The Reception And Transmission Of Extracellular Information - Biochemistry | Biology+

Course

Biochemistry

Study Pack

Set 1: The Facts of Life: Chemistry Is the Logic of Biological Phenomena

Set 2: Water: the Medium of Life

Set 3: Thermodynamics of Biological Systems

Set 4: Amino Acids

Set 5: Proteins: Their Primary Structure and Biological Functions

Set 6: Proteins: Secondary, tertiary, and Quaternary Structure

Set 7: Carbohydrates and the Glycoconjugates of Cell Surfaces

Set 9: Lipid Biosynthesis

Set 10: Membranes and Membrane Transport

Set 11: The Reception and Transmission of Extracellular Information

Set 12: Enzymes Kinetics and Specificity

Set 13: Mechanisms of Enzyme Action

Set 14: Enzyme Regulation

Set 15: Molecular Motors

Set 16: Nutrition and the Organization of Metabolism

Set 17: Glycolysis

Set 18: The Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle

Set 19: Electron Transport and Oxidative Phosphorylation

Set 20: Photosynthesis

Set 21: Gluconeogenesis, glycogen Metabolism, and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway

Set 22: Fatty Acid Catabolism

Set 23: Nitrogen Acquisition and Amino Acid Metabolism

Set 24: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

Set 25: Structure of Nucleic Acids

Set 26: Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleotides

Set 27: Recombinant Dna: Cloning and Creation of Chimeric Genes

Set 28: DNA Metabolism: Replication, recombination, and Repair

Set 29: Transcription and the Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 30: Protein Synthesis

Set 31: Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 32: Completing the Protein Life Cycle: Folding, processing, and Degradation

Set 33: Metabolic Integration and Organ Specialization

Set 11 The Reception And Transmission Of Extracellular Information

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Set 11 The Reception And Transmission Of Extracellular Information

(Multiple Choice)

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Hormones and other signal molecules bind with very high affinities to their receptors.At what concentrations are they produced in the body?

A)far above their K_D values
B)not more than twice their K_D values
C)equivalent to their K_D values
D)far below their K_D values

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following is NOT a part of the sequence involved with the binding of hormone to a G protein-coupled receptor?

A)G_α(GTP)dissociates and re-associates with G_βγ.
B)The second messenger PKA is produced.
C)GTPase of G_α hydrolyzes GTP to GDP.
D)Binding of G_α (GTP)activates adenylyl cyclase.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following components does a specific GTPase-activating protein bind to and activate?

A)the G protein
B)the plasma membrane receptor
C)adenylyl cyclase
D)the Ras protein

Answer