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#Question id: 11964


 Animals cannot produce enzymes to digest cellulose, yet many termite species consume cellulose from plant material as a main part of their diet. How do termites access the nutrients contained in cellulose?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. Termites have specialized mouthparts to mechanically break down the cellulose.
  2. The ingested plant material also contains enzymes for cellulose digestion.
  3. Cellulose is digested intracellularly in the termite hindgut.
  4. Mutualistic bacteria in the hindgut of the termite digest the cellulose into sugars.
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#Question id: 2229

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

The difference between pinocytosis and receptor-mediated endocytosis is that:

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#Question id: 2230

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Which of these statements about the composition of biological membranes is false?

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#Question id: 2231

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Membrane proteins:

I) are sometimes covalently attached to lipid moieties.

II) are sometimes covalently attached to carbohydrate moieties.

III) are composed of the same 20 amino acids found in soluble proteins.

IV) move across the membrane unless they are anchored

Which of the following combination is correct?

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#Question id: 2232

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

A GPI anchor

a. serves to attach some proteins to the cytosolic face of the plasma membrane.

b. contains phosphotidylserine.                      

c. may be cleaved to release the protein from the membrane.

d. contains sugar residues in addition to lipid components.

e. contains phosphoethanolamine.

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#Question id: 2233

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Membrane proteins may interact with biomembranes through

a. covalently attached fatty acid molecules.

b. covalently attached lipid molecules.

c. noncovalent protein-protein interactions.

d. hydrophobic α-helical domains.

e. noncovalent protein-lipid interactions.

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#Question id: 2234

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true of transmembrane proteins?

a. All contains 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.