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#Question id: 13161
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
Which of the following mechanism depends on the activation of heterotrimeric G proteins?
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#Question id: 13162
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
In the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, cAMP acts as an extracellular signalling molecule and binds to and signals via a G protein–coupled receptor; it is not a second messenger. Amoeba cells were transfected with genes encoding two fusion proteins: a Gα fused to cyan fluorescent protein (CFP), and a Gβ fused to yellow fluorescent protein (YFP). CFP normally fluoresces 490-nm light; YFP, 527-nm light. In which conditions fluorescence
energy transfer occur from CFP to YFP?
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#Question id: 13163
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
Following statements are regarding to the interaction between β2-adrenergic receptor and G- protein.
TLS Online TPP Program
#Question id: 13164
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
Match the following.
Which one of the following is correct?
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#Question id: 14685
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
In dark-adapted rod cells, a high level of cGMP keeps cGMP-gated nonselective cation channels open, leading to hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane and neurotransmitter release.
B - Light absorption generates activated rhodopsin, R*, which binds inactive, GDP-bound Gαt protein and mediates the exchange of GDP for GTP .
C- The free Gαt∙GTP activates PDE by binding to its inhibitory γ subunits and dissociating them from the catalytic α and β subunits . Relieved of their inhibition, the α and β subunits of PDE hydrolyze GMP to cGMP .
D- The resulting decrease in cytosolic cGMP leads to dissociation of cGMP from the cation channels in the plasma membrane and the closing of those channels .
E- The membrane then becomes transiently hyperpolarized, and neurotransmitter release is reduced.
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#Question id: 14686
#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
This member of the AKAP family, designated mAKAP, anchors both PDE and the regulatory subunit of PKA to the nuclear membrane, maintaining them in a negative feedback loop that provides close local control of the ATP level and PKA activity.
B- The basal level of PDE activity in the presence of hormone (resting state) keeps cAMP levels below those necessary for PKA activation.
C- Activation of β-adrenergic receptors causes an increase in cAMP to a level in excess of that which can be degraded by PDE.
D- The resulting binding of cAMP to the R subunits of PKA releases the active catalytic (C) subunits into the cytosol. Some C subunits enter the nucleus, where they phosphorylate and thus activate certain transcription factors . Other C subunits phosphorylate PDE, stimulating its catalytic activity.
E- Active PDE hydrolyzes cAMP, thereby driving cAMP levels back to basal levels and causing re-formation of the inactive PKA C-R complex. Subsequent de-phosphorylation of PDE returns the complex to the resting state.