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#Question id: 5311


Which of the following conclusions has led to the comparison between the number of human genes and those of other animal species?

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
  1. The density of the human genome is far higher than in most other animals.

  2. The number of proteins expressed by the human genome is far greater than the number of its genes.

  3. Most human DNA consists of genes for protein, tRNA, rRNA, and miRNA.

  4. The genomes of most other organisms are significantly smaller than the human genome.

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#Question id: 862

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Match the following

lysosomal protein degradation pathways

         Found in

1. Nonselective

a-well-nourished cells

i-containing the pentapeptide Lys-Phe-Glu-Arg-Gln

2- Selective

b-starving cells

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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: 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: 654

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Which pair represents different conformations?

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#Question id: 655

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

A change from one conformation of a molecule to another involves ________.

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#Question id: 656

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The ________ is the single shape a protein adopts under physiological conditions.