BIOL1300 Study Guide - Microtubule, Cholesterol, Active Transport

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Cholesterol is transported in the bloodstream in lipoproteinparticles. There are several classes of lipoprotein particles, butone of the most important classes is called Low-densitylipoproteins (LDL). LDL particles are composed of a single moleculeof a large protein called apolipoprotein, as well as thousands ofcholesterols molecules and phospholipids. Part of theapolipoprotein forms the surface of the particles and faces theaqueous phase, while other parts face the hydrophobic interior ofthe particle where they interact with cholesterol and thehydrophobic tails of the phospholipids. When cells need additionalcholesterol, they produce a receptor protein on the surface oftheir plasma membrane that binds to the apolipoprotein andinitiates the uptake of LDL particles into the cell via a processcalled endocytosis.

1. What is the likely reason that LDL particles are used totransport cholesterol in the blood stream?

a. Cholesterol in LDL particles easily inserts into lipidbilayers

b. Cholesterol id largely insoluble in aqueous solutions

c. Cholesterol is synthesized within LDL particles

d. LDL particles can form lipid rafts in the lipid bilayer

2. What is the most likely location of phospholipids in LDLparticles?

a. Bound to the hydrophilic domain of apolipoprotein

b. In the lipid bilayer that surrounds LDL particles

c. On the surface interacting with the aqueous environment aswell as interacting with the hydrophobic core of the particle

d. Within the hydrophobic core of the particle

3. What best describes the class of protein that apolipoproteinbelongs to?

a. Amphipathic proteins

b. Cell surface proteins

c. Membrane associated protein

d. Multipass membrane proteins

4. What kind of molecule on the surface of the cell would bemost likely to serve as a receptor for LDL particles?

a. a cholesterol binding protein

b. a glycolipid

c. a phospholipid

d. trans membrane protein

5. What conditions would be most likely to trigger increaseduptake of LDL particles by cells?

a. increased glycolipid synthesis

b. increased plasma membrane growth

c. increased protein secretion

d. increase protein synthesis

3. In an aqueous environment, the phospholipids of a membrane____.

a) are arranged in a single layer

b) are arranged in a bilayer with the polar heads of each layerlocated at the surface

c) are arranged in a bilayer with the fatty acid tails locatedat the surface

d) are arranged in a bilayer but the phospholipids have nospecific orientation

e) dissolve

4. which of the following molecules demonstrate dual solubilitycharacteristics

a) sterols only

b) proteins only

c) phospholipids only

d) sterols and phospholipids

e) sterols, phospholipids, and proteins

5. The "mosaic" part of the fluid mosaic model refers to themembrane ____.

a) proteins

b) phospholipids

c) cholesterol

d) functions

e) layers

9. Transport of a molecule across a cell membrane by facilitateddiffusion ____.

a) does not exhibit specificity for a particular type ofmolecule

b) requires the input of energy

c) depends on a concentration gradient

d) goes against the concentration gradient

e) allows non-polar uncharged molecules to diffuse across amembrane

13. A transport system in which transport of an ion in onedirection provides the energy for active transport in the oppositedirection is known as ____.

a) primary active transport

b) active diffusion

c) secondary active transport

d) cotransport

e) osmosis

14. Cells undergo exocytosis ____.

a) to pump protons down a concentration gradient

b) when replicating

c) to secrete protein and wastes from the cell

d) to ingest nutrients

e) as a means of cellular protection

15. What is the molecular basis of familialhypercholestremia?

a) HDL enters cells using a specific receptor on the cellsurface

b) LDL enters cells using a specific receptor on the cellsurface

c) HDL exits cells using a specific receptor on the cellsurface

d) LDL exits cells using a specific receptor on the cellsurface

e) receptor-mediated exocytosis

16. Carrier molecules are utilized for ____.

a) active transport only

b) passive transport only

c) both active and passive transport

d) osmosis

e) transport of all types of molecules

17. All of the following are functions of integral membraneproteins EXCEPT ____.

a) transport of polar molecules

b) reception of chemical signals form other cells

c) cell division

d) recognition of other cells as being "like"

e) cell-cell binding

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Question Set 2

What is the Central Dogma of Biology?

Complete the following chart:

Monomers	Macromolecule (Polymers)	Purpose
Fatty acids	Fats, lipid membranes
	Polysaccharides	Structure, energy storage
	Proteins (polypeptides)
	Nucleic acids (DNA, RNA)

Describe the "amphiphilic" nature of phospholipids, and how this facilitates the structure of the plasma membrane

Name three possible functions for proteins that are embedded in a membrane.

Name the steps of the cell cycle. What happens in each?

In reference to the cell cycle, what is a checkpoint? Give some examples of triggers of cell cycle arrest.

In the context of cell signaling, define: autocrine, homocrine, paracrine, and endocrine.

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