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#Question id: 2113


Why are lipids and proteins free to move laterally in membranes?

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  1. The interior of the membrane is filled with liquid water.

  2. Lipids and proteins repulse each other in the membrane.

  3. Hydrophilic portions of the lipids are in the interior of the membrane.

  4. There are only weak hydrophobic interactions in the interior of the membrane.

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#Question id: 1123

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Epinephrine can be what kind of signaling molecule?

a. autocrine      b. direct contact  c. endocrine d. paracrine

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#Question id: 1124

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following is (are) intracellular second messengers?

a. Ca2+                        b. cAMP          c. epinephrine             

d. protein kinase A      e. protein kinase C

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#Question id: 1125

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Examples of G protein–coupled receptors include

a. rhodopsin receptor.             b. β-adrenergic receptor.

c. insulin receptor.                   d. acetylcholine receptor.

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#Question id: 1126

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true of the α subunit of a G protein?

a. It physically associates with the receptor.              

b. It binds GDP.

c. It binds GTP.                     

d. It is a transmembrane protein.

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#Question id: 1127

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Which of the following steps does not occur after acetylcholine binds to the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in heart muscle cells?

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#Question id: 1128

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

During the epinephrine stimulated conversion of glycogen to glucose 1-phosphate, which of the following steps involves protein phosphorylation?

a. inactivation of glycogen synthase               b. activation of protein kinase A

c. activation of adenylyl cyclise                      d. activation of glycogen phosphorylase