#Question id: 2148
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
The specificity of the potassium channel for K+ over Na+ is mainly the result of the:
#Question id: 2149
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
A ligand-gated ion channel (such as the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor) is:
#Question id: 2150
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
Which of the following increase(s) membrane fluidity?
#Question id: 2151
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true of transmembrane proteins?
a. All contain a hydrophobic α helix.
b. Some serve as membrane attachment sites for peripheral membrane proteins.
c. Some contain more than one membrane-spanning domain.
d. All are asymmetrically oriented in the lipid bilayer.
#Question id: 2152
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
Precursors of membrane phospholipids are
a. soluble in the cytosol.
b. incorporated into biosynthetic intermediates.
c. sometimes complexed with fatty-acid-binding proteins.
d. stored in glycerolosomes.
e. sometimes activated by conjugation with CDP.
#Question id: 2153
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
Membrane phospholipids include
a. cholesterol.
b. plasmologens.
c. sphingolipids.
d. triglycerides.
e. bile acids.