Day 1: Blackboard

Question 1

For cadherins to assemble and function properly, _______ must be present between two cadherins proteins

Answer 1

Calcium

Question 2

What protein uses ATP and moves vesicles from the early to late endosome?

Answer 2

Dynein

Question 3

Enzymes that break down integrins are called _____

Answer 3

Disintegrins

Question 4

The protein that coats the plasma membrane and pills the membrane into the cell is ____

Answer 4

Clathrin

Question 5

The two major components in some animal cell ECMs are the gel component and ______ component

Answer 5

Fibrous protein

Question 6

The lock and key relationship describes what characteristic of the interaction between receptors binding to ligands?

Answer 6

High specificity

Question 7

A molecular motor takes 10 steps on a microtubule. How many ATP are needed to move 10 steps?

Answer 7

10. One for every step

Question 8

The sodium potassium pump is an example of what type of receptor?

Answer 8

transport protein

Question 9

Movement through an extracellular matrix is _____.

Answer 9

apoplastic

Question 10

Order the bonds in order of strongest to weakest (covalent, hydrogen, and ionic):

Answer 10

Covalent, ionic, hydrogen

Question 11

What are the 4 classes of organic molecules

Answer 11

Carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins, lipids

Question 12

What is the term for the measure of the speed of molecules?

Answer 12

temperature

Question 13

An example of a ____ is when a signal ligand binds to its receptor and in turn activates ~100 activators.

Answer 13

signal amplification