Following statements are regarding to the mechanism of thick filament regulation.

A. In vertebrate smooth muscle, phosphorylation of the myosin regulatory light chain (LC) activates contraction.

B. At Ca2+ concentrations of more than 10−6 M, the regulatory light chain is not phosphorylated, and the myosin adopts a folded conformation.

C. When the Ca2+ level rises, Ca2+ binds calmodulin (CaM), which undergoes a conformational change (CaM*). The CaM*-Ca2+ complex binds and activates myosin light chain kinase (MLC kinase), which then phosphorylates the myosin LC. This phosphorylation event unfolds the myosin II, which is now active and can assemble into bipolar filaments to participate in contraction.

D. When the Ca2+ levels drop, the myosin LC is dephosphorylated by myosin light-chain (MLC) phosphatase, which is dependent on Ca2+ for activity, causing muscle relaxation.

Which of the following combination is correct?

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When multiple activators work together, they often do so synergistically. That is, the effect of

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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae divides by budding: instead of dividing to produce two identical daughter cells, the so-called mother cell buds to produce a daughter cell, The HO gene is expressed only in mother cells and only at a certain point in the cell cycle,

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The activators bind—and the enhanceosome forms—in a highly cooperative manner, ensuring that all three activators must be present. The following are three ways the regulators might be binding cooperatively:

I- Through direct protein–protein interactions between them

II- By changes in the DNA caused by binding of one protein helping binding of another;

III- By the fact that the activators all interact simultaneously with the coactivator.

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The human b-interferon gene is activated in cells upon viral infection through some activators, EXCEPT one

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The enhancer DNA is __, but once the activators are bound it is relatively  , HMGA1 the DNA and thus helps the final structure form.

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We first consider a generic case. Gene A is controlled by four signals (1, 2, 3, and 4), each working through a separate activator (activators 1, 2, 3, and 4). Gene B is controlled by three signals (3, 5, and 6), working through activators 3, 5, and 6. It shows-