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#Question id: 20272


The factors that stimulate or inhibit the secretion of ADH by the posterior pituitary are:
a. Pain, nausea, hypoglycemia, and various drugs all inhibit the secretion of ADH. 
b. Pain, nausea, hypoglycemia, and various drugs all stimulate the secretion of ADH. 
c. Ethanol, α-adrenergic agonists, and atrial natriuretic peptide inhibit secretion of ADH.
d. Nicotine, opiates, antineoplastic agents stimulate the secretion of ADH. 
Which one of the following combinations of above statements is correct?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. a and c
  2. a, c and d
  3. b, c and d
  4. a and d
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#Question id: 859

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which one statement is incorrect about ATG genes;

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#Question id: 860

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Select true ‘T’ AND false ‘F’ about ubiquitinylation

I. These ubiquitin-like modifiers control processes as diverse as nuclear import,

II. Regulated by the ubiquitin-like modifier Sumo, and autophagy,

III. Regulated by the ubiquitin-like modifier Atg8.

IV. For a protein to be efficiently degraded, it must be linked to a chain of at least four tandemly linked ubiquitin molecules in which Lys 34 of each ubiquitin forms an isopeptide bond with the C-terminal carboxyl group of the following ubiquitin.

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#Question id: 861

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Alexander Varshavsky discovered, the half-lives of many cytoplasmic proteins vary with the identities of their N-terminal residues via the so-called N-end rule:-

A. Destabilizing N-terminal residues Asp, Arg, Leu, Lys, and Phe have half-lives of

i. Only 2 to 3 minutes,

B. Stabilizing N-terminal residues Ala, Gly, Met, Ser, Thr, and Val have half-lives of

ii. >10 hours in prokaryotes

iii. >20 hours in eukaryotes.

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#Question id: 862

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Match the following

lysosomal protein degradation pathwaysFound in
1. Nonselectivea-well-nourished cells

i-containing the pentapeptide

Lys-Phe-Glu-Arg-Gln

2- Selectiveb-starving cells

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#Question id: 863

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Ubiquitinated proteins are proteolytically degraded in an ATP-dependent process mediated by a large (∼2500 kD, 26S) multiprotein complex named the 26S proteasome;

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#Question id: 864

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which one is not the appropriate function of Heat Shock Proteins;