Which of the following tissues contain insulin receptor?
Answer
Neurons
Skeletal myocytes
Adipocytes
Hepatocytes
None of these
Question 2
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When insulin binds to its receptor, it stimulates the translocation of _____________ - containing vesicles from the ____________ to the plasma membrane.
Answer
GLUT1; early endosome
GLUT3; active zone
GLUT4; recycling endosome
GLUT5; late endosome
None of these
Question 3
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Insulin stimulates the translocation of glucose permeases, leading to their insertion into the plasma membrane, in which tissues?
Answer
Musle
White Adipose
Neurons
None of these
Question 4
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Almost all protein synthesis begins here.
Answer
On ribosomes
In the nucleus
In the nucleoulus
In the smooth ER
None of these
Question 5
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Which of the following organelles are involved in the biosynthetic pathway?
Answer
The ER
Golgi
Secretory Vesicles
Early endosome
None of these
Question 6
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Which of the following organelles is a part of the endocytic pathway?
Answer
The plasma membrane
The ER
Late endosome
Golgi
None of these
Question 7
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Which of the following coat proteins is a part of the retrieval pathway?
Answer
COPI
COPII
Clathrin
None of these
COPI and COPII only
Question 8
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Formation of a clathrin-coated vesicle requires which of the following?
Answer
Caveoilins
Adaptor proteins
ARF 1
Dynamin
None of these.
Question 9
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In which organelle is ceramide synthesized?
Answer
rER
sER
Golgi
Endosome
None of these
Question 10
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Which of the following statements about glycolipids and sphingomyelins are true?
Answer
Both are synthesized from ceramide.
Both contain saccharides.
Glycolipids are synthesized in the sER whereas sphingomyelins are synthesized in the golgi.
Both contain a glycerol molecule.
None of these is correct.
Question 11
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Which of the following is a means by which the cell tags and targets proteins for inclusion in transport vesicles?
Answer
Specific amino acid sequences
Oligosaccharide modifications
Hydrophobic domains
None of these
Question 12
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How is calcium transported into the sER?
Answer
Facilitated diffusion
Ligand-gated channel
Direct active transport
None of these
Question 13
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How is calcium transported into a cell (across the plasma membrane)?
Answer
Passive diffusion
Facilitated diffusion
Direct active transport
None of these
Question 14
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Which of the following is correctly arranged in order of INCREASING pH (i.e. from acid to alkaline)?
Answer
Lysosome, cytosol, early endosome, late endosome
Cytosol, synaptic vesicle, recycling endosome, ER
Late endosome, early endosome, lysosome, cytosol
None of these
Question 15
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Proteins targeted to the lysosome contain a __________________ tag.