#Question id: 2149
#SCPH28 | Zoology
A ligand-gated ion channel (such as the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor) is:
#Question id: 2150
#SCPH28 | Zoology
Which of the following increase(s) membrane fluidity?
#Question id: 2151
#SCPH28 | Zoology
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
#SCPH28 | Zoology
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
#SCPH28 | Zoology
Membrane phospholipids include
a. cholesterol.
b. plasmologens.
c. sphingolipids.
d. triglycerides.
e. bile acids.
#Question id: 2154
#SCPH28 | Zoology
Membrane lipids are distributed appropriately between the two leaflets of a given membrane by
a. dockases.
b. trumpases.
c. fatty acid desaturases.
d. flippases.
e. transmembrane tunnelases.