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#Question id: 4139


Which one of the following statements about the elongation phase of protein synthesis is true?

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology
  1. At least five high-energy phosphoryl groups are expended for each peptide bond formed.

  2. During elongation, incoming aminoacylated tRNAs are first bound in the P site.

  3. Elongation factor EF-Tu facilitates translocation.

  4. Peptidyl transferase is a ribozyme.

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#Question id: 4149

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Glycosylation of proteins inside the endoplasmic reticulum does not involve:

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#Question id: 4150

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Posttranslational glycosylation of proteins is inhibited specifically by:

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#Question id: 4151

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The signal sequences that direct proteins to the nucleus are:

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#Question id: 4152

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

The pathway for polypeptides exported from E. coli includes the following steps, which occur in what order for correct export?

1.  A chaperone, SecA, binds to the polypeptide.

2.  A chaperone, SecB, binds to the polypeptide.

3.  ATP is hydrolyzed by Sec A.

4.  SecA pushes 20 amino acids of the polypeptide into the translocation complex.

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#Question id: 4153

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation is a complex process, and many of the signals remain unknown.  One known signal involves recognition of amino acids in a processed protein that are either stabilizing (Ala, Gly, Met, Ser, etc.) or destabilizing (Arg, Asp, Leu, Lys, Phe, etc.), and are located at:

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#Question id: 4155

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Of all the possible triplet codons, __ do not code for an amino acid.