Insulin Receptors

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Year 2 (Insulin & Glucagon) Quiz on Insulin Receptors, created by gina_evans0312 on 06/03/2014.
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Question 1

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Where is the carboxylase termunus regulatory region found?
Answer
  • Inside the cell
  • Outside the cell
  • In the membrane

Question 2

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How are the alpha and beta chains connected?
Answer
  • Electrostatic interactions
  • Disulphide bonds

Question 3

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What is the active site of insulin receptor?
Answer
  • Tyrosine kinase
  • Skeletons
  • Toast

Question 4

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The active site of Insulin receptors work exactly the same as other tyrosine kinases
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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What does IRS stand for?
Answer
  • Inland Revenue Service
  • Insulin Receptor Substrate

Question 6

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There are six different versions of the IRS
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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How does the IRS bind to the Insulin receptor?
Answer
  • PTB- Phosphotyrosine Binding Site
  • PSB- Phosphoserine Binding Sire

Question 8

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The Insulin Receptor response pathway is the same as the MAPK pathway until MAPK activates
Answer
  • Insulin Sensitive Protein Kinase (ISPK)
  • Insulin Responsive Protein Kinase (IRPK)
  • Insulin Dependent Protein Kinase (IDPK)

Question 9

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ISPK activates Protein Phosphatase 1, which reverses te effect of adrenaline/glucagon through phoshphorylation
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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IRS can also work through the PI3K pathway, leading to the conversion of PI2 to what?
Answer
  • PI
  • PI3
  • PI-2,5-BP

Question 11

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The action of the PI3K pathway causes the activation of PKB
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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The P of PKB causes the P and deactivation of what?
Answer
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3
  • Glycogen Phosphorylase

Question 13

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Why does PKB increase phosphodiesterase activity?
Answer
  • Reverses phosphorylation done by glucaon
  • Lowers cAMP
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