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#Question id: 4318


Which of the following statements correctly describes a characteristic of tumor-suppressor gene?

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
  1. They are frequently overexpressed in cancerous cells.

  2. They are cancer-causing genes introduced into cells by viruses.

  3. They encode proteins that help prevent uncontrolled cell growth.

  4. They often encode proteins that stimulate the cell cycle.

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#Question id: 860

#Unit 1. Structure and Function of Biomolecules

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. Structure and Function of Biomolecules

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. Structure and Function of Biomolecules

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. Structure and Function of Biomolecules

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. Structure and Function of Biomolecules

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

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#Question id: 865

#Unit 1. Structure and Function of Biomolecules

In autophagy, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) first gives rise to a cup-shaped, membranous cisterna called the______