Tumor-suppressor genes generally encode proteins that in one way or another inhibit cell proliferation. Loss-of-function mutations in one or more of these proliferation inhibitory proteins contribute to the development of many cancers. Prominent among the classes of proteins encoded by tumor-suppressor genes are:

A. Intracellular proteins that regulate or inhibit entry into the cell cycle

B. Receptors or signal transducers for secreted hormones or developmental signals that inhibit cell proliferation

C. Checkpoint pathway proteins that arrest the cell cycle if DNA is damaged

D. Proteins that promote apoptosis

Following genes belongs to the above class-

i. p53

ii. Rb

iii.TGF- β

iv. Caspase 3 and 7

which of the following match is correct?

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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.

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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: 13164

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Match the following.

Column I	Column II	Column III
A. G Protein–Coupled Receptors That Activate PDE	i. cAMP	a. Increase in conversion of glycogen to glucose
B. G Protein–Coupled Receptors That Activate Adenylyl Cyclase	ii. cGMP	b. Hyperpolarization or depolarization of photoreceptor membrane
C. G Protein–Coupled Receptors That inhibit Adenylyl Cyclase	iii. DAG	c. activates genes necessary for cell division
D. G Protein–Coupled Receptors That Trigger Elevations in Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Calcium		d. increase in K+ permeability hyperpolarizes the membrane

Which one of the following is correct?

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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.

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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: 13161

#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

Which of the following mechanism depends on the activation of heterotrimeric G proteins?