Question 41

(Short Answer)

Indicate true (T) and false (F) statements below regarding receptor-mediated endocytosis of LDL particles. Your answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters T and F only, e.g. TTTF.
( ) LDL receptors are normally degraded in the lysosome along with their LDL ligands.
( ) LDL receptors that do not bind to extracellular LDL cannot be internalized in clathrin-coated vesicles.
( ) A mutation that impairs the attachment of an LDL receptor to a clathrin-coated pit would cause depletion of blood LDL levels.
( ) LDL receptors at the plasma membrane are usually concentrated in clathrin-coated pits.

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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor...

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