a little Biochemistry quizzzz!

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Question 1

The inner (plasma) membrane of E. coli is about 75% lipid and 25% protein by weight. How many molecules of membrane lipid are there for each molecule of protein? (Assume that the average protein is Mr 50,000 and the average lipid is 750.)

Question 1 answers

1

50

200

10,000

50,000

 

Question 2

The shortest  helix segment in a protein that will span a membrane bilayer has about _____ amino acid residues.

Question 2 answers

5

20

50

100

200

 

Question 3

According to the current model for HIV infection, which of the following is not involved in the process of membrane fusion?

Question 3 answers

A cell surface co-receptor protein

A cell surface receptor protein

A viral glycoprotein complex

The viral chromosome

The viral envelope

 

Question 4

Consider the transport of glucose into an erythrocyte by facilitated diffusion. When the glucose concentrations are 5 mM on the outside and 0.1 mM on the inside, the free-energy change for glucose uptake into the cell is: (These values may be of use to you: R = 8.315 J/mol•K; T = 298 K; 9 (Faraday constant) = 96,480 J/V; N = 6.022 x1023/mol.)

Question 4 answers

less than 2 kJ/mol.

about 10 kJ/mol.

about 30 kJ/mol.

about –30 kJoule/mol.

impossible to calculate without knowledge of the membrane potential.

 

Question 5

Hormone-activated phospholipase C can convert phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate to:

Question 5 answers

diacylglycerol + inositol triphosphate.

diacylglycerol + inositol+ phosphate.

glycerol + inositol + phosphate.

glycerol + phosphoserine.

phosphatidyl glycerol + inositol + phosphate.

 

Question 6

Steroid hormones are carried on specific carrier proteins because the hormones:

Question 6 answers

are too unstable to survive in the blood on their own.

cannot dissolve readily in the blood because they are too hydrophobic.

cannot find their target cells without them.

need them in order to pass through the plasma membrane.

require subsequent binding to specific receptor proteins in the nucleus.

 

Question 7

Ubiquitin is a:

Question 7 answers

component of the electron transport system.

protease.

protein kinase.

protein phosphorylase.

protein that tags another protein for proteolysis.

 

Question 8

Which one of the following signaling mechanisms is used most predominantly in plants?

Question 8 answers

Cyclic-nucleotide dependent protein kinases

DNA-binding nuclear steroid receptors

G protein-coupled receptors

Protein serine/threonine kinases

Protein tyrosine kinases

 

Question 9

Which of the following does not involve cyclic AMP?

Question 9 answers

Regulation of glycogen synthesis and breakdown

Regulation of glycolysis

Signaling by acetylcholine

Signaling by epinephrine

Signaling by glucagon

 

Question 10

The ion channel that opens in response to acetylcholine is an example of a ____________ signal transduction system.

Question 10 answers

G protein

ligand-gated

receptor-enzyme

serpentine receptor

voltage-gated

[huhnj]

hey, what are the answers to the questions above?

 

Thanks

[insane_alien]

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[huhnj]

1. B

2. C

3. A

4. D

5. B

6. E

7. C

8. E

9. D

10. B

 

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