable
Water balance of living cells
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Animal cell
• in a hypertonic environment will loose
water, shrivel, and probably die.
Water balance of living cells
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Water balance of living cells
A cell in a hypotonic solution will gain
water, swell, and burst.
Animal cell
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Water balance of living cells
Water balance between cell and its environment
is crucial to organisms
cells without walls cannot tolerate too much
uptake or loss of water
Animal cell
Unless it has a special adaptation for to offset
the osmotic uptake or loss of water, an animal cell
fares best in an isotonic environment
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Plant cell
have walls that contribute to the cell’s water
balance.
in a hypotonic solution will swell until the elastic
wall opposes further uptake.
turgid, a healthy state for
most plant
cells.
Water balance of living cells
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Plant cell
If a cell and its surroundings are isotonic, there is no movement of water into the cell and the cell is flaccid and the plant may wilt.
Water balance of living cells
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Plant cell
In a hypertonic solution, a cell wall has no
advantages.
As the plant cell looses water, its volume shrinks.
Eventually, the plasma membrane pulls away
from the wall.
plasmolysis
is usually
lethal.
Water balance of living cells
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Plasmolysis
Common examples
1. “Burning” of plants after spraying with insecticides
2.Excessive addition of chemical fertilizers
3.Salting of meat and fish
4.Jams and jellies
5.Undesirable plants
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Osmosis
The movement of water in osmosis cannot be
accurately explained in terms of differences in
concentration
Movement of water through a differentially
permeable membrane from an area of high free
energy to an area of low free energy of water
Free energy-useful or available energy; the
capacity to do work
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In the osmometer,
equilibrium was reached
even though the
concentrations on
opposite sides of the
membrane were not
equal
Osmosis
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Water potential
• Free energy of water is affected by:
-presence of solutes
-external force (hydrostatic pressure, wall pressure/turgor pressure)
• combined effect of these factors are included in a single measurement called water potential (ψ)
• potential in water potential refers to the capacity to do work when water moves from an area of higher ψ to an area of lower ψ
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Water potential
• Measure of the free energy of water/unit volume (J m-3 )
• Express in pressure units
– Bars
– Atmospheres ( 1 bar= 0.987 atm)
– Pounds/square inches ( 1 bar = 14.7 lb/ in2 )
– Milimeters of mercury (1 bar = 750 mm Hg)
– Pascals = J m-3
– Megapascals= Pa/ 106 ( 1MPa=10 bars)
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Ψw= Ψs + Ψp + Ψm + Ψg
--the reference standard is pure water; water potential equal to 0 MPa.
Ψs –osmotic potential, the amount by which water potential is reduced as a result of the presence of solutes
--negative values
Water potential
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Osmotic potential
Ψs = -CiRT
• Ψs - osmotic potential
• C – concentration of the solute expressed as molality (moles solute/ kg H2O)
• i- ionization constant
• R- gas constant T- absolute temperature (C + 273)
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Water potential
Ψp – hydrostatic pressure/ pressure potential
- 0 or positive
--the positive pressure operating in plant cells is the wall pressure or turgor pressure; in the osmometer it is the hydrostatic pressure
Ψm – matrix potential -- the component of water potential influenced
by the presence of a matrix (surfaces to which water molecules are adhered)
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Water potential
• Ψ g : Gravity - causes water to move downwards
unless opposed by an equal and opposite force
• Ψg = ρwgh
– ρw - density of water
– g- acceleration due to gravity
– h – height of water above the reference-state water
– Ρwg has value of 0.01MPa m-1 at standard state
– generally omitted at cell level
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Ψw (sol’n) = 0 bars
Cell original
condition:
Limp cell, Ψs
(cell) =-10 bars
Cell after
equilibrium
Ψw =?
Ψs = ?
Ψp = ?
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Cell orig condition
Ψs = -10 bars
Ψp = 0
Ψw = -10 bars
Ψs = -2 bars
Ψw = -2 bars
solution
Cell after
equilibrium
Ψw =?
Ψs = ?
Ψp = ?
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Facilitated diffusion
The passive movement of molecules down its
concentration (uncharged)/electrochemical (ions)
gradient via a transport protein
Types of transport protein
1. Channel protein
simply provide corridors allowing a water or
specific ion to cross the membrane.
Some are gated channels e.g. K+ gates in
guard cell membrane
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Facilitated diffusion
1.Channel protein
Involved whenever large quantities of solutes must
cross the membrane rapidly
Very rapid process- ~ 108 ions/sec through each
channel protein
K+, Cl-, Ca+ channels
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Facilitated diffusion
2.Transfer /carrier proteins
Selectively bind to a solute on one side of the
membrane and releasing the solute on the other
side
Involves conformational change of the transport
protein
Much slower -100-1000
ions/sec
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Transport proteins have
much in common with
enzymes.
They have specific binding
sites for the solute.
While transport proteins do not usually catalyze
chemical reactions, they do catalyze a physical
process, transporting a molecule across a membrane
that would otherwise be relatively impermeable to the
substrate.
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Transport proteins can become saturated
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How do water molecules actually cross the
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How do water molecules actually cross the
membranes?
Lipid bilayer
Because water molecules
are so small, they move
relatively freely across the
lipid bilayer of membranes
even though the middle
zone of that bilayer is
hydrophobic
Aquaporins- selective protein
channels
Facilitate water diffusion
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Active transport
Pumping of solutes against their gradients
Requires the cell to expend its own metabolic
energy, usually but not always, hydrolysis of
ATP
Active transport is critical for a cell to maintain
its internal concentrations of small
molecules that would otherwise diffuse
across the membrane.
Active transport is performed by specific
proteins embedded in the membranes.
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Active transport
• Primary active transport-coupled directly to
a source of energy (e.g. ATP hydrolysis,
oxidation-reduction reaction)
pump
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Active transport • Electroneutral transport- no net movement
of charge
– e.g. H+ /K+ -ATPase in gastric mucosa of
animals
• Pumps one H+ out of the cell for every one K+ in
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Active transport
• Electrogenic transport- ion transport involving
a net movement of charge across the
membrane
• Uniport- transport of a single species in one
direction
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It hydrolyzes ATP and uses the released energy
to pump hydrogen ions (H+) out of the cell.
This creates a proton gradient because the H+
concentration is higher outside the cell than
inside.
It also creates a membrane potential or voltage
because the proton pump moves positive
charges (H+) outside the cell, making the inside
of the cell negative in charge relative to the
outside.
Active transport
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Both the concentration gradient and the
membrane potential are forms of potential
(stored) energy that can be harnessed to perform
cellular work.
These are often used to drive the transport of
many different solutes.
by root cells.
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Na+ / K+ -ATPase of animal cells
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Active transport
• Secondary active transport- uses the
energy stored in electrochemical-potential
gradients to drive the transport of other
substances against their gradient of
electrochemical potentials
– 2 types:
• Symport
• antiport
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The proton gradient also functions in
cotransport, in which the downhill passage of
one solute (H+) is coupled with the uphill passage
of another, such as NO3- or sucrose.
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Summary of transport processes
e.g., O2, CO2,NH3
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• Diffusion over short distances is rapid: about 2.5 s in a cell size of 50um
• Diffusion over long distances is far too slow for mass transport: – Average time for a particle to diffuse = L2 /Ds
• L2 -distance
• Ds – diffusion coefficient; depends on identity of the particle and diffusing medium
• Ds -for glucose in water 10-9 m2 s-1
• Diffusion over long distance – 32 years!
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Pressure-driven bulk flow drives long-distance
water transport
• Bulk flow:
– Concerted movement of groups of molecules en
masse, most often in response to a pressure
gradient.
• Independent of solute concentration gradients
– So different from diffusion
• Common examples of bulk flow: water moving through
a hose, a flowing river and rain falling
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Long distance water transport in plants
• Relation described by the Poiseuille equation •
• Volume flow rate = πr4 ΔP
• 8ή Δx
• ή = viscosity of liquid
• ΔP/ Δx = pressure gradient
• Sensitive to the radius of the container such as xylem
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• This is the main method for water movement in
Xylem, Cell Walls and in the soil.
• Dependent on the radius of the tube that water is
traveling in.
– Double radius – flow rate increases 16
times!!!!!!!!!!