Exam 3 & 4

12-16 Transporters, in contrast to channels, work by ________________. (a) specific binding to solutes (b) a gating mechanism (c) filtering solutes by charge (d) filtering solutes by size

A

12-17 Pumps are transporters that are able to harness energy provided by other components in the cells to drive the movement of solutes across membranes, against their concentration gradient. This type of transport is called _____________. (a) active transport (b) free diffusion (c) facilitated diffusion (d) passive transport

A

12-2 Which of the following channels would not be expected to generate a change in voltage by movement of its substrate across the membrane where it is found? (a) an aquaporin (b) a sodium channel (c) a calcium channel (d) a proton channel

A

12-41 Voltage-gated channels contain charged protein domains, which are sensitive to changes in membrane potential. By responding to a threshold in the membrane potential, these voltage sensors trigger the opening of the channels. Which of the following best describes the behavior of a population of channels exposed to such a threshold? (a) Some channels remain closed and some open completely. (b) All channels open completely. (c) All channels open partly, to the same degree. (d) All channels open partly, each to a different degree.

A

12-5 We can test the relative permeability of a phospholipid bilayer by using a synthetic membrane that does not contain any protein components. Some uncharged, polar molecules are found to diffuse freely across these membranes, to varying degrees. Which of the following has the lowest rate of diffusion across an artificial membrane? Why? (a) glucose (b) water (c) glycerol (d) ethanol

A

14-43 Which ratio of NADH to NAD+ in solution will generate the largest positive redox potential? (a) 1:10 (b) 10:1 (c) 1:1 (d) 5:1

A

15-14 What is the role of the nuclear localization sequence in a nuclear protein? (a) It is bound by cytoplasmic proteins that direct the nuclear protein to the nuclear pore. (b) It is a hydrophobic sequence that enables the protein to enter the nuclear membranes. (c) It aids in protein unfolding so that the protein can thread through nuclear pores. (d) It prevents the protein from diffusing out of the nucleus through nuclear pores.

A

18-33 Which of the following does not occur during M phase in animal cells? (a) growth of the cell (b) condensation of chromosomes (c) breakdown of nuclear envelope (d) attachment of chromosomes to microtubules

A

20-14 A cell can crawl through a tissue because of the transmembrane ______________ proteins that can bind to fibronectin outside of the cell. (a) integrin (b) collagen (c) gap junction (d) claudin

A

12-14 Ion channels are classified as membrane transport proteins. Channels discriminate by size and charge. In addition to Na+, which one of the following ions would you expect to be able to freely diffuse through a Na+ channel? Explain your answer. (a) Mg2+ (b) H+ (c) K+ (d) Cl-

B

12-20 Active transport requires the input of energy into a system so as to move solutes against their electrochemical and concentration gradients. Which of the following is not one of the common ways to perform active transport? (a) Na+-coupled (b) K+-coupled (c) ATP-driven (d) light-driven

B

13-41 Fatty acids can easily be used to generate energy for the cell. Which of the following fatty acids will yield more energy? Explain your answer. (a) CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH=CH-COOH (b) CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-COOH (c) CH3-CH=CH-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH=CH-COOH (d) CH3-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-COOH

B

14-20 Which of the following components of the electron-transport chain does not act as a proton pump? (a) NADH dehydrogenase (b) cytochrome c (c) cytochrome c reductase (d) cytochrome c oxidase

B

14-27 The mitochondrial ATP synthase consists of several different protein subunits. Which subunit binds to ADP + Pi and catalyzes the synthesis of ATP as a result of a conformational change? (a) transmembrane H+ carrier (b) F1 ATPase head (c) peripheral stalk (d) central stalk

B

14-40 Which of the following statements about "redox potential" is true? (a) Redox potential is a measure of a molecule's capacity to strip electrons from oxygen. (b) For molecules that have a strong tendency to pass along their electrons, the standard redox potential is negative. (c) The transfer of electrons from cytochrome c oxidase to oxygen has a negative redox potential. (d) A molecule's redox potential is a measure of the molecule's capacity to pass along electrons to oxygen.

B

15-1 Which of the following statements about the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is false? (a) The ER is the major site for new membrane synthesis in the cell. (b) Proteins to be delivered to the ER lumen are synthesized on smooth ER. (c) Steroid hormones are synthesized on the smooth ER. (d) The ER membrane is contiguous with the outer nuclear membrane.

B

15-39 Molecules to be packaged into vesicles for transport are selected by (a) clathrin. (b) adaptins. (c) dynamin. (d) SNAREs.

B

15-42An individual transport vesicle (a) contains only one type of protein in its lumen. (b) will fuse with only one type of membrane. (c) is endocytic if it is traveling toward the plasma membrane. (d) is enclosed by a membrane with the same lipid and protein composition as the membrane of the donor organelle.

B

16-5 When a signal needs to be sent to most cells throughout a multicellular organism, the signal most suited for this is a ___________. (a) neurotransmitter. (b) hormone. (c) dissolved gas. (d) scaffold.

B

17-57 Figure Q17-57shows an electron micrograph of a skeletal muscle fiber, where various points along a fiber and various regions have been labeled.Which of the following statements is true about muscle contraction? (a) Point A will move closer to point B. (b) Point B will move closer to point C. (c) Region D will become smaller. (d) Region E will shrink in size.

B

18-11 Progression through the cell cycle requires a cyclin to bind to a Cdk because _________. (a) the cyclins are the molecules with the enzymatic activity in the complex. (b) the binding of a cyclin to Cdk is required for Cdk enzymatic activity. (c) cyclin binding inhibits Cdk activity until the appropriate time in the cell cycle. (d) without cyclin binding, a cell-cycle checkpoint will be activated.

B

19-21 A diploid cell containing 32 chromosomes will make a haploid cell containing ___ chromosomes. (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 30 (d) 64

B

19-38 Which of the following could be considered a true-breeding strain for the seed-shape phenotype? (See Figure Q19-38.) (a) all of the round-seeded plants produced in the F2 generation (b) all of the wrinkle-seeded plants produced in the F2 generation (c) all of the round-seeded plants produced in the F1 generation (d) half of the round-seeded plants produced in the F2 generation

B

19-40 If you crossed the round-seeded plants obtained in the F1 generation with a true-breeding strain of wrinkle-seeded plants, how many round-seeded plants would you expect to obtain in the next generation? (See Figure Q19-38.) (a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 75% (d) 100%

B

19-58 Haplotype blocks can be seen in humans because _______. (a) disease genes are found in haplotype blocks. (b) modern humans descended from a relatively small population of about 10,000 individuals that existed about two thousand generations ago. (c) some of our human ancestors interbred with Neanderthals. (d) new mutations cannot be introduced into existing haplotype blocks.

B

20-23 At desmosomes, cadherin molecules are connected to ________________. (a) actin filaments. (b) intermediate filaments. (c) microtubules. (d) gap junctions.

B

20-28 A major distinction between the connective tissues in an animal and other main tissue types such as epithelium, nervous tissue, or muscle is _______________. (a) the ability of connective-tissue cells such as fibroblasts to change shape. (b) the amount of extracellular matrix in connective tissues. (c) the ability of connective tissues to withstand mechanical stresses. (d) the numerous connections that connective-tissue cells make with each other.

B

20-33 Cadherins ______________________. (a) are used to transfer proteins from one cell to another. (b) mediate cell-cell attachments through homophilic interactions. (c) are abundant in the plant cell wall. (d) bind to collagen fibrils.

B

20-39 Cells that are terminally differentiated ______________________. (a) will undergo apoptosis within a few days. (b) can no longer undergo cell division. (c) are unable to move. (d) no longer produce RNAs.

B

20-42 A pluripotent cell _________. (a) can only be produced in the laboratory. (b) can give rise to all the tissues and cell types in the body. (c) can only give rise to stem cells. (d) is considered to be terminally differentiated.

B

20-8 Which of the following is not an example of a connective tissue? (a) bone (b) the layer of photoreceptors in the eye (c) the jellylike interior of an eye (d) cartilage

B

13-32 In the absence of oxygen, yeast cells can switch to a completely anaerobic metabolism called fermentation. Which of the following is a final product of fermentation in yeast?

B, ethanol

13-26 In anaerobic conditions, skeletal muscle produces _____________. (a) lactate and CO2. (b) ethanol and CO2. (c) lactate only. (d) ethanol only.

C

13-29 Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase operates by stripping a hydride ion from its substrate. Which molecule is the recipient of the proton and two electrons during this transfer? (a) oxygen (b) acetyl CoA (c) NAD+ (d) FADH

C

13-39 The reaction cycle that uses acetyl CoA to generate electron carrier molecules needed in the electron-transport chain is important for powering the cell. Which of the names below is not one of those commonly used to describe this reaction cycle? (a) tricarboxylic acid cycle (b) Krebs cycle (c) oxaloacetic acid cycle (d) citric acid cycle

C

13-4 The advantage to the cell of the gradual oxidation of glucose during cellular respiration compared with its combustion to CO2 and H2O in a single step is that ________________. (a) more free energy is released for a given amount of glucose oxidized. (b) no energy is lost as heat. (c) energy can be extracted in usable amounts. (d) more CO2 is produced for a given amount of glucose oxidized.

C

13-67 The intermediates of the citric acid cycle are constantly being depleted because they are used to produce many of the amino acids needed to make proteins. The enzyme pyruvate carboxylase converts pyruvate to oxaloacetate to replenish these intermediates. Bacteria, but not animal cells, have additional enzymes that can carry out the reaction acetyl CoA + isocitrate í oxaloacetate + succinate. Which of the following compounds will not support the growth of animal cells when used as the major source of carbon in food, but will support the growth of nonphotosynthetic bacteria? (a) pyruvate (b) glucose (c) fatty acids (d) fructose

C

13-9 Glycolysis generates more stored energy than it expends. What is the net number of activated carrier molecules produced in this process (number and type of molecules produced minus the number of those molecules used as input)? (a) 6 ATP, 2 NADH (b) 4 ATP, 4 NADH (c) 2 ATP, 2 NADH (d) 4 ATP, 2 NADH

C

14-52 Which of the following is not an electron carrier that participates in the electron-transport chain? (a) cytochrome (b) quinone (c) rhodopsin (d) copper ion

C

14-71 Which of the phylogenetic trees in Figure Q14-71 is the most accurate? (The mitochondria and chloroplasts are from maize, but they are treated as independent "organisms" for the purposes of this question.)

C

15-54 Vesicles from the ER enter the Golgi at the ______. (a) medial cisternae. (b) trans Golgi network. (c) cis Golgi network. (d) trans cisternae.

C

15-57 Figure Q15-57 shows the orientation of the Krt1 protein on the membrane of a Golgi-derived vesicle that will fuse with the plasma membrane. Given this diagram, which of the following statements is true? (a) When this vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane, the entire Krt1 protein will be secreted into the extracellular space. (b) When this vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane, the C-terminus of Krt1 will be inserted into the plasma membrane. (c) When this vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane, the N-terminus of Krt1 will be in the extracellular space. (d) When this vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane, the N-terminus of Krt1 will be cytoplasmic.

C

15-6 Which of the following organelles is not part of the endomembrane system? (a) Golgi apparatus (b) the nucleus (c) mitochondria (d) lysosomes

C

17-35 Which of the following statements is correct? Kinesins and dyneins ____________________. (a) have tails that bind to the filaments. (b) move along both microtubules and actin filaments. (c) often move in opposite directions to each other. (d) derive their energy from GTP hydrolysis.

C

17-40 Figure Q17-40A shows how the movement of dynein causes the flagellum to bend. If instead of the normal situation, the polarity of the adjacent doublet of microtubules were to be reversed (see Figure Q17-40B), what do you predict would happen?(a) No bending would occur. (b) Bending would occur exactly as diagrammed in Figure Q17-40A. (c) Bending would occur, except that the right microtubule doublet would move down relative to the left one. (d) The two microtubule doublets would slide away from each other.

C

17-56 Which of the following structures shorten during muscle contraction? (a) myosin filaments (b) flagella (c) sarcomeres (d) actin filaments

C

18-35 At the end of DNA replication, the sister chromatids are held together by the ___________. (a) kinetochores. (b) securins. (c) cohesins. (d) histones.

C

19-32 Which of the following would not lead to aneuploidy during meiosis? (a) sister chromatids segregating inappropriately (b) non-sister chromatids segregating inappropriately (c) a reciprocal rearrangement of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes (for example, the left arm of Chromosome 2 exchanging places with the right arm of Chromosome 3) (d) an extra set of chromosomes produced during S phase (for example, if paternal Chromosome 3 were replicated twice)

C

20-32 Which type of junction contributes the most to the polarization of epithelial cells? (a) adherens junctions (b) desmosomes (c) tight junctions (d) gap junctions

C

13-43 The citric acid cycle is a series of oxidation reactions that removes carbon atoms from substrates in the form of CO2. Once a molecule of acetyl CoA enters the citric acid cycle, how many complete cycles are required for both of the carbon atoms in its acetyl groupto be oxidized to CO2? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

D

13-64 Step 3 in glycolysis requires the activity of phosphofructokinase to convert fructose 6-phosphate into fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. Which of the following molecules is an allosteric inhibitor of this enzyme? (a) Pi (b) AMP (c) ADP (d) ATP

D

14-4 Which of the following is not part of the process known as oxidative phosphorylation? (a) Molecular oxygen serves as a final electron acceptor. (b) FADH2 and NADH become oxidized as they transfer a pair of electrons to the electron-transport chain. (c) The electron carriers in the electron-transport chain toggle between reduced and oxidized states as electrons are passed along. (d) ATP molecules are produced in the cytosol as glucose is converted into pyruvate.

D

14-54 Photosynthesis is a process that takes place in chloroplasts and uses light energy to generate high-energy electrons, which are passed along an electron-transport chain. Where are the proteins of the electron-transport chain located in chloroplasts? (a) thylakoid space (b) stroma (c) inner membrane (d) thylakoid membrane

D

15-45 N-linked oligosaccharides on secreted glycoproteins are attached to (a) nitrogen atoms in the polypeptide backbone. (b) the serine or threonine in the sequence Asn-X-Ser/Thr. (c) the N-terminus of the protein. (d) the asparagine in the sequence Asn-X-Ser/Thr.

D

15-47 Which of the following statements about disulfide bond formation is false? (a) Disulfide bonds do not form under reducing environments. (b) Disulfide bonding occurs by the oxidation of pairs of cysteine side chains on the protein. (c) Disulfide bonding stabilizes the structure of proteins. (d) Disulfide bonds form spontaneously within the ER because the lumen of the ER is oxidizing.

D

16-11 All members of the steroid hormone receptor family __________________. (a) are cell-surface receptors. (b) do not undergo conformational changes. (c) are found only in the cytoplasm. (d) interact with signal molecules that diffuse through the plasma membrane.

D

17-13 Keratins, neurofilaments, and vimentins are all categories of intermediate filaments. Which of the following properties is not true of these types of intermediate filaments? (a) They strengthen cells against mechanical stress. (b) Dimers associate by noncovalent bonding to form a tetramer. (c) They are found in the cytoplasm. (d) Phosphorylation causes disassembly during every mitotic cycle.

D

18-12 Levels of Cdk activity change during the cell cycle, in part because ________________. (a) the Cdks phosphorylate each other. (b) the Cdks activate the cyclins. (c) Cdk degradation precedes entry into the next phase of the cell cycle. (d) cyclin levels change during the cycle.

D

19-1 Organisms that reproduce sexually ________________________. (a) must be haploid, unlike organisms that reproduce asexually. (b) can reproduce only with a partner that carries the same alleles. (c) create zygotes that are genetically identical to each other. (d) undergo a sexual reproductive cycle that involves an alternation of haploid cells with the generation of diploid cells.

D

19-20 Which of the following statements most correctly describes meiosis? (a) Meiosis involves two rounds of DNA replication followed by a single cell division. (b) Meiosis involves a single round of DNA replication followed by four successive cell divisions. (c) Meiosis involves four rounds of DNA replication followed by two successive cell divisions. (d) Meiosis involves a single round of DNA replication followed by two successive cell divisions.

D

19-33 A single nondisjunction event during meiosis ___________________. (a) will block recombination. (b) will occur only during meiosis II. (c) cannot occur with sex chromosomes. (d) will involve the production of two normal gametes if it occurs during meiosis II.

D

20-24 Hemidesmosomes are important for ______________________. (a) tubulation of epithelial sheets. (b) linkages to glycosaminoglycans. (c) forming the basal lamina. (d) attaching epithelial cells to the extracellular matrix.

D

12-59 The stimulation of a motor neuron ultimately results in the release of a neurotransmitter at the synapse between the neuron and a muscle cell. What type of neurotransmitter is used at these neuromuscular junctions? (a) acetylcholine (b) glutamate (c) GABA (d) glycine

A

12-9 Cells use membranes to help maintain set ranges of ion concentrations inside and outside the cell. Which of the following ions is the most abundant outside a typical mammalian cell? (a) Na+ (b) K+ (c) Ca2+ (d) Cl-

A

13-11 In step 4 of glycolysis, a six-carbon sugar (fructose 1,6-bisphosphate) is cleaved to produce two three-carbon molecules (dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate). Which enzyme catalyzes this reaction? (a) aldolase (b) phosphoglucose isomerase (c) enolase (d) triose phosphate isomerase

A

13-12 The conversion of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to 1,3 bisphosphoglycerate in step 6 of glycolysis generates a "high energy" phosphoanhydride bond. Which of the following best describes what happens to that bond in step 7? (a) It is hydrolyzed to drive the formation of ATP. (b) It is hydrolyzed to drive the formation of NADH. (c) It is hydrolyzed to generate pyruvate. (d) It is oxidized to CO2.

A

13-15 Several different classes of enzymes are needed for the catabolism of carbohydrates. Which of the following descriptions best matches the function of an isomerase? (a) An enzyme that catalyzes the rearrangement of bonds within a single molecule. (b) An enzyme that catalyzes a change in the position of a specific chemical group within a single molecule. (c) An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of a molecule by removing a hydride ion. (d) An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of phosphate groups to other molecules.

A

13-2 Glycolysis is an anaerobic process used to catabolize glucose. What does it mean for this process to be anaerobic? (a) no oxygen is required (b) no oxidation occurs (c) it takes place in the lysosome (d) glucose is broken down by the addition of electrons

A

13-23 What purpose does the phosphorylation of glucose to glucose 6-phosphate by the enzyme hexokinase serve as the first step in glycolysis? (a) It helps drive the uptake of glucose from outside the cell. (b) It generates a high-energy phosphate bond. (c) It converts ATP to a more useful form. (d) It enables the glucose 6-phosphate to be recognized by phosphofructokinase, the next enzyme in the glycolytic pathway.

A

13-25 Which of the following cells rely exclusively on glycolysis to supply them with ATP? (a) anaerobically growing yeast (b) aerobic bacteria (c) skeletal muscle cells (d) plant cells

A

13-27 Select the best option to fill in the blanks of the following statement: Fermentation is a/an _____________________ process that converts _____________ into carbon dioxide and _____________________. (a) anaerobic, pyruvate, ethanol (b) anaerobic, lactate, ethanol (c) eukaryotic, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, ethanol (d) prokaryotic, lactate, propanol

A

13-35 The citric acid cycle is a critical sequence of reactions for energy production, which take place in the matrix of the mitochondria. The reaction cycle requires materials from the cytosol to be converted into acetyl CoA, which represents the starting point of a new cycle. Which of the following statements about acetyl CoA is true? (a) Amino acids can be converted into acetyl CoA. (b) Pyruvate is converted into acetyl CoA in the cytosol. (c) Triacylglycerol molecules are transported into the mitochondrial matrix and cleaved by lipases to produce acetyl CoA. (d) Oxaloacetate is converted directly into acetyl CoA to feed the citric acid cycle.

A

13-40 The citric acid cycle is a series of oxidation reactions that removes carbon atoms from substrates in the form of CO2. Where do the oxygen atoms in the carbon dioxide molecules come from? (a) water (b) phosphates (c) molecular oxygen (d) acetyl CoA

A

13-49 In step 4 of the citric acid cycle, the reduction of NAD+ to NADH is coupled to the generation of CO2 and the formation of a high-energy thioester bond. The energy of the thioester bond is harnessed in step 5. What is the energy used for? (a) to generate a molecule of GTP (b) to generate a molecule of ATP (c) to generate a proton gradient (d) to generate a molecule of NADH

A

13-54 The oxygen-dependent reactions required for cellular respiration were originally thought to occur in a linear pathway. By using a competitive inhibitor for one enzyme in the pathway, investigators discovered that these reactions occur in a cycle. What compound served as the inhibitor? (a) malonate (b) malate (c) fumarate (d) succinate

A

13-60 In the final stage of the oxidation of food molecules, a gradient of protons is formed across the inner mitochondrial membrane, which is normally impermeable to protons. If cells were exposed to an agent that causes the membrane to become freely permeable to protons, which of the following effects would you expect to observe? (a) The ratio of ATP to ADP in the cytoplasm would fall. (b) NADH would build up. (c) Carbon dioxide production would cease. (d) The consumption of oxygen would fall.

A

13-63 When glucose is being used up and not replaced from food intake, the blood sugar level can be maintained by synthesizing glucose from smaller molecules such as pyruvate or lactate. This process is called gluconeogenesis. Which organ is principally responsible for supplying glucose to the rest of the body when glucose reserves are low? (a) liver (b) pancreas (c) spleen (d) gall bladder

A

13-7 Foods are broken down into simple molecular subunits for distribution and use throughout the body. Which type of simple subunits, listed below, is used preferentially as an energy source? (a) simple sugars (b) proteins (c) free fatty acids (d) glycerol

A

14-1 The link between bond-forming reactions and membrane transport processes in the mitochondria is called __________________. (a) chemiosmotic coupling. (b) proton pumping. (c) electron transfer. (d) ATP synthesis.

A

14-11 Which of the following statements describes the mitochondrial outer membrane? (a) It is permeable to molecules with molecular mass as high as 5000 daltons. (b) It contains transporters for ATP molecules. (c) It contains proteins that are released during apoptosis. (d) It contains enzymes required for the oxidation of fatty acids.

A

14-31 The relationship of free-energy change (ΔG) to the concentrations of reactants and products is important because it predicts the direction of spontaneous chemical reactions. In the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi), the standard free-energy change (ΔG°) is -7.3 kcal/mole. The free-energy change depends on concentrations according to the following equation: ΔG = ΔG° + 1.42 log10 ([ADP] [Pi]/[ATP]) In a resting muscle, the concentrations of ATP, ADP, and Pi are approximately 0.005 M, 0.001 M, and 0.010 M, respectively. What is the ΔG for ATP hydrolysis in resting muscle? (a) -11.1 kcal/mole (b) -8.72 kcal/mole (c) 6.01 kcal/mole (d) -5.88 kcal/mole

A

14-46 Electron-transfer reactions occur rapidly. Which of the following statements best describes how the diffusion of ubiquinone is controlled in order to ensure its proximity to the other enzyme complexes? (a) Ubiquinone is anchored directly in the inner mitochondrial membrane via its hydrocarbon tail, and can only diffuse laterally. (b) Ubiquinone is present at high concentrations, minimizing the impact of diffusion on the electron-transport chain. (c) Ubiquinone becomes covalently attached to the other enzyme complexes. (d) The intermembrane space in the mitochondrion is relatively small, and therefore the random diffusion of these molecules is not a problem.

A

14-5 Which of the following statements describes the phosphorylation event that occurs during the process known as oxidative phosphorylation? (a) A phosphate group is added to ADP. (b) ATP is hydrolyzed in order to add phosphate groups to protein substrates. (c) A phosphate group is added to molecular oxygen. (d) Inorganic phosphate is transported into the mitochondrial matrix, increasing the local phosphate concentration.

A

14-55 In stage 1 of photosynthesis, a proton gradient is generated and ATP is synthesized. Where do protons become concentrated in the chloroplast? (a) thylakoid space (b) stroma (c) inner membrane (d) thylakoid membrane

A

14-6 Modern eukaryotes depend on mitochondria to generate most of the cell's ATP. How many molecules of ATP can a single molecule of glucose generate? (a) 30 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 36

A

15-12 Proteins that are fully translated in the cytosol and lack a sorting signal will end up in ____. (a) the cytosol. (b) the mitochondria. (c) the interior of the nucleus. (d) the nuclear membrane.

A

15-16 A large protein that passes through the nuclear pore must have an appropriate _________. (a) sorting sequence, which typically contains the positively charged amino acids lysine and arginine. (b) sorting sequence, which typically contains the hydrophobic amino acids leucine and isoleucine. (c) sequence to interact with the nuclear fibrils. (d) Ran-interacting protein domain.

A

15-2 Which of the following statements about membrane-enclosed organelles is true? (a) In a typical cell, the area of the endoplasmic reticulum membrane far exceeds the area of plasma membrane. (b) The nucleus is the only organelle that is surrounded by a double membrane. (c) Other than the nucleus, most organelles are small and thus, in a typical cell, only about 10% of a cell's volume is occupied by membrane-enclosed organelles; the other 90% of the cell volume is the cytosol. (d) The nucleus is the only organelle that contains DNA.

A

15-21 Which of the following statements about peroxisomes is false? (a) Most peroxisomal proteins are synthesized in the ER. (b) Peroxisomes synthesize phospholipids for the myelin sheath. (c) Peroxisomes produce hydrogen peroxide. (d) Vesicles that bud from the ER can mature into peroxisomes.

A

15-31 Figure Q15-31 shows the organization of a protein that resides on the ER membrane. The N- and C-termini of the protein are labeled. Boxes 1, 2, and 3 represent membrane-spanning sequences. Non-membrane-spanning regions of the protein are labeled "X," "Y," and "Z."

A

15-38 Which of the following statements about vesicle budding from the Golgi is false? (a) Clathrin molecules are important for binding to and selecting cargoes for transport. (b) Adaptins interact with clathrin. (c) Once vesicle budding occurs, clathrin molecules are released from the vesicle. (d) Clathrin molecules act at the cytosolic surface of the Golgi membrane.

A

15-56 Which of the following statements about secretion is true? (a) The membrane of a secretory vesicle will fuse with the plasma membrane when it discharges its contents to the cell's exterior. (b) Vesicles for regulated exocytosis will not bud off the trans Golgi network until the appropriate signal has been received by the cell. (c) The signal sequences of proteins destined for constitutive exocytosis ensure their packaging into the correct vesicles. (d) Proteins destined for constitutive exocytosis aggregate as a result of the acidic pH of the trans Golgi network.

A

15-61 Which of the following statements about phagocytic cells in animals is false? (a) Phagocytic cells are important in the gut to take up large particles of food. (b) Phagocytic cells scavenge dead and damaged cells and cell debris. (c) Phagocytic cells can engulf invading microorganisms and deliver them to their lysosomes for destruction. (d) Phagocytic cells extend pseudopods that surround the material to be ingested.

A

16-22 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Extracellular signal molecules that are hydrophilic must bind to a cell-surface receptor so as to signal a target cell to change its behavior. (b) To function, all extracellular signal molecules must be transported by their receptor across the plasma membrane into the cytosol. (c) A cell-surface receptor capable of binding only one type of signal molecule can mediate only one kind of cell response. (d) Any foreign substance that binds to a receptor for a normal signal molecule will always induce the same response that is produced by that signal molecule on the same cell type.

A

16-23 Which of the following statements about molecular switches is false? (a) Phosphatases remove the phosphate from GTP on GTP-binding proteins, turning them off. (b) Protein kinases transfer the terminal phosphate from ATP onto a protein. (c) Serine/threonine kinases are the most common types of protein kinase. (d) A GTP-binding protein exchanges its bound GDP for GTP to become activated.

A

16-32 Acetylcholine binds to a GPCR on heart muscle, making the heart beat more slowly. The activated receptor stimulates a G protein, which opens a K+ channel in the plasma membrane, as shown in Figure Q16-32. Which of the following would enhance this effect of the acetylcholine?(a) addition of a high concentration of a nonhydrolyzable analog of GTP (b) addition of a drug that prevents the α subunit from exchanging GDP for GTP (c) mutations in the acetylcholine receptor that weaken the interaction between the receptor and acetylcholine (d) mutations in the acetylcholine receptor that weaken the interaction between the receptor and the G protein

A

16-38 Activated protein kinase C (PKC) can lead to the modification of the membrane lipids in the vicinity of the active PKC. Figure Q16-38 shows how G proteins can indirectly activate PKC. You have discovered the enzyme activated by PKC that mediates the lipid modification. You call the enzyme Rafty and demonstrate that activated PKC directly phosphorylates Rafty, activating it to modify the plasma membrane lipids in the vicinity of the cell where PKC is active; these lipid modifications can be detected by dyes that bind to the modified lipids. Cells lacking Rafty do not have these modifications, even when PKC is active. Which of the following conditions would lead to signal-independent modification of the membrane lipids by Rafty? (a) the expression of a constitutively active phospholipase C (b) a mutation in the GPCR that binds the signal more tightly (c) a Ca2+ channel in the endoplasmic reticulum with an increased affinity for IP3 (d) a mutation in the gene that encodes Rafty such that the enzyme can no longer be phosphorylated by PKC

A

16-40 You are interested in cell-size regulation and discover that signaling through a GPCR called ERC1 is important in controlling cell size in embryonic rat cells. The G protein downstream of ERC1 activates adenylyl cyclase, which ultimately leads to the activation of PKA. You discover that cells that lack ERC1 are 15% smaller than normal cells, while cells that express a mutant, constitutively activated version of PKA are 15% larger than normal cells. Given these results, which of the following treatments to embryonic rat cells should lead to smaller cells? (a) addition of a drug that causes cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase to be hyperactive (b) addition of a drug that prevents GTP hydrolysis by Gα (c) addition of a drug that activates adenylyl cyclase (d) addition of a drug that mimics the ligand of ERC1

A

16-49 Which of the following mechanisms is not directly involved in inactivating an activated RTK? (a) dephosphorylation by serine/threonine phosphatases (b) dephosphorylation by protein tyrosine phosphatases (c) removal of the RTK from the plasma membrane by endocytosis (d) digestion of the RTK in lysosomes

A

16-60 The ethylene response in plants involves a dimeric transmembrane receptor. When the receptor is not bound to ethylene, the receptor binds to and activates a protein kinase, which activates an intracellular signaling pathway that leads to the degradation of a transcriptional regulator important for transcribing the ethylene-responsive genes (see Figure Q16-60). You discover a phosphatase that is important for ethylene signaling, and you name it PtpE. Plants lacking PtpE never turn on ethylene-responsive genes, even in the presence of ethylene. You find that PtpE dephosphorylates serine 121 on the transcriptional regulator. Furthermore, plants lacking PtpE degrade the transcriptional regulator in the presence of ethylene. Which of the following statements is inconsistent with your data? (a) When the transcriptional regulator is phosphorylated, it activates transcription of the ethylene-responsive genes. (b) When the transcriptional regulator is not phosphorylated, it binds to DNA. (c) Activation of the protein kinase that binds to the ethylene receptor leads to inactivation of PtpE. (d) Binding of ethylene to its receptor leads to the activation of PtpE.

A

16-62 When Ras is activated, cells will divide. A dominant-negative form of Ras clings too tightly to GDP. You introduce a dominant-negative form of Ras into cells that also have a normal version of Ras. Which of the following statements is true? (a) The cells you create will divide less frequently than normal cells in response to the extracellular signals that typically activate Ras. (b) The cells you create will run out of the GTP necessary to activate Ras. (c) The cells you create will divide more frequently compared to normal cells in response to the extracellular signals that typically activate Ras. (d) The normal Ras in the cells you create will not be able to bind GDP because the dominant-negative Ras binds to GDP too tightly.

A

17-20 Which of the following statements about the function of the centrosome is false? (a) Microtubules emanating from the centrosome have alternating polarity such that some have their plus end attached to the centrosome while others have their minus end attached to the centrosome. (b) Centrosomes contain hundreds of copies of the γ-tubulin ring complex important for microtubule nucleation. (c) Centrosomes typically contain a pair of centrioles, which is made up of a cylindrical array of short microtubules. (d) Centrosomes are the major microtubule-organizing center in animal cells.

A

17-21 Which of the following statements about microtubules is true? (a) Motor proteins move in a directional fashion along microtubules by using the inherent structural polarity of a protofilament. (b) The centromere nucleates the microtubules of the mitotic spindle. (c) Because microtubules are subject to dynamic instability, they are used only for transient structures in a cell. (d) ATP hydrolysis by a tubulin heterodimer is important for controlling the growth of a microtubule.

A

17-29 Which of the situations below will enhance microtubule shrinkage? (a) addition of a drug that inhibits GTP exchange on free tubulin dimers (b) addition of a drug that inhibits hydrolysis of the GTP carried by tubulin dimers (c) addition of a drug that increases the affinity of tubulin molecules carrying GDP for other tubulin molecules (d) addition of a drug that blocks the ability of a tubulin dimer to bind to γ-tubulin

A

17-31 The graph in Figure Q17-31 shows the time course of the polymerization of pure tubulin in vitro. Assume that the starting concentration of free tubulin is higher than it is in cells. Three parts of the curve are labeled above it as A, B, and C. You conduct a similar in vitro tubulin-polymerization experiment, only you include purified centrosomes in your preparation. When you plot your data, which part of your graph should be most dissimilar to the curve shown in Figure Q17-31? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) None. The shape of my graph should be identical to the graph produced when tubulin is polymerized in the absence of purified centrosomes.

A

17-39 Which of the following items is not important for flagellar movement? (a) sarcoplasmic reticulum (b) ATP (c) dynein (d) microtubules

A

17-46 Compared to the normal situation, in which actin monomers carry ATP, what do you predict would happen if actin monomers that bind a nonhydrolyzable form of ATP were incorporated into actin filaments? (a) Actin filaments would grow longer. (b) Actin filaments would grow shorter because depolymerization would be enhanced. (c) Actin filaments would grow shorter because new monomers could not be added to the filaments. (d) No change, as addition of monomers binding nonhydrolyzable ATP would not affect actin filament length.

A

17-8 All intermediate filaments are of similar diameter because ____________. (a) the central rod domains are similar in size and amino acid sequence. (b) the globular domains are similar in size and amino acid sequence. (c) covalent bonds among tetramers allow them to pack together in a similar fashion. (d) there is only a single type of intermediate filament in every organism.

A

18-22 Mitogens are _____. (a) extracellular signals that stimulate cell division. (b) transcription factors important for cyclin production. (c) kinases that cause cells to grow in size. (d) produced by mitotic cells to keep nearby neighboring cells from dividing.

A

18-26 Cells in the G0 state ________________. (a) do not divide. (b) cannot re-enter the cell cycle. (c) have entered this arrest state from either G1 or G2. (d) have duplicated their DNA.

A

18-40 The principal microtubule-organizing center in animal cells is the ____________. (a) centrosome. (b) centromere. (c) kinetochore. (d) cell cortex.

A

18-50 Which of the following statements about kinetochores is true? (a) Kinetochores assemble onto chromosomes during late prophase. (b) Kinetochores contain DNA-binding proteins that recognize sequences at the telomere of the chromosome. (c) Kinetochore proteins bind to the tubulin molecules at the minus end of microtubules. (d) Kinetochores assemble on chromosomes that lack centromeres.

A

18-52 A friend declares that chromosomes are held at the metaphase plate by microtubules that push on each chromosome from opposite sides. Which of the following observations does not support your belief that the microtubules are pulling on the chromosomes? (a) the jiggling movement of chromosomes at the metaphase plate (b) the way in which chromosomes behave when the attachment between sister chromatids is severed (c) the way in which chromosomes behave when the attachment to one kinetochore is severed (d) the shape of chromosomes as they move toward the spindle poles at anaphase

A

18-57 Which of the following precede the re-formation of the nuclear envelope during M phase in animal cells? (a) assembly of the contractile ring (b) decondensation of chromosomes (c) reassembly of the nuclear lamina (d) transcription of nuclear genes

A

18-61 Cytokinesis in animal cells ________________. (a) requires ATP. (b) leaves a small circular "scar" of actin filaments on the inner surface of the plasma membrane. (c) is often followed by phosphorylation of integrins in the plasma membrane. (d) is assisted by motor proteins that pull on microtubules attached to the cell cortex.

A

18-65 Programmed cell death occurs ________________. (a) by means of an intracellular suicide program. (b) rarely and selectively only during animal development. (c) only in unhealthy or abnormal cells. (d) only during embryonic development.

A

18-8 Which of the following statements about the cell cycle is false? (a) Once a cell decides to enter the cell cycle, the time from start to finish is the same in all eukaryotic cells. (b) An unfavorable environment can cause cells to arrest in G1. (c) A cell has more DNA during G2 than it did in G1. (d) The cleavage divisions that occur in an early embryo have short G1 and G2 phases.

A

19-2 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Another name for the fertilized egg cell is the zygote. (b) Diploid organisms reproduce only sexually. (c) All sexually reproducing organisms must have two copies of every chromosome. (d) Gametes have only one chromosome.

A

19-25 Which of the following statements about meiosis is true? (a) During meiosis, the paternal chromosomes pair with the maternal chromosomes before lining up at the metaphase plate. (b) Unicellular organisms that have a haploid state undergo meiosis instead of mitosis during cell division. (c) Meiosis produces four genetically identical cells. (d) In general, meiosis is faster than mitosis.

A

19-35 During fertilization in humans, _______________________. (a) a wave of Ca2+ ions is released in the fertilized egg's cytoplasm. (b) only one sperm binds to the unfertilized egg. (c) a sperm moves in a random fashion until it encounters an egg. (d) several sperm pronuclei compete in the cytoplasm to fuse with the egg nucleus.

A

19-39 If you crossed the round-seeded plants obtained in the F1 generation with a true-breeding strain of round-seeded plants, how many wrinkle-seeded plants would you expect to obtain in the next generation? (See Figure Q19-38.) (a) none (b) 25% (c) 75% (d) all

A

19-42 Which of the following statements about the experiment diagrammed in Figure Q19-38 is true? (a) If you crossed all the round-seeded pea plants from the F2 generation with true-breeding wrinkle-seeded pea plants, you would get more round-seeded pea plants in the next generation than if you crossed all the round-seeded pea plants from the F1 generation with true-breeding wrinkle-seeded pea plants. (b) The reason you do not see wrinkle-seeded pea plants in the F1 generation is because the round-seeded pea plants used to create the F1 generation were not true-breeding strains. (c) The gene for round-seeded pea plants is on a different chromosome from the gene for wrinkle-seeded pea plants, which is why you get 25% wrinkle-seeded pea plants in the F2 generation. (d) If you crossed the round-seeded pea plants from the F2 generation with the wrinkle-seeded pea plants from the F2 generation, you should get 100% round-seeded pea plants.

A

19-44 Which of the following reasons was essential for Mendel's law of independent assortment? (a) All the traits that Mendel examined involved genes that did not display linkage. (b) Several of the phenotypes that Mendel examined involved color. (c) Mendel observed chromosomal segregation in pea-plant cells. (d) Mendel carried out his experiments on plants and not on fungi.

A

19-5 Which of the following statements about the benefits of sexual reproduction is false? (a) Sexual reproduction permits enhanced survival because the gametes that carry alleles enhancing survival in harsh environments are used preferentially during fertilization. (b) Unicellular organisms that can undergo sexual reproduction have an increased ability to adapt to harsh environments. (c) Sexual reproduction reshuffles genes, which is thought to help species survive in novel or varying environments. (d) Sexual reproduction can speed the elimination of deleterious alleles.

A

19-9 Both budding yeast and the bacteria E. coli are unicellular life. Which of the following statements explains why budding yeast can undergo sexual reproduction while E. coli cannot. (a) Unlike E. coli, budding yeast can alternate between a diploid state and a haploid state. (b) Unlike E. coli, budding yeast cannot multiply by undergoing cell division. (c) Unlike E. coli, haploid budding yeast cells can undergo meiosis to produce the gametes necessary for sexual reproduction. (d) E. coli DNA is unable to undergo homologous recombination, making it incapable of producing gametes.

A

20-11 Which of the following statements about collagen is false? (a) Collagen synthase organizes the mature collagen molecules into ordered collagen fibrils. (b) Collagen is synthesized as procollagen and secreted to the outside of the cell in a secretory vesicle. (c) The terminal procollagen domains are cleaved by a protease in the extracellular space. (d) Cells can break down a collagen matrix using matrix proteases.

A

20-15 Which of the following statements about integrins is false? (a) Integrins use adaptor proteins to interact with the microtubule cytoskeleton. (b) Integrins can switch to an activated state by binding to an extracellular matrix molecule. (c) Integrins can switch to an activated state by binding to an intracellular protein. (d) An activated integrin molecule takes on an extended conformation.

A

20-22 Adherens junctions ______________________. (a) can be used to bend epithelial sheets into tubes. (b) are most often found at the basal surface of cells. (c) are found only in adult tissues. (d) involve fibronectin and integrin interactions.

A

20-3 Which of the following statements about plant cell walls is true? (a) The microtubule cytoskeleton directs the orientation in which cellulose is deposited in the cell wall. (b) The molecular components of the cell wall are the same in all plant tissues. (c) Because plant cell walls are rigid, they are not deposited until the cell has stopped growing. (d) The cellulose found in cell walls is produced as a precursor molecule in the cell and delivered to the extracellular space by exocytosis.

A

20-31 Which type of junction involves a connection to the actin cytoskeleton? (a) adherens junctions (b) desmosomes (c) tight junctions (d) gap junctions

A

20-34 Plasmodesmata ______________________. (a) permit small molecules to pass from one cell to another. (b) are found only in animal cells. (c) are closed by the neurotransmitter dopamine. (d) provide tensile strength.

A

20-40 When a terminally differentiated cell in an adult body dies, it can typically be replaced in the body by a stock of ________. (a) proliferating precursor cells. (b) cells more apically located than the terminally differentiated cells. (c) Wnt proteins. (d) induced pluripotent cells.

A

20-46 Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells ______________________. (a) are created by the expression of a set of key genes in cells derived from adult tissues so that these cells can differentiate into a variety of cell types. (b) require a supply of donor egg cells, such as embryonic stem cells. (c) can differentiate into a greater variety of adult tissues than embryonic stem cells. (d) are created by nuclear transplantation.

A

20-51 A metastasis is _________. (a) a secondary tumor in a different part of the body that arises from a cell from the primary tumor. (b) a cell that is dividing in defiance of normal constraints. (c) a part of the primary tumor that has invaded the surrounding tissue. (d) the portion of the cancerous tumor that displays genetic instability.

A

20-54 Which of the following genetic changes cannot convert a proto-oncogene into an oncogene? (a) A mutation that introduces a stop codon immediately after the codon for the initiator methionine. (b) A mutation within the coding sequence that makes the protein hyperactive. (c) An amplification of the number of copies of the proto-oncogene, causing overproduction of the normal protein. (d) A mutation in the promoter of the proto-oncogene, causing the normal protein to be transcribed and translated at an abnormally high level.

A

12-27 You have generated antibodies that recognize the extracellular domain of the Ca2+ pump. Adding these antibodies to animal cells blocks the active transport of Ca2+ from the cytosol into the extracellular environment. What do you expect to observe with respect to intracellular Ca2+? (a) Ca2+ pumps in vesicles membranes keep cystosolic calcium levels low. (b) Ca2+ pumps in the ER membrane keep cystosolic calcium levels low. (c) Ca2+ pumps in the Golgi apparatus keep cystosolic calcium levels low. (d) Ca2+ concentrations in the cytosol increase at a steady rate.

B

12-3 Although the extracellular environment has a high sodium ion concentration and the intracellular environment has a high potassium ion concentration, both must be neutralized by negatively charged molecules. In the extracellular case, what is the principal anion? (a) HCO3- (b) Cl- (c) PO43- (d) OH-

B

12-30 Ca2+ pumps in the plasma membrane and endoplasmic reticulum are important for _____________. (a) maintaining osmotic balance (b) preventing Ca2+ from altering the activity of molecules in the cytosol (c) providing enzymes in the endoplasmic reticulum with Ca2+ ions that are necessary for their catalytic activity (d) maintaining a negative membrane potential

B

12-35 Which of the following occur without coupling transport of the solute to the movement of a second solute? (a) import of glucose into gut epithelial cells (b) export of Ca2+ from the cytosol (c) export of H+ from animal cells for pH regulation (d) the export of Na+ from cells to maintain resting membrane potential

B

12-36 Which of the following best describes the behavior of a gated channel? (a) It stays open continuously when stimulated. (b) It opens more frequently in response to a given stimulus. (c) It opens more widely as the stimulus becomes stronger. (d) It remains closed if unstimulated.

B

12-44 The Nernst equation can be used to calculate the membrane potential based on the ratio of the outer and inner ion concentration. In a resting cell, membrane potential is calculated taking only K+ ions into account. What is V when Co = 15 mM and Ci = 106 mM? (a) 438.1 mV (b) -52.7 mV (c) 52.7 mV (d) -5.3 mV

B

12-45 When using the Nernst equation to calculate membrane potential, we are making several assumptions about conditions in the cell. Which of the following is not a good assumption? (a) The temperature is 37°C. (b) The plasma membrane is primarily permeable to Na+. (c) At rest, the interior of the cell is more negatively charged than the exterior. (d) K+ is the principal positive ion in the cell.

B

12-8 Cells use membranes to help maintain set ranges of ion concentrations inside and outside the cell. Which of the following ions is the most abundant inside a typical mammalian cell? (a) Na+ (b) K+ (c) Ca2+ (d) Cl-

B

13-13 Steps 7 and 10 of glycolysis result in substrate-level phosphorylation. Which of the following best describes this process? (a) ATP is being hydrolyzed to phosphorylate the substrate. (b) The energy derived from substrate oxidation is coupled to the conversion of ADP to ATP. (c) Two successive phosphates are transferred, first to AMP, then to ADP, finally forming ATP. (d) The substrate is hydrolyzed using ATP as an energy source.

B

13-16 Several different classes of enzymes are needed for the catabolism of carbohydrates. Which of the following descriptions best matches the function of a mutase? (a) An enzyme that catalyzes the rearrangement of bonds within a single molecule. (b) An enzyme that catalyzes a change in the position of a specific chemical group within a single molecule. (c) An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of a molecule by removing a hydride ion. (d) An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of phosphate groups to other molecules.

B

13-30 The first energy-generating steps in glycolysis begin when glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate undergoes an energetically favorable reaction in which it is simultaneously oxidized and phosphorylated by the enzyme glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase to form 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate, with the accompanying conversion of NAD+ to NADH. In a second energetically favorable reaction catalyzed by a second enzyme, the 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate is then converted to 3-phosphoglycerate, with the accompanying conversion of ADP to ATP. Which of the following statements is true about this reaction? (a) The reaction glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate í 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate should be inhibited when levels of NADH fall. (b) The ΔG° for the oxidation of the aldehyde group on glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to form a carboxylic acid is more negative than the ΔG° for ATP hydrolysis. (c) The energy stored in the phosphate bond of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate contributes to driving the reaction forward. (d) The cysteine side chain on the enzyme is oxidized by NAD+.

B

13-31 The simultaneous oxidation and phosphorylation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate forms a highly reactive covalent thioester bond between a cysteine side chain (reactive group -SH) on the enzyme (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase) and the oxidized intermediate (see arrow in Figure Q13-31A). If the enzyme had a serine (reactive group -OH) instead of a cysteine at this position, which could form only a much-lower-energy bond to the oxidized substrate (see arrow in Figure Q13-31B), how might this new enzyme act?(a) It would oxidize the substrate and phosphorylate it without releasing it. (b) It would oxidize the substrate but not release it. (c) It would phosphorylate the substrate on the 2 position instead of the 1 position. (d) It would behave just like the normal enzyme.

B

13-50 Step 6 of the citric acid cycle is catalyzed by succinate dehydrogenase. Keeping in mind that dehydrogenases catalyze redox reactions, which are the products of the reaction in which succinate is oxidized? (a) fumarate, NADH (b) fumarate, FADH2 (c) fumarate, FADH2 (d) succinyl CoA, NADH

B

13-52 In the final step of the citric acid cycle, oxaloacetate is regenerated through the oxidation of malate and this is coupled with the production of which other molecule? (a) FADH (b) NADH (c) GTP (d) CO2

B

13-56 The oxygen-dependent reactions required for cellular respiration were originally thought to occur in a linear pathway. By using a competitive inhibitor for one enzyme in the pathway, investigators discovered that these reactions occur in a cycle. Which product in the reaction pathway builds up when the inhibitor is added? (a) citrate (b) succinate (c) fumarate (d) malate

B

13-66 Which of the following polymers of glucose is used as a vehicle to store energy reserves in animal cells? (a) glucagon (b) glycogen (c) starch (d) glycerol

B

13-69 In humans, glycogen is a more useful food-storage molecule than fat because _____________________. (a) a gram of glycogen produces more energy than a gram of fat. (b) it can be utilized to produce ATP under anaerobic conditions, whereas fat cannot. (c) it binds water and is therefore useful in keeping the body hydrated. (d) for the same amount of energy storage, glycogen occupies less space in a cell than does fat.

B

13-70 The concentration of H+ ions inside the mitochondrial matrix is lower than it is in the cytosol or the mitochondrial intermembrane space. What would be the immediate effect of a membrane-permeable compound that carries and releases protons into the mitochondrial matrix? (a) inhibition of the electron-transport chain (b) inhibition of ATP synthesis (c) increased import of ADP into the matrix (d) inhibition of the citric acid cycle

B

13-8 The final metabolite produced by glycolysis is ___________. (a) acetyl CoA. (b) pyruvate. (c) 3-phosphoglycerate. (d) glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate.

B

14-12 Which of the following statements describes the mitochondrial inner membrane? (a) It is permeable to molecules with molecular mass as high as 5000 daltons. (b) It contains transporters for ATP molecules. (c) It contains proteins that are released during apoptosis. (d) It contains enzymes required for the oxidation of fatty acids.

B

14-15 NADH contains a high-energy bond that, when cleaved, donates a pair of electrons to the electron-transport chain. What are the immediate products of this bond cleavage? (a) NAD+ + OH- (b) NAD+ + H- (c) NAD- + H+ (d) NAD + H

B

14-19 Osmosis describes the movement of water across a biological membrane and down its concentration gradient. In chemiosmosis, useful energy is harnessed by the cell from the movement of _______________ across the inner mitochondrial membrane into the matrix _________________ a concentration gradient. (a) ATP, against (b) protons, down (c) electrons, down (d) ADP, against

B

14-24 Which of the following statements is true? (a) The NADH dehydrogenase complex can pump more protons than can the cytochrome b-c1 complex. (b) The pH in the mitochondrial matrix is higher than the pH in the intermembrane space. (c) The proton concentration gradient and the membrane potential across the inner mitochondrial membrane tend to work against each other in driving protons from the intermembrane space into the matrix. (d) The difference in proton concentration across the inner mitochondrial membrane has a much larger effect than the membrane potential on the total proton-motive force.

B

14-26 Which of the following types of ion movement might be expected to require co-transport of protons from the mitochondrial intermembrane space to the matrix, inasmuch as it could not be driven by the membrane potential across the inner membrane? (Assume that each ion being moved is moving against its concentration gradient.) (a) import of Ca2+ into the matrix from the intermembrane space (b) import of acetate ions into the matrix from the intermembrane space (c) exchange of Fe2+ in the matrix for Fe3+ in the intermembrane space (d) exchange of ATP from the matrix for ADP in the intermembrane space

B

14-45 Ubiquinone is one of two mobile electron carriers in the electron-transport chain. Where does the additional pair of electrons reside in the reduced ubiquinone molecule? (a) The electrons are added directly to the aromatic ring. (b) The electrons are added to each of two ketone oxygens on the aromatic ring. (c) The electrons are added to the hydrocarbon tail, which hides them inside the membrane bilayer. (d) Both electrons, and one proton, are added to a single ketone oxygen bound to the aromatic ring.

B

14-47 Which of the following reactions has a sufficiently large free-energy change to enable it to be used, in principle, to provide the energy needed to synthesize one molecule of ATP from ADP and Pi under standard conditions? See Table Q14-47. Recall that ΔG° = -n (0.023) ΔE0′, and ΔE0′ = E0′ (acceptor) - E0′ (donor). (a) the reduction of a molecule of pyruvate by NADH (b) the reduction of a molecule of cytochrome b by NADH (c) the reduction of a molecule of cytochrome b by reduced ubiquinone (d) the oxidation of a molecule of reduced ubiquinone by cytochrome c

B

14-48 Cytochrome c oxidase is an enzyme complex that uses metal ions to help coordinate the transfer of four electrons to O2. Which metal atoms are found in the active site of this complex? (a) two iron atoms (b) one iron atom and one copper atom (c) one iron atom and one zinc atom (d) one zinc atom and one copper atom

B

14-59 In the electron-transport chain in chloroplasts, ________-energy electrons are taken from __________. (a) high; H2O. (b) low; H2O. (c) high; NADPH. (d) low; NADPH.

B

14-60 The photosystems in chloroplasts contain hundreds of chlorophyll molecules, most of which are part of _______________. (a) plastoquinone. (b) the antenna complex. (c) the reaction center. (d) the ferredoxin complex.

B

14-62 If you shine light on chloroplasts and measure the rate of photosynthesis as a function of light intensity, you get a curve that reaches a plateau at a fixed rate of photosynthesis, x, as shown in Figure Q14-62. Which of the following conditions will increase the value of x? (a) increasing the number of chlorophyll molecules in the antenna complexes (b) increasing the number of reaction centers (c) adding a powerful oxidizing agent (d) decreasing the wavelength of light used

B

15-20 Which of the following statements about transport into mitochondria and chloroplasts is false? (a) The signal sequence on proteins destined for these organelles is recognized by a receptor protein in the outer membrane of these organelles. (b) After a protein moves through the protein translocator in the outer membrane of these organelles, the protein diffuses in the lumen until it encounters a protein translocator in the inner membrane. (c) Proteins that are transported into these organelles are unfolded as they are being transported. (d) Signal peptidase will remove the signal sequence once the protein has been imported into these organelles.

B

15-34 Figure Q15-34 shows the organization of a protein that normally resides in the plasma membrane. The boxes labeled 1 and 2 represent membrane-spanning sequences and the arrow represents a site of action of signal peptidase. Given this diagram, which of the following statements must be true?

B

15-51 Which of the following statements about the protein quality control system in the ER is false? (a) Chaperone proteins help misfolded proteins fold properly. (b) Proteins that are misfolded are degraded in the ER lumen. (c) Protein complexes are checked for proper assembly before they can exit the ER. (d) A chaperone protein will bind to a misfolded protein to retain it in the ER.

B

15-64 You are working in a biotech company that has discovered a small-molecule drug called H5434. H5434 binds to LDL receptors when they are bound to cholesterol. H5434 binding does not alter the conformation of the LDL receptor's intracellular domain. Interestingly, in vitro experiments demonstrate that addition of H5434 increases the affinity of LDL for cholesterol and prevents cholesterol from dissociating from the LDL receptor even in acidic conditions. Which of the following is a reasonable prediction of what may happen when you add H5434 to cells? (a) Cytosolic cholesterol levels will remain unchanged relative to normal cells. (b) Cytosolic cholesterol levels will decrease relative to normal cells. (c) The LDL receptor will remain on the plasma membrane. (d) The uncoating of vesicles will not occur.

B

15-8 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Lysosomes are believed to have originated from the engulfment of bacteria specialized for digestion. (b) The nuclear membrane is thought to have arisen from the plasma membrane invaginating around the DNA. (c) Because bacteria do not have mitochondria, they cannot produce ATP in a membrane-dependent fashion. (d) Chloroplasts and mitochondria share their DNA.

B

16-1 Cell lines A and B both survive in tissue culture containing serum but do not proliferate. Factor F is known to stimulate proliferation in cell line A. Cell line A produces a receptor protein (R) that cell line B does not produce. To test the role of receptor R, you introduce this receptor protein into cell line B, using recombinant DNA techniques. You then test all of your various cell lines in the presence of serum for their response to factor F, with the results summarized in Table Q16-1.Which of the following cannot be concluded from your results above? (a) Binding of factor F to its receptor is required for proliferation of cell line A. (b) Receptor R binds to factor F to induce cell proliferation in cell line A. (c) Cell line A expresses a receptor for factor F. (d) Factor F is not required for proliferation in cell line B.

B

16-15 Acetylcholine is a signaling molecule that elicits responses from heart muscle cells, salivary gland cells, and skeletal muscle cells. Which of the following statements is false? (a) Heart muscle cells decrease their rate and force of contraction when they receive acetylcholine, whereas skeletal muscle cells contract. (b) Heart muscle cells, salivary gland cells, and skeletal muscle cells all express an acetylcholine receptor that belongs to the transmitter-gated ion channel family. (c) Active acetylcholine receptors on salivary gland cells and heart muscle cells activate different intracellular signaling pathways. (d) Heart muscle cells, salivary gland cells, and skeletal muscle cells all respond to acetylcholine within minutes of receiving the signal.

B

16-18 Figure Q16-18 shows the pathway through which nitric oxide (NO) triggers smooth muscle relaxation in a blood-vessel wall. Which of the following situations would lead to relaxation of the smooth muscle cells in the absence of acetylcholine?(a) a smooth muscle cell that has a defect in guanylyl cyclase such that it cannot bind NO (b) a muscle cell that has a defect in guanylyl cyclase such that it constitutively converts GTP to cyclic GMP (c) a muscle cell that has cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase constitutively active (d) a drug that blocks an enzyme involved in the metabolic pathway from arginine to NO

B

16-34 During the mating process, yeast cells respond to pheromones secreted by other yeast cells. These pheromones bind GPCRs on the surface of the responding cell and lead to the activation of G proteins inside the cell. When a wild-type yeast cell senses the pheromone, its physiology changes in preparation for mating: the cell stops growing until it finds a mating partner. If yeast cells do not undergo the appropriate response after sensing a pheromone, they are considered sterile. Yeast cells that are defective in one or more components of the G protein have characteristic phenotypes in the absence and presence of the pheromone, which are listed in Table 16-34.Which of the following models is consistent with the data from the analysis of these mutants? Explain your answer. (a) α activates the mating response but is inhibited when bound to βγ (b) βγ activates the mating response but is inhibited when bound to α (c) the G protein is inactive; either free α or free βγ complex is capable of activating the mating response (d) the G protein is active; both free α and free βγ complex are required to inhibit the mating response

B

16-46 The growth factor RGF stimulates proliferation of cultured rat cells. The receptor that binds RGF is a receptor tyrosine kinase called RGFR. Which of the following types of alteration would be most likely to prevent receptor dimerization? (a) a mutation that increases the affinity of RGFR for RGF (b) a mutation that prevents RGFR from binding to RGF (c) changing the tyrosines that are normally phosphorylated on RGFR dimerization to alanines (d) changing the tyrosines that are normally phosphorylated on RGFR dimerization to glutamic acid

B

16-50 You are interested in further understanding the signal transduction pathway that controls the production of Pig1, a protein important for regulating cell size. Activation of the TRK receptor leads to activation of the GTP-binding protein, Ras, which then activates a protein kinase that phosphorylates the SZE transcription factor. SZE only interacts with the nuclear transport receptor when it is phosphorylated. SZE is a gene activator for the Pig1 gene. This pathway is diagrammed in Figure Q16-50.Normal cells grown under standard conditions (without ligand) are 14 μm in diameter while normal cells exposed to TRK ligand are 10.5 μm in diameter. Given this situation, which of the following conditions do you predict will more likely lead to smaller cells? (a) addition of TRK ligand and a drug that stimulates the GTPase activity of Ras (b) addition of TRK ligand and a drug that inhibits the activity of the phosphatase that acts on SZE (c) addition of TRK ligand and a drug that stimulates the degradation of Pig1 (d) addition of TRK ligand and a drug that inhibits Pig1 binding to DNA

B

16-52 Male cockroaches with mutations that strongly decrease the function of an RTK called RTKX are oblivious to the charms of their female comrades. This particular RTK binds to a small molecule secreted by sexually mature females. Most males carrying loss-of-function mutations in the gene for Ras protein are also unable to respond to females. You have just read a paper in which the authors describe how they have screened cockroaches that are mutant in RTKX for additional mutations that partly restore the ability of males to respond to females. These mutations decrease the function of a protein that the authors call Z. Which of the following types of protein could Z be? Explain your answer. (a) a protein that activates the Ras protein by causing Ras to exchange GDP for GTP (b) a protein that stimulates hydrolysis of GTP by the Ras protein (c) an adaptor protein that mediates the binding of the RTKX to the Ras protein (d) a transcriptional regulator required for the expression of the Ras gene

B

16-54 Which of the following statements is true? (a) MAP kinase is important for phosphorylating MAP kinase kinase. (b) PI 3-kinase phosphorylates a lipid in the plasma membrane. (c) Ras becomes activated when an RTK phosphorylates its bound GDP to create GTP. (d) STAT proteins phosphorylate JAK proteins, which then enter the nucleus and activate gene transcription.

B

16-57 The activation of the serine/threonine protein kinase Akt requires phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) to _________. (a) activate the RTK. (b) create phosphorylated lipids that serve as docking sites that localize Akt to the plasma membrane. (c) directly phosphorylate Akt. (d) to create DAG.

B

16-59 The last common ancestor to plants and animals was a unicellular eukaryote. Thus, it is thought that multicellularity and the attendant demands for cell communication arose independently in these two lineages. This evolutionary viewpoint accounts nicely for the vastly different mechanisms that plants and animals use for cell communication. Fungi use signaling mechanisms and components that are very similar to those used in animals. Which of the phylogenetic trees shown in Figure Q16-59 does this observation support?

B

16-7 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Because endocrine signals are broadcast throughout the body, all cells will respond to the hormonal signal. (b) The regulation of inflammatory responses at the site of an infection is an example of paracrine signaling. (c) Paracrine signaling involves the secretion of signals into the bloodstream for distribution throughout the organism. (d) The axons of neurons typically signal target cells using membrane-bound signaling molecules that act on receptors in the target cells.

B

17-10 Intermediate filaments are made from elongated fibrous proteins that are assembled into a ropelike structure. Figure Q17-10 shows the structure of an intermediate filament subunit. You are interested in how intermediate filaments are formed, and you create an intermediate filament subunit whose α-helical region is twice as long as that of a normal intermediate filament by duplicating the normal α-helical region while keeping a globular head at the N-terminus and a globular tail at the C-terminus; you call this subunit IFαd. If you were to assemble intermediate filaments using IFαd as the subunit, which of the following predictions describes the most likely outcome?(a) Filaments assembled using IFαd will interact with different cytoskeletal components. (b) Filaments assembled using IFαd will form dimers that are twice as long as dimers assembled from normal intermediate filaments. (c) Sixteen tetramers assembled from IFαd will be needed for a ropelike structure to form. (d) Dimers of IFαd will form by interactions with the N-terminal globular head and the C-terminal globular tail.

B

17-26 You discover a protein, MtA, and find that it binds to the plus ends of microtubules in cells. The hypothesis that best explains this localization is ________________. (a) MtA is involved in stabilizing microtubules. (b) MtA binds to GTP-bound tubulin on microtubules. (c) MtA is important for the interaction of microtubules with the centrosome. (d) MtA will not bind to purified microtubules in a test tube.

B

17-32 Which of the following statements about organellar movement in the cell is false? (a) Organelles undergo saltatory movement in the cell. (b) Only the microtubule cytoskeleton is involved in organellar movement. (c) Motor proteins involved in organellar movement use ATP hydrolysis for energy. (d) Organelles are attached to the tail domain of motor proteins.

B

17-44 Consider the mechanism by which actin and tubulin polymerize. Which of the items below does not describe something similar about the polymerization mechanisms of actin and microtubules? (a) Although both filaments can grow from both ends, the growth rate is faster at the plus ends. (b) Depolymerization initiates at the plus ends of filaments. (c) Nucleotide hydrolysis promotes depolymerization of filaments. (d) Free subunits (actin and tubulin) carry nucleoside triphosphates.

B

17-49 Which of the following statements is false? (a) Cytochalasins prevent actin polymerization. (b) Actin filaments are usually excluded from the cell cortex. (c) Integrins are transmembrane proteins that can bind to the extracellular matrix. (d) ARPs can promote the formation of branched actin filaments.

B

17-58 Which of the following conditions is likely to decrease the likelihood of skeletal muscle contraction? (a) partial depolarization of the T-tubule membrane, such that the resting potential is closer to zero (b) addition of a drug that blocks Ca2+ binding to troponin (c) an increase in the amount of ATP in the cell (d) a mutation in tropomyosin that decreases its affinity for the actin filament

B

17-59 Which of the following statements about skeletal muscle contraction is false? (a) When a muscle cell receives a signal from the nervous system, voltage-gated channels open in the T-tubule membrane. (b) The changes in voltage across the plasma membrane that occur when a muscle cell receives a signal from the nervous system cause an influx of Ca2+ into the sarcoplasmic reticulum, triggering a muscle contraction. (c) A change in the conformation of troponin leads to changes in tropomyosin such that it no longer blocks the binding of myosin heads to the actin filament. (d) During muscle contraction, the Z discs move closer together as the myosin heads walk toward the plus ends of the actin filaments.

B

17-9 Intermediate filaments help protect animal cells from mechanical stress because ____________. (a) filaments directly extend from the interior of the cell to the extracellular space and into the next cell, linking one cell to the next, helping to distribute locally applied forces. (b) filaments in each cell are indirectly connected to the filaments of a neighboring cell through the desmosome, creating a continuous mechanical link between cells. (c) filaments remain independent of other cytoskeletal elements and keep the mechanical stress away from other cellular components. (d) filaments make up the desmosome junctions that connect cells; these junctions are more important than the internal network of filaments for protecting cells against mechanical stress.

B

18-14 You have isolated a strain of mutant yeast cells that divides normally at 30°C but cannot enter M phase at 37°C. You have isolated its mitotic cyclin and mitotic Cdk and find that both proteins are produced and can form a normal M-Cdk complex at both temperatures. Which of the following temperature-sensitive mutations could not be responsible for the behavior of this strain of yeast? (a) inactivation of a protein kinase that acts on the mitotic Cdk kinase (b) inactivation of an enzyme that ubiquitylates M cyclin (c) inactivation of a phosphatase that acts on the mitotic Cdk kinase (d) a decrease in the levels of a transcriptional regulator required for producing sufficient amounts of M cyclin

B

18-28 Which of the following statements is false? (a) DNA synthesis begins at origins of replication. (b) The loading of the origin recognition complexes (ORCs) is triggered by S-Cdk. (c) The phosphorylation and degradation of Cdc6 help to ensure that DNA is replicated only once in each cell cycle. (d) DNA synthesis can only begin after prereplicative complexes assemble on the ORCs.

B

18-3 A mutant yeast strain stops proliferating when shifted from 25°C to 37°C. When these cells are analyzed at the two different temperatures, using a machine that sorts cells according to the amount of DNA they contain, the graphs in Figure Q18-3 are obtained.Which of the following would not explain the results with the mutant? (a) inability to initiate DNA replication (b) inability to begin M phase (c) inability to activate proteins needed to enter S phase (d) inappropriate production of a signal that causes the cells to remain in G1

B

18-30 You create cells with a version of Cdc6 that cannot be phosphorylated and thus cannot be degraded. Which of the following statements describes the likely consequence of this change in Cdc6? (a) Cells will enter S phase prematurely. (b) Cells will be unable to complete DNA synthesis. (c) The origin recognition complex (ORC) will be unable to bind to DNA. (d) Cdc6 will be produced inappropriately during M phase.

B

18-34 Condensins ________________. (a) are degraded when cells enter M phase. (b) assemble into complexes on the DNA when phosphorylated by M-Cdk. (c) are involved in holding sister chromatids together. (d) bind to DNA before DNA replication begins.

B

18-4 Which of the following events does not usually occur during interphase? (a) Cells grow in size. (b) The nuclear envelope breaks down. (c) DNA is replicated. (d) The centrosomes are duplicated.

B

18-58 A cell with nuclear lamins that cannot be phosphorylated in M phase will be unable to ________________. (a) reassemble its nuclear envelope at telophase. (b) disassemble its nuclear lamina at prometaphase. (c) begin to assemble a mitotic spindle. (d) condense its chromosomes at prophase.

B

18-64 Which organelle fragments during mitosis? (a) endoplasmic reticulum (b) Golgi apparatus (c) mitochondrion (d) chloroplast

B

19-14 The formation of a bivalent during meiosis ensures that _______. (a) one chromatid from the mother and one chromatid from the father will segregate together during meiosis I. (b) all four sister chromatids remain together until the cell is ready to divide. (c) recombination will occur between identical sister chromatids. (d) the sex chromosomes, which are not identical, will line up separately at the metaphase plate during meiosis I.

B

19-27 During recombination ________________________. (a) sister chromatids undergo crossing-over with each other. (b) chiasmata hold chromosomes together. (c) one crossover event occurs for each pair of human chromosomes. (d) the synaptonemal complex keeps the sister chromatids together until anaphase II.

B

19-28 After the first meiotic cell division ________________________. (a) two haploid gametes are produced. (b) cells are produced that contain the same number of chromosomes as somatic cells. (c) the number of chromosomes will vary depending on how the paternal and maternal chromosomes align at the metaphase plate. (d) DNA replication occurs.

B

19-3 Which of the following statements is false? (a) Asexual reproduction typically gives rise to offspring that are genetically identical. (b) Mutations in somatic cells are passed on to individuals of the next generation. (c) Sexual reproduction allows for a wide variety of gene combinations. (d) Gametes are specialized sex cells.

B

19-31 In mammals, there are two sex chromosomes, X and Y, which behave like homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Normal males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, and normal females have two X chromosomes. Males with an extra Y chromosome (XYY) are found occasionally. Which of the following could give rise to such an XYY male? Explain your answer. (a) nondisjunction in the first meiotic division of spermatogenesis; normal meiosis in the mother (b) nondisjunction in the second meiotic division of spermatogenesis; normal meiosis in the mother (c) nondisjunction in the first meiotic division of oogenesis; normal meiosis in the father (d) nondisjunction in the second meiotic division of oogenesis; normal meiosis in the father

B

20-16 Proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix of animal tissues ________________. (a) chiefly provide tensile strength. (b) allow cartilage to resist compression. (c) are linked to microtubules through the plasma membrane. (d) are polysaccharides composed of glucose subunits.

B

20-19 A basal lamina ______________________. (a) is a thin layer of connective-tissue cells and matrix underlying an epithelium. (b) is a thin layer of extracellular matrix underlying an epithelium. (c) is attached to the apical surface of an epithelium. (d) separates epithelial cells from each other.

B

20-45 An individual that arises by reproductive cloning has a nuclear genome that is identical to __________. (a) the female who donated the egg. (b) the adult who donated the cell for nuclear transplantation. (c) both the female who donated the egg and the adult who donated the cell for nuclear transplantation. (d) the foster mother in which the embryo is placed.

B

20-55 Which of the following statements about tumor suppressor genes is false? (a) Gene amplification of a tumor suppressor gene is less dangerous than gene amplification of a proto-oncogene. (b) Cells with one functional copy of a tumor suppressor gene will usually proliferate faster than normal cells. (c) Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes leads to enhanced cell survival and proliferation. (d) Individuals with only one functional copy of a tumor suppressor gene are more prone to cancer than individuals with two functional copies of a tumor suppressor gene.

B

20-65 APC is a tumor suppressor and acts in the Wnt signaling pathway to prevent the TCF complex from turning on Wnt-responsive genes. Mice that lack the gene encoding TCF4 do not have the ability to maintain the pool of proliferating gut stem cells needed to renew the gut lining. What do you predict will happen in mice that lack the APC gene? (a) Mice lacking the APC gene will be like the mice lacking TCF4 and not be able to renew the gut lining. (b) Mice lacking the APC gene will have inappropriate proliferation of gut stem cells. (c) Mice lacking the APC gene will have a hyperactive Wnt receptor even though there is no Wnt signal. (d) Mice lacking the APC gene will be like normal healthy mice, since APC is a tumor suppressor and thus not needed unless there is a tumor present.

B

12-10 Cells use membranes to help maintain set ranges of ion concentrations inside and outside the cell. Which of the following negatively charged ions is not primarily used to buffer positive charges inside the cell? (a) PO43- (b) OH- (c) Cl- (d) HCO3-

C

12-12 Which of the following statements about resting membrane potential is not true? (a) The resting membrane potential for most animal cells is 0 mV, because the positive and negative ions are in balance. (b) The resting membrane potential for most animal cells is positive, because Na+ ions are so plentiful inside cells. (c) The resting membrane potential for most animal cells is negative, because the inside of the cell is more negatively charged than the outside of the cell. (d) At the resting membrane potential, no ions enter or exit the cell.

C

12-21 The Na+-K+ ATPase is also known as the Na+-K+ pump. It is responsible for maintaining the high extracellular sodium ion concentration and the high intracellular potassium ion concentration. What happens immediately after the pump hydrolyzes ATP? (a) Na+ is bound. (b) ADP is bound. (c) The pump is phosphorylated. (d) The pump changes conformation.

C

12-42 When the net charge on either side of the plasma membrane is zero, what else is true? (a) There is an equal number of K+ ions on each side of the plasma membrane. (b) The K+ leak channels are open. (c) The electrochemical potential across the membrane is zero. (d) The resting membrane potential is between -20 mV and -200 mV.

C

12-46 If Na+ channels are opened in a cell that was previously at rest, how will the resting membrane potential be affected? (a) The membrane potential is not affected by Na+. (b) It becomes more negative. (c) It becomes more positive. (d) It is permanently reset.

C

12-63 Approximately, how many distinct synapses are established on the dendrites and cell body of a motor neuron in the spinal cord? (a) tens (b) hundreds (c) thousands (d) millions

C

12-66 Which of the following gated ion channels are involved in inhibitory synaptic signaling? (a) voltage-gated Na+ channels (b) voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (c) glycine-gated Cl- channels (d) glutamate-gated cation channels

C

13-10 Which of the following steps or processes in aerobic respiration include the production of carbon dioxide? (a) breakdown of glycogen (b) glycolysis (c) conversion of pyruvate to acetyl CoA (d) oxidative phosphorylation

C

13-17 Several different classes of enzymes are needed for the catabolism of carbohydrates. Which of the following descriptions best matches the function of a dehydrogenase? (a) An enzyme that catalyzes the rearrangement of bonds within a single molecule. (b) An enzyme that catalyzes a change in the position of a specific chemical group within a single molecule. (c) An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of a molecule by removing a hydride ion. (d) An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of phosphate groups to other molecules.

C

13-22 Which reaction does the enzyme phosphoglucose isomerase catalyze? (a) glucose í glucose 6-phosphate (b) fructose 6-phosphate í fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (c) glucose 6-phosphate í fructose 6-phosphate (d) glucose í glucose 1-phosphate

C

13-45 In step 1 of the citric acid cycle, citrate is generated by the enzyme citrate synthase. The enzyme combines the two-carbon acetyl group from acetyl CoA and the four-carbon oxaloacetate. What is the source of energy that drives this reaction forward? (a) a high-energy phosphodiester bond (b) a transfer of high-energy electrons (c) a high-energy thioester bond (d) the heat of molecular collision

C

13-48 In step 4 of the citric acid cycle, the reduction of NAD+ to NADH is coupled to the generation of CO2 and the formation of a high-energy thioester bond. Which molecule provides the sulfhydryl group necessary to form the thioester bond? (a) pyruvate (b) acetyl CoA (c) CoA (d) cysteine side chain in the catalytic pocket

C

13-61 Pyruvate is an important metabolic intermediate that can be converted into several other compounds, depending on which enzyme is catalyzing the reaction. Which of the following cannot be produced from pyruvate in a single enzyme-catalyzed reaction? (a) lactate (b) oxaloacetate (c) citrate (d) alanine

C

14-10 Which of the following statements about mitochondrial division is true? (a) Mitochondria divide in synchrony with the cell. (b) The rate of mitochondrial division is the same in all cell types. (c) Mitochondrial division is mechanistically similar to prokaryotic cell division. (d) Mitochondria cannot divide and produce energy for the cell at the same time.

C

14-13 Which of the following statements describes the mitochondrial intermembrane space? (a) It is permeable to molecules with molecular mass as high as 5000 daltons. (b) It contains transporters for ATP molecules. (c) It contains proteins that are released during apoptosis. (d) It contains enzymes required for the oxidation of fatty acids.

C

14-18 Stage 1 of oxidative phosphorylation requires the movement of electrons along the electron-transport chain coupled to the pumping of protons into the intermembrane space. What is the final result of these electron transfers? (a) OH- is oxidized to O2 (b) pyruvate is oxidized to CO2 (c) O2 is reduced to H2O (d) H- is converted to H2

C

14-23 In oxidative phosphorylation, ATP production is coupled to the events in the electron-transport chain. What is accomplished in the final electron-transfer event in the electron-transport chain? (a) OH- is oxidized to O2 (b) pyruvate is oxidized to CO2 (c) O2 is reduced to H2O (d) NAD+ is reduced to NADH

C

14-30 Bongkrekic acid is an antibiotic that inhibits the ATP/ADP transport protein in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Which of the following will allow electron transport to occur in mitochondria treated with bongkrekic acid? (a) placing the mitochondria in anaerobic conditions (b) adding FADH2 (c) making the inner membrane permeable to protons (d) inhibiting the ATP synthase

C

14-33 The relationship of free-energy change (ΔG) to the concentrations of reactants and products is important because it predicts the direction of spontaneous chemical reactions. Consider, for example, the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi). The standard free-energy change (ΔG°) for this reaction is -7.3 kcal/mole. The free-energy change depends on concentrations according to the following equation: ΔG = ΔG° + 1.42 log10 ([ADP] [Pi]/[ATP]) In a resting muscle, the concentrations of ATP, ADP, and Pi are approximately 0.005 M, 0.001 M, and 0.010 M, respectively. At [Pi] = 0.010 M, what will be the ratio of [ATP] to [ADP] at equilibrium? (a) 1.38 × 106 (b) 1 (c) 7.2 × 10-8 (d) 5.14

C

14-34 NADH and FADH2 carry high-energy electrons that are used to power the production of ATP in the mitochondria. These cofactors are generated during glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the fatty acid oxidation cycle. Which molecule below can produce the most ATP? Explain your answer. (a) NADH from glycolysis (b) FADH2 from the fatty acid cycle (c) NADH from the citric acid cycle (d) FADH2 from the citric acid cycle

C

14-41 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Only compounds with negative redox potentials can donate electrons to other compounds under standard conditions. (b) Compounds that donate one electron have higher redox potentials than those compounds that donate two electrons. (c) The ΔE0′ of a redox pair does not depend on the concentration of each member of the pair. (d) The free-energy change, ΔG, for an electron-transfer reaction does not depend on the concentration of each member of a redox pair.

C

14-53 Which of the following statements about cytochrome c is true? (a) Cytochrome c shuttles electrons between the NADH dehydrogenase complex and cytochrome c reductase complex. (b) When cytochrome c becomes reduced, two cysteines (sulfur-containing amino acids) become covalently bound to a heme group. (c) The pair of electrons accepted by cytochrome c are added to the porphyrin ring of the bound heme group. (d) Cytochrome c is the last protein in the electron-transport chain, passing its electrons directly to molecular oxygen, a process that reduces O2 to H2O.

C

14-63 If you add a compound to illuminated chloroplasts that inhibits the NADP+ reductase, NADPH generation ceases, as expected. However, ferredoxin does not accumulate in the reduced form because it is able to donate its electrons not only to NADP+ (via NADP+ reductase) but also back to the cytochrome b6-f complex. Thus, in the presence of the compound, a "cyclic" form of photosynthesis occurs in which electrons flow in a circle from ferredoxin, to the cytochrome b6-f complex, to plastocyanin, to photosystem I, to ferredoxin. What will happen if you now also inhibit photosystem II? (a) Less ATP will be generated per photon absorbed. (b) ATP synthesis will cease. (c) Plastoquinone will accumulate in the oxidized form. (d) Plastocyanin will accumulate in the oxidized form.

C

14-64 The enzyme ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco) normally adds carbon dioxide to ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate. However, it will also catalyze a competing reaction in which O2 is added to ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate to form 3-phosphoglycerate and phosphoglycolate. Assume that phosphoglycolate is a compound that cannot be used in any further reactions. If O2 and CO2 have the same affinity for Rubisco, which of the following is the lowest ratio of CO2 to O2 at which a net synthesis of sugar can occur? (a) 1:3 (b) 1:2 (c) 3:1 (d) 2:1

C

14-69 Oxidative phosphorylation, as it occurs in modern eukaryotes, is a complex process that probably arose in simple stages in primitive bacteria. Which mechanism is proposed to have arisen first as this complex system evolved? (a) electron transfers coupled to a proton pump (b) the reaction of oxygen with an ancestor of cytochrome c oxidase (c) ATP-driven proton pumps (d) the generation of ATP from the energy of a proton gradient

C

15-13 Signal sequences that direct proteins to the correct compartment are _________. (a) added to proteins through post-translational modification. (b) added to a protein by a protein translocator. (c) encoded in the amino acid sequence and sufficient for targeting a protein to its correct destination. (d) always removed once a protein is at the correct destination.

C

15-15 Which of the following statements about nuclear transport is true? (a) mRNAs and proteins transit the nucleus through different types of nuclear pores. (b) Nuclear import receptors bind to proteins in the cytosol and bring the proteins to the nuclear pores, where the proteins are released from the receptors into the pores for transit into the nucleus. (c) Nuclear pores have water-filled passages that small, water-soluble molecules can pass through in a nonselective fashion. (d) Nuclear pores are made up of many copies of a single protein.

C

15-18 Your friend works in a biotechnology company and has discovered a drug that blocks the ability of Ran to exchange GDP for GTP. What is the most likely effect of this drug on nuclear transport? (a) Nuclear transport receptors would be unable to bind cargo. (b) Nuclear transport receptors would be unable to enter the nucleus. (c) Nuclear transport receptors would be unable to release their cargo in the nucleus. (d) Nuclear transport receptors would interact irreversibly with the nuclear pore fibrils.

C

15-19 Which of the following statements is true? (a) The signal sequences on mitochondrial proteins are usually at the C-terminus. (b) Most mitochondrial proteins are not imported from the cytosol but are synthesized inside the mitochondria. (c) Chaperone proteins in the mitochondria facilitate the movement of proteins across the outer and inner mitochondrial membranes. (d) Mitochondrial proteins cross the membrane in their native, folded state.

C

15-23 Most proteins destined to enter the endoplasmic reticulum _________. (a) are transported across the membrane after their synthesis is complete. (b) are synthesized on free ribosomes in the cytosol. (c) begin to cross the membrane while still being synthesized. (d) remain within the endoplasmic reticulum.

C

15-25 In which cellular location would you expect to find ribosomes translating mRNAs that encode ribosomal proteins? (a) the nucleus (b) on the rough ER (c) in the cytosol (d) in the lumen of the ER

C

15-29 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Proteins destined for the ER are translated by a special pool of ribosomes whose subunits are always associated with the outer ER membrane. (b) Proteins destined for the ER translocate their associated mRNAs into the ER lumen where they are translated. (c) Proteins destined for the ER are translated by cytosolic ribosomes and are targeted to the ER when a signal sequence emerges during translation. (d) Proteins destined for the ER are translated by a pool of cytosolic ribosomes that contain ER-targeting sequences that interact with ER-associated protein translocators.

C

15-41 Your friend has just joined a lab that studies vesicle budding from the Golgi and has been given a cell line that does not form mature vesicles. He wants to start designing some experiments but wasn't listening carefully when he was told about the molecular defect of this cell line. He's too embarrassed to ask and comes to you for help. He does recall that this cell line forms coated pits but vesicle budding and the removal of coat proteins don't happen. Which of the following proteins might be lacking in this cell line? (a) clathrin (b) Rab (c) dynamin (d) adaptin

C

15-43 Which of the following statements about vesicular membrane fusion is false? (a) Membrane fusion does not always immediately follow vesicle docking. (b) The hydrophilic surfaces of membranes have water molecules associated with them that must be displaced before vesicle fusion can occur. (c) The GTP hydrolysis of the Rab proteins provides the energy for membrane fusion. (d) The interactions of the v-SNAREs and the t-SNAREs pull the vesicle membrane and the target organelle membrane together so that their lipids can intermix.

C

15-48 Cells have oligosaccharides displayed on their cell surface that are important for cell-cell recognition. Your friend discovered a transmembrane glycoprotein, GP1, on a pathogenic yeast cell that is recognized by human immune cells. He decides to purify large amounts of GP1 by expressing it in bacteria. To his purified protein he then adds a branched 14-sugar oligosaccharide to the asparagine of the only Asn-X-Ser sequence found on GP1 (Figure Q15-48). Unfortunately, immune cells do not seem to recognize this synthesized glycoprotein. Which of the following statements is a likely explanation for this problem? (a) The oligosaccharide should have been added to the serine instead of the asparagine. (b) The oligosaccharide should have been added one sugar at a time. (c) The oligosaccharide needs to be further modified before it is mature. (d) The oligosaccharide needs a disulfide bond.

C

15-52 Which of the following statements about the unfolded protein response (UPR) is false? (a) Activation of the UPR results in the production of more ER membrane. (b) Activation of the UPR results in the production of more chaperone proteins. (c) Activation of the UPR occurs when receptors in the cytoplasm sense misfolded proteins. (d) Activation of the UPR results in the cytoplasmic activation of gene regulatory proteins.

C

16-13 The lab you work in has discovered a previously unidentified extracellular signal molecule called QGF, a 75,000-dalton protein. You add purified QGF to different types of cells to determine its effect on these cells. When you add QGF to heart muscle cells, you observe an increase in cell contraction. When you add it to fibroblasts, they undergo cell division. When you add it to nerve cells, they die. When you add it to glial cells, you do not see any effect on cell division or survival. Given these observations, which of the following statements is most likely to be true? (a) Because it acts on so many diverse cell types, QGF probably diffuses across the plasma membrane into the cytoplasm of these cells. (b) Glial cells do not have a receptor for QGF. (c) QGF activates different intracellular signaling pathways in heart muscle cells, fibroblasts, and nerve cells to produce the different responses observed. (d) Heart muscle cells, fibroblasts, and nerve cells must all have the same receptor for QGF.

C

16-17 The local mediator nitric oxide stimulates the intracellular enzyme guanylyl cyclase by ________________. (a) activating a G protein. (b) activating a receptor tyrosine kinase. (c) diffusing into cells and stimulating the cyclase directly. (d) activating an intracellular protein kinase.

C

16-26 Foreign substances like nicotine, morphine, and menthol exert their initial effects by _____. (a) killing cells immediately, exerting their physiological effects by causing cell death. (b) diffusing through cell plasma membranes and binding to transcription factors to change gene expression. (c) interacting with cell-surface receptors, causing the receptors to transduce signal inappropriately in the absence of the normal stimulus. (d) removing cell-surface receptors from the plasma membrane.

C

16-29 The following happens when a G-protein-coupled receptor activates a G protein. (a) The β subunit exchanges its bound GDP for GTP. (b) The GDP bound to the α subunit is phosphorylated to form bound GTP. (c) The α subunit exchanges its bound GDP for GTP. (d) It activates the α subunit and inactivates the βγ complex.

C

16-35 You are interested in how cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) functions to affect learning and memory, and you decide to study its function in the brain. It is known that, in the cells you are studying, PKA works via a signal transduction pathway like the one depicted in Figure Q16-35. Furthermore, it is also known that activated PKA phosphorylates the transcriptional regulator called Nerd that then activates transcription of the gene Brainy. Which situation described below will lead to an increase in Brainy transcription? (a) a mutation in the Nerd gene that produces a protein that cannot be phosphorylated by PKA (b) a mutation in the nuclear import sequence of PKA from PPKKKRKV to PPAAAAAV (c) a mutation in the gene that encodes cAMP phosphodiesterase that makes the enzyme inactive (d) a mutation in the gene that encodes adenylyl cyclase that renders the enzyme unable to interact with the α subunit of the G protein

C

16-45 The growth factor Superchick stimulates the proliferation of cultured chicken cells. The receptor that binds Superchick is a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK), and many chicken tumor cell lines have mutations in the gene that encodes this receptor. Which of the following types of mutation would be expected to promote uncontrolled cell proliferation? (a) a mutation that prevents dimerization of the receptor (b) a mutation that destroys the kinase activity of the receptor (c) a mutation that inactivates the protein tyrosine phosphatase that normally removes the phosphates from tyrosines on the activated receptor (d) a mutation that prevents the binding of the normal extracellular signal to the receptor

C

16-47 A protein kinase can act as an integrating device in signaling if it ___________________. (a) phosphorylates more than one substrate. (b) catalyzes its own phosphorylation. (c) is activated by two or more proteins in different signaling pathways. (d) initiates a phosphorylation cascade involving two or more protein kinases.

C

16-61 Figure Q16-61 shows that intracellular signaling pathways can be highly interconnected.From the information in Figure Q16-61, which of the following statements is incorrect? (a) The GPCR and the RTK both activate phospholipase C. (b) Activation of either the GPCR or the RTK will lead to activation of transcriptional regulators. (c) CaM-kinase is only activated when the GPCR is active and not when the RTK is active. (d) Ras is activated only when the RTK is active and not when the GPCR is active.

C

16-63 Figure Q16-63 shows how normal signaling works with a Ras protein acting downstream of an RTK. You examine a cell line with a constitutively active Ras protein that is always signaling. Which of the following conditions will turn off signaling in this cell line?(a) addition of a drug that prevents protein X from activating Ras (b) addition of a drug that increases the affinity of protein Y and Ras (c) addition of a drug that blocks protein Y from interacting with its target (d) addition of a drug that increases the activity of protein Y

C

17-15 You are studying nuclear lamins in yeast. Using recombinant DNA technology, you alter the coding sequence of a nuclear lamin gene such that the gene now codes for a nuclear lamin protein that can no longer be phosphorylated when the nuclear envelope is broken down during mitosis. What do you predict would happen if the yeast cell only had the altered nuclear lamin gene (and not the unaltered version)? (a) Mitosis should proceed as usual because the dephosphorylation of the lamin is what is important for nuclear lamina assembly during mitosis, so phosphorylation will not be necessary. (b) Disassembly of the nuclear lamins will occur prematurely because the lamins cannot be phosphorylated. (c) Nuclear lamins will no longer disassemble properly during mitosis. (d) Nuclear lamins will be unable to produce dimers, as coiled-coil formation will be disrupted.

C

17-2 Which of the following statements about the cytoskeleton is false? (a) The cytoskeleton is made up of three types of protein filaments. (b) The cytoskeleton controls the location of organelles in eukaryotic cells. (c) Covalent bonds between protein monomers hold together cytoskeletal filaments. (d) The cytoskeleton of a cell can change in response to the environment.

C

17-24 The microtubules in a cell form a structural framework that can have all the following functions except which one? (a) holding internal organelles such as the Golgi apparatus in particular positions in the cell (b) creating long, thin cytoplasmic extensions that protrude from one side of the cell (c) strengthening the plasma membrane (d) moving materials from one place to another inside a cell

C

17-52 Figure Q17-52 shows the leading edge of a lamellipodium. Which of the following statements is false?(a) Nucleation of new filaments near the leading edge pushes the plasma membrane forward. (b) ARP proteins nucleate the branched actin filaments in the lamellipodium. (c) Capping proteins bind to the minus end of actin filaments. (d) There is more ATP-bound actin at the leading edge than in the actin filaments away from the leading edge.

C

17-53 You are examining a cell line in which activation of the Rho family member Rac promotes lamellipodia formation. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true? (a) Cells carrying a Rac mutation that makes Rac act as if it is always bound to GTP will polymerize more unbranched actin filaments than normal cells. (b) Cells carrying a Rac mutation that makes Rac unable to exchange GDP for GTP will polymerize more unbranched actin filaments than normal cells. (c) Cells carrying a Rac mutation that makes Rac act as if it is always bound to GTP will polymerize more branched actin filaments than normal cells. (d) Cells carrying a Rac mutation that makes Rac unable to exchange GDP for GTP will polymerize more branched actin filaments than normal cells.

C

18-13 The concentration of mitotic cyclin (M cyclin) ________________. (a) rises markedly during M phase. (b) is activated by phosphorylation. (c) falls toward the end of M phase as a result of ubiquitylation and degradation. (d) is highest in G1 phase.

C

18-15 You engineer yeast cells that express the M cyclin during S phase by replacing the promoter sequence of the M cyclin gene with that of S cyclin. Keeping in mind that yeast cells have one common Cdk that binds to all cyclins, which of the following outcomes is least likely during this experiment? (a) There will be both M cyclin-Cdk and S cyclin-Cdk complexes in the cell during S phase. (b) Some substrates that are normally phosphorylated in M phase will now be phosphorylated in S phase. (c) G1 cyclins will be expressed during S phase. (d) S-Cdk targets will be phosphorylated during S phase.

C

18-23 The Retinoblastoma (Rb) protein blocks cells from entering the cell cycle by ______. (a) phosphorylating Cdk. (b) marking cyclins for destruction by proteolysis. (c) inhibiting cyclin transcription. (d) activating apoptosis.

C

18-29 How does S-Cdk help guarantee that replication occurs only once during each cell cycle? (a) It blocks the rise of Cdc6 concentrations early in G1. (b) It phosphorylates and inactivates DNA helicase. (c) It phosphorylates the Cdc6 protein, marking it for destruction. (d) It promotes the assembly of a prereplicative complex.

C

18-54 Which of the following statements about the anaphase-promoting complex (APC) is false? (a) It promotes the degradation of proteins that regulate M phase. (b) It inhibits M-Cdk activity. (c) It is continuously active throughout the cell cycle. (d) M-Cdk stimulates its activity.

C

18-66 Apoptosis differs from necrosis in that necrosis ________________. (a) requires the reception of an extracellular signal. (b) causes DNA to fragment. (c) causes cells to swell and burst, whereas apoptotic cells shrink and condense. (d) involves a caspase cascade.

C

18-9 Which of the following descriptions is consistent with the behavior of a cell that lacks a protein required for a checkpoint mechanism that operates in G2? (a) The cell would be unable to enter M phase. (b) The cell would be unable to enter G2. (c) The cell would enter M phase under conditions when normal cells would not. (d) The cell would pass through M phase more slowly than normal cells

C

19-16 There are organisms that go through meiosis but do not undergo recombination when forming haploid gametes. Which of the following statements correctly describes the gametes produced by such an organism. (Assume that these organisms are diploid, that each of the two homologous chromosomes are genetically distinct as typically found in the wild, and that these organisms have more than one chromosome.) (a) All gametes formed during a single meiosis will be identical. (b) Due to the random assortment of homologs, each of the gametes formed during a single meiosis will be different. (c) This organism could potentially produce 2n genetically distinct gametes, where n is its haploid number of chromosomes. (d) The fusion of any two gametes produced by such an organism that does not undergo recombination during meiosis will create a cell that is genetically identical to that individual.

C

19-19 In the absence of recombination, how many genetically different types of gamete can an organism with five homologous chromosome pairs produce? (a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 32 (d) 64

C

19-24 You examine a worm that has two genders: males that produce sperm and hermaphrodites that produce both sperm and eggs. The diploid adult has four homologous pairs of chromosomes that undergo very little recombination. Given a choice, the hermaphrodites prefer to mate with males, but just to annoy the worm, you pluck a hermaphrodite out of the wild and fertilize its eggs with its own sperm. Assuming that all the resulting offspring are viable, what fraction do you expect to be genetically identical to the parent worm? Assume that each chromosome in the original hermaphrodite is genetically distinct from its homolog. (a) all (b) none (c) 1/16 (d) 1/256

C

19-4 Somatic cells ___________________________. (a) are not necessary for sexual reproduction in all eukaryotic organisms. (b) are used to produce germ-line cells when organisms reach sexual maturity (c) leave no progeny. (d) do not contain sex chromosomes.

C

19-41 Which of the following statements about the round-seeded pea plants obtained in the F2 generation is false? (See Figure Q19-38.) (a) These plants are phenotypically identical for seed shape. (b) Two-thirds of these plants are expected to be heterozygous for the seed-shape allele. (c) We expect 25% of these plants to be homozygous for the seed-shape allele. (d) If these plants were crossed to wrinkle-seeded plants, some of these plants would produce only round-seeded plants.

C

19-60 The single-nucleotide polymorphisms found in the human population __________________. (a) are important for genetic mapping because they represent mutations in genes important for human disease. (b) are rarely found among blood relatives. (c) can be linked into haplotype blocks. (d) arose mainly during the past 10,000 years.

C

19-62 Finding co-inheritance of a SNP variant and a disease tells scientists that ____________________. (a) everybody who carries this SNP will get the disease. (b) sequences within the SNP cause the disease. (c) a gene important for causing the disease is linked to the SNP. (d) SNPs on other chromosomes will not be co-inherited with the disease.

C

19-8 Which of the following does not describe a situation of asexual reproduction? (a) A bacterium multiplying by simple cell division. (b) Using a part of a plant to create a new independent plant. (c) Using in vitro fertilization to combine a sperm and an egg to create an embryo. (d) The parthenogenetic development of eggs produced by some species of lizards.

C

20-17 Which of the following statements is false? (a) Proteoglycans can act as filters to regulate which molecules pass through the extracellular medium. (b) The negative charge associated with proteoglycans attracts cations, which cause water to be sucked into the extracellular matrix. (c) Proteoglycans are a major component of compact connective tissues but are relatively unimportant in watery tissues such as the jellylike substance in the interior of the eye. (d) Glycosaminoglycans are components of proteoglycan.

C

20-21 Tight junctions ______________________. (a) allow small, water-soluble molecules to pass from cell to cell. (b) interact with the intermediate filaments inside the cell. (c) are formed from claudins and occludins. (d) are found in cells in connective tissues.

C

20-30 Which of the following statements about gap junctions is false? (a) Gap junctions are made of connexons. (b) Molecules up to 1000 daltons in molecular mass can move across gap junctions. (c) Because gap junctions do not allow ions to pass through, they are not used for electrically coupling cells. (d) Gap junctions can close in response to extracellular signals.

C

20-35 The plasmodesmata in plants are functionally most similar to which animal cell junction? (a) tight junction (b) adherens junction (c) gap junction (d) desmosome

C

20-41 An adult hemopoietic stem cell found in the bone marrow ______________________. (a) will occasionally produce epidermal cells when necessary. (b) can produce only red blood cells. (c) can undergo self-renewing divisions for the lifetime of a healthy animal. (d) will express all the same transcription factors as those found in an unfertilized egg.

C

20-5 Which of the following molecules is not found in plants? (a) cellulose (b) lignin (c) collagen (d) pectin

C

20-52 Which of the following statements about cancer is false? (a) Viruses cause some cancers. (b) Tobacco use is responsible for more than 20% of all cancer deaths. (c) A mutation in even a single cancer-critical gene is sufficient to convert a normal cell into a cancer cell. (d) Chemical carcinogens cause cancer by changing the nucleotide sequence of DNA.

C

20-57 Ras is a GTP-binding protein that is often defective in cancer cells. A common mutation found in cancer cells causes Ras to behave as though it were bound to GTP all the time, which will cause cells to divide inappropriately. From this description, the normal Ras gene is _______. (a) a tumor suppressor. (b) an oncogene. (c) a proto-oncogene. (d) a gain-of-function mutation.

C

12-11 Negatively charged ions are required to balance the net positive charge from metal ions such as K+, Na+, and Ca2+. Which of the following negatively charged ions is the most abundant outside the cell and which ion does most often neutralize (written in parentheses)? (a) Cl- (Ca2+) (b) PO43- (K+) (c) PO43- (Ca2+) (d) Cl- (Na+)

D

12-13 A hungry yeast cell lands in a vat of grape juice and begins to feast on the sugars there, producing carbon dioxide and ethanol in the process: C6H12O6 + 2ADP + 2Pi + H+ 2CO2 + 2CH3CH2OH + 2ATP + 2H2O Unfortunately, the grape juice is contaminated with proteases that attack some of the transport proteins in the yeast cell membrane, and the yeast cell dies. Which of the following could account for the yeast cell's demise? (a) toxic buildup of carbon dioxide inside the cell (b) toxic buildup of ethanol inside the cell (c) diffusion of ATP out of the cell (d) inability to import sugar into the cell

D

12-15 Some cells have aquaporins-channels that facilitate the flow of water molecules through the plasma membrane. For these cells, what regulates the rate and direction of water diffusion across the membrane? (a) aquaporin conformation (b) resting membrane potential (c) solute concentrations on either side of the membrane (d) availability of ATP

D

12-25 The Aeroschmidt weed contains an ATP-driven ion pump in its vacuolar membrane that pumps potentially toxic heavy metal ions such as Zn2+ and Pb2+ into the vacuole. The pump protein exists in a phosphorylated and an unphosphorylated form and works in a similar way to the Na+-K+ pump of animal cells. To study its action, you incorporate the unphosphorylated form of the protein into phospholipid vesicles containing K+ in their interiors. (You ensure that all of the protein molecules are in the same orientation in the lipid bilayer.) When you add Zn2+ and ATP to the solution outside such vesicles, you find that Zn2+ is pumped into the vesicle lumen. You then expose vesicles containing the pump protein to the solutes as shown in Table 12-17A.What would you expect to happen if you treat vesicles as in lane F, but before determining the phosphorylation state of the protein you wash away the outside buffer and replace it with a buffer containing only Zn2+? (a) Nothing will happen. (No Zn2+ will move into the vesicle; no K+ will move out of the vesicle; the phosphorylation state of the protein will not change.) (b) No Zn2+ will move into the vesicle; no K+ will move out of the vesicle; the protein will become unphosphorylated. (c) A small amount of Zn2+ will move into the vesicle; no K+ will move out of the vesicle; the phosphorylation state of the protein will not change. (d) A small amount of Zn2+ will move into the vesicle; no K+ will move out of the vesicle; the protein will become unphosphorylated.

D

12-28 Cells make use of H+ electrochemical gradients in many ways. Which of the following proton transporters is used to regulate pH in animal cells? (a) light-driven pump (b) H+ ATPase (c) H+ symporter (d) Na+-H+ exchanger

D

12-29 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Amoebae have transporter proteins that actively pump water molecules from the cytoplasm to the cell exterior. (b) Bacteria and animal cells rely on the Na+-K+ pump in the plasma membrane to prevent lysis resulting from osmotic imbalances. (c) The Na+-K+ pump allows animal cells to thrive under conditions of very low ionic strength. (d) The Na+-K+ pump helps to keep both Na+ and Cl- ions out of the cell.

D

12-39 The stimulation of auditory nerves depends on the opening and closing of channels in the auditory hair cells. Which type of gating mechanism do these cells use? (a) voltage-gated (b) extracellular ligand-gated (c) intracellular ligand-gated (d) stress-gated

D

12-43 K+ leak channels are found in the plasma membrane. These channels open and close in an unregulated, random fashion. What do they accomplish in a resting cell? (a) They set the K+ concentration gradient to zero. (b) They set the membrane potential to zero. (c) They disrupt the resting membrane potential. (d) They keep the electrochemical gradient for K+ at zero.

D

12-48 In a method called patch-clamping, a glass capillary can be converted into a microelectrode that measures the electrical currents across biological membranes. Which of the following is not true about the patch-clamp method? (a) The glass capillary adheres to a "patch" of membrane through the application of suction. (b) The aperture in the glass capillary used to make a microelectrode is about 1 μm in diameter. (c) If the experimental conditions are held constant, fluctuations in electrical currents across the patch of membrane are still observed. (d) Single-channel patch-clamp recordings have demonstrated that gated membrane channels will only open and close in response to specific stimuli.

D

12-51 Which of the following statements does not accurately describe the events involved in the propagation of an action potential? (a) An initial influx of Na+ through a small cluster of channels causes local depolarization of the membrane. (b) Local depolarization causes nearby Na+ channels to open. (c) Channels in depolarized regions of the membrane are inactivated until the resting membrane potential is reestablished. (d) The opening of transmitter-gated K+ channels helps to repolarize the membrane.

D

12-52 Which of the following is required for the secretion of neurotransmitters in response to an action potential? (a) neurotransmitter receptors (b) Na+-K+ pumps (c) voltage-gated K+ channels (d) voltage-gated Ca2+ channels

D

12-6 Below is a list of molecules with different chemical characteristics. Knowing that all molecules will eventually diffuse across a phospholipid bilayer, select the option below that most accurately predicts the relative rates of diffusion of these molecules (fastest to slowest). alanine estrogen propanol sodium (a) alanine > propanol > sodium > estrogen (b) sodium > propanol > alanine > estrogen (c) estrogen > propanol > sodium > alanine (d) estrogen > propanol > alanine > sodium

D

12-60 Both excitatory and inhibitory neurons form junctions with muscles. By what mechanism do inhibitory neurotransmitters prevent the postsynaptic cell from firing an action potential? (a) by closing Na+ channels (b) by preventing the secretion of excitatory neurotransmitters (c) by opening K+ channels (d) by opening Cl- channels

D

12-62 Which of the following statements best reflects the nature of synaptic plasticity? (a) New synapses are created due to the postnatal generation of neurons. (b) Synaptic response changes in magnitude depending on frequency of stimulation. (c) There is a change in the type of neurotransmitter used at the synapse. (d) Neuronal connections are pruned during normal development.

D

12-64 Which of the following statements about GABA receptors is not true? (a) They are located on postsynaptic membranes. (b) They are ligand-gated channels. (c) They inhibit synaptic signaling. (d) They promote neuronal uptake of Na+.

D

13-14 Several different classes of enzymes are needed for the catabolism of carbohydrates. Which of the following descriptions best matches the function of a kinase? (a) An enzyme that catalyzes the rearrangement of bonds within a single molecule. (b) An enzyme that catalyzes a change in the position of a specific chemical group within a single molecule. (c) An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of a molecule by removing a hydride ion. (d) An enzyme that catalyzes the addition of phosphate groups to other molecules.

D

13-18 On a diet consisting of nothing but protein, which of the following is the most likely outcome? (a) loss of weight because amino acids cannot be used for the synthesis of fat (b) muscle gain because the amino acids will go directly into building muscle (c) tiredness because amino acids cannot be used to generate energy (d) excretion of more nitrogenous (ammonia-derived) wastes than with a more balanced diet

D

13-21 Which of the following processes do not take place in the mitochondria? (a) citric acid cycle (b) conversion of pyruvate to activated acetyl groups (c) oxidation of fatty acids to acetyl CoA (d) glycogen breakdown

D

13-3 Which of the following stages in the breakdown of the piece of toast you had for breakfast generates the most ATP? (a) the digestion of starch to glucose (b) glycolysis (c) the citric acid cycle (d) oxidative phosphorylation

D

13-34 Pyruvate must move from the cytosol into the mitochondria, where it is oxidized to form CO2 and acetyl CoA by the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. How many different enzymes and what total number of polypeptides, respectively, are required to perform this oxidation process in the mitochondrion?(a) 1; 60 (b) 3; 3 (c) 3; 26 (d) 3; 60

D

13-46 In step 2 of the citric acid cycle, the enzyme aconitase generates isocitrate from citrate. Which of the following statements about this reaction is true? (a) There is a substantial free-energy difference between the reactants and products of this reaction. (b) The unbonded electrons from hydroxide ions provide energy for this reaction. (c) The aconitase enzyme functions as a mutase in this reaction. (d) The reaction sequence first generates one molecule of water and then consumes one molecule of water.

D

13-47 In step 3 of the citric acid cycle, the oxidation of isocitrate and the production of CO2 are coupled to the reduction of NAD+, generating NADH and an α-ketoglutarate molecule. In the isocitrate molecule shown in Figure Q13-47, which carbon is lost as CO2 and which is converted to a carbonyl carbon? (a) 4 and 6 (b) 6 and 5 (c) 5 and 4 (d) 6 and 4

D

13-55 The oxygen-dependent reactions required for cellular respiration were originally thought to occur in a linear pathway. By using a competitive inhibitor for one enzyme in the pathway, investigators discovered that these reactions occur in a cycle. Which enzyme was inhibited? (a) aconitase (b) isocitrate dehydrogenase (c) malate dehydrogenase (d) succinate dehydrogenase

D

13-65 The conversion of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate to fructose 6-phosphate is catalyzed by a fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase and is one of the final steps in gluconeogenesis. Which of the following molecules is an allosteric activator of this enzyme? (a) Pi (b) AMP (c) ADP (d) ATP

D

13-68 Pyruvate can be converted into many other molecules by various biosynthetic and metabolic pathways, which makes it a central hub in the regulation of cellular metabolism. Which of the following molecules is not made from pyruvate? (a) oxaloacetate (b) ethanol (c) lactate (d) NADH

D

14-14 Which of the following statements describes the mitochondrial matrix? (a) It is permeable to molecules with molecular mass as high as 5000 daltons. (b) It contains transporters for ATP molecules. (c) It contains proteins that are released during apoptosis. (d) It contains enzymes required for the oxidation of fatty acids.

D

14-17 Electron transport is coupled to ATP synthesis in mitochondria, in chloroplasts, and in the thermophilic bacterium Methanococcus. Which of the following is likely to affect the coupling of electron transport to ATP synthesis in all of these systems? (a) a potent inhibitor of cytochrome c oxidase (b) the removal of oxygen (c) the absence of light (d) an ADP analog that inhibits ATP synthase

D

14-21 Which component of the electron-transport chain is required to combine the pair of electrons with molecular oxygen? (a) cytochrome c (b) cytochrome b-c1 complex (c) ubiquinone (d) cytochrome c oxidase

D

14-32 The relationship of free-energy change (ΔG) to the concentrations of reactants and products is important because it predicts the direction of spontaneous chemical reactions. In the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi), the standard free-energy change (ΔG°) is -7.3 kcal/mole. The free-energy change depends on concentrations according to the following equation: ΔG = ΔG° + 1.42 log10 ([ADP] [Pi]/[ATP]) In a resting muscle, the concentrations of ATP, ADP, and Pi are approximately 0.005 M, 0.001 M, and 0.010 M, respectively. What is the ΔG for ATP synthesis in resting muscle? (a) -6.01 kcal/mole (b) 5.88 kcal/mole (c) 8.72 kcal/mole (d) 11.1 kcal/mole

D

14-36 Experimental evidence supporting the chemiosmotic hypothesis was gathered by using artificial vesicles containing a protein that can pump protons in one direction across the vesicle membrane to create a proton gradient. Which protein was used to generate the gradient in a highly controlled manner? (a) cytochrome c oxidase (b) NADH dehydrogenase (c) cytochrome c (d) bacteriorhodopsin

D

14-51 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Ubiquinone is a small, hydrophobic protein containing a metal group that acts as an electron carrier. (b) A 2Fe2S iron-sulfur center carries one electron, whereas a 4Fe4S center carries two. (c) Iron-sulfur centers generally have a higher redox potential than do cytochromes. (d) Mitochondrial electron carriers with the highest redox potential generally contain copper ions and/or heme groups.

D

14-57 The ATP synthase found in chloroplasts is structurally similar to the ATP synthase in mitochondria. Given that ATP is being synthesized in the stroma, where will the F0 portion of the ATP synthase be located? (a) thylakoid space (b) stroma (c) inner membrane (d) thylakoid membrane

D

14-58 Stage 2 of photosynthesis, sometimes referred to as the dark reactions, involves the reduction of CO2 to produce organic compounds such as sucrose. What cofactor is the electron donor for carbon fixation? (a) H2O (b) NADH (c) FADH2 (d) NADPH

D

14-65 Which of the following statements is not true about the possible fates of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate? (a) It can be exported from the chloroplast to the cytosol for conversion into sucrose. (b) It can be used to make starch, which is stored inside the stroma of the chloroplast. (c) It can be used as a precursor for fatty acid synthesis and stored as fat droplets in the stroma. (d) It can be transported into the thylakoid space for use as a secondary electron acceptor downstream of the electron-transport chain.

D

14-70 Below is a list of breakthroughs in energy metabolism in living systems. Which is the correct order in which they are thought to have evolved? A. H2O-splitting enzyme activity B. light-dependent transfer of electrons from H2S to NADPH C. the consumption of fermentable organic acids D. oxygen-dependent ATP synthesis (a) A, C, D, B (b) C, A, B, D (c) B, C, A, D (d) C, B, A, D

D

15-10 Where are proteins in the chloroplast synthesized? (a) in the cytosol (b) in the chloroplast (c) on the endoplasmic reticulum (d) in both the cytosol and the chloroplast

D

15-11 Proteins that are fully translated in the cytosol do not end up in _______. (a) the cytosol. (b) the mitochondria. (c) the interior of the nucleus. (d) transport vesicles.

D

15-24 After isolating the rough endoplasmic reticulum from the rest of the cytoplasm, you purify the RNAs attached to it. Which of the following proteins do you expect the RNA from the rough endoplasmic reticulum to encode? (a) soluble secreted proteins (b) ER membrane proteins (c) plasma membrane proteins (d) all of the above

D

15-27 You are interested in Fuzzy, a soluble protein that functions within the ER lumen. Given that information, which of the following statements must be true? (a) Fuzzy has a C-terminal signal sequence that binds to SRP. (b) Only one ribosome can be bound to the mRNA encoding Fuzzy during translation. (c) Fuzzy must contain a hydrophobic stop-transfer sequence. (d) Once the signal sequence from Fuzzy has been cleaved, the signal peptide will be ejected into the ER membrane and degraded.

D

15-28 Which of the following statements about a protein in the lumen of the ER is false? (a) A protein in the lumen of the ER is synthesized by ribosomes on the ER membrane. (b) Some of the proteins in the lumen of the ER can end up in the extracellular space. (c) Some of the proteins in the lumen of the ER can end up in the lumen of an organelle in the endomembrane system. (d) Some of the proteins in the lumen of the ER can end up in the plasma membrane.

D

15-36 Which of the following choices reflects the appropriate order of locations through which a protein destined for the plasma membrane travels? (a) lysosome í endosome í plasma membrane (b) ER í lysosome í plasma membrane (c) Golgi í lysosome í plasma membrane (d) ER í Golgi í plasma membrane

D

15-40 Which of the following protein families are not involved in directing transport vesicles to the target membrane? (a) SNAREs (b) Rabs (c) tethering proteins (d) adaptins

D

15-49 Different glycoproteins can have a diverse array of oligosaccharides. Which of the statements below about this diversity is true? (a) Extensive modification of oligosaccharides occurs in the extracellular space. (b) Different oligosaccharides are covalently linked to proteins in the ER and the Golgi. (c) A diversity of oligosaccharyl transferases recognizes specific protein sequences, resulting in the linkage of a variety of oligosaccharides to proteins. (d) Oligosaccharide diversity comes from modifications that occur in the ER and the Golgi of the 14-sugar oligosaccharide added to the protein in the ER.

D

16-10 Which of the following statements is false? (a) Nucleotides and amino acids can act as extracellular signal molecules. (b) Some signal molecules can bind directly to intracellular proteins that bind DNA and regulate gene transcription. (c) Some signal molecules are transmembrane proteins. (d) Dissolved gases such as nitric oxide (NO) can act as signal molecules, but because they cannot interact with proteins they must act by affecting membrane lipids.

D

16-30 Which of the following statements about G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is false? (a) GPCRs are the largest family of cell-surface receptors in humans. (b) GPCRs are used in endocrine, paracrine, and neuronal signaling. (c) GPCRs are found in yeast, mice, and humans. (d) The different classes of GPCR ligands (proteins, amino acid derivatives, or fatty acids) bind to receptors with different numbers of transmembrane domains.

D

16-31 The length of time a G protein will signal is determined by _______. (a) the activity of phosphatases that turn off G proteins by dephosphorylating Gα. (b) the activity of phosphatases that turn GTP into GDP. (c) the degradation of the G protein after Gα separates from Gβγ (d) the GTPase activity of Gα

D

16-36 Adrenaline stimulates glycogen breakdown in skeletal muscle cells by ultimately activating glycogen phosphorylase, the enzyme that breaks down glycogen, as depicted in Figure Q16-36.Which of the following statements is false? (a) A constitutively active mutant form of PKA in skeletal muscle cells would lead to a decrease in the amount of unphosphorylated phosphorylase kinase. (b) A constitutively active mutant form of PKA in skeletal muscle cells would not increase the affinity of adrenaline for the adrenergic receptor. (c) A constitutively active mutant form of PKA in skeletal muscle cells would lead to an excess in the amount of glucose available. (d) A constitutively active mutant form of PKA in skeletal muscle cells would lead to an excess in the amount of glycogen available.

D

16-58 Akt promotes the survival of many cells by affecting the activity of Bad and Bcl2, as diagrammed in Figure Q16-58. Which of the following statements is false? (a) In the presence of a survival signal, Akt is phosphorylated. (b) In the absence of a survival signal, Bad inhibits the cell-death inhibitor protein Bcl2. (c) In the presence of a survival signal, the cell-death inhibitory protein Bcl2 is active. (d) In the absence of a survival signal, Bad is phosphorylated.

D

16-6 During nervous-system development in Drosophila, the membrane-bound protein Delta acts as an inhibitory signal to prevent neighboring cells from developing into neuronal cells. Delta is involved in ______________ signaling. (a) endocrine (b) paracrine (c) neuronal (d) contact-dependent

D

17-16 You are interested in understanding the regulation of nuclear lamina assembly. To create an in vitro system for studying this process you start with partly purified nuclear lamina subunits to which you will add back purified cellular components to drive nuclear lamina assembly. Before you start doing experiments, your instructor suggests that you consider what type of conditions would be most amenable to the assembly of the nuclear lamina from its individual subunits in vitro. Which of the following conditions do you predict would be most likely to enhance the assembly of the nuclear lamina? (a) addition of phosphatase inhibitors (b) addition of ATP (c) addition of a concentrated salt solution that is 10 times the concentration normally found in the nucleoplasm (d) addition of protein kinase inhibitors

D

17-19 Which of the following statements about the structure of microtubules is false? (a) Microtubules are built from protofilaments that come together to make a hollow structure. (b) The two ends of a protofilament are chemically distinct, with α-tubulin exposed at one end and β-tubulin exposed at the other end. (c) Within a microtubule, all protofilaments are arranged in the same orientation, giving the microtubule structural polarity. (d) α-Tubulin and β-tubulin are covalently bound to make the tubulin dimer that then assembles into protofilaments.

D

17-23 The hydrolysis of GTP to GDP carried out by tubulin molecules ________________. (a) provides the energy needed for tubulin to polymerize. (b) occurs because the pool of free GDP has run out. (c) tips the balance in favor of microtubule assembly. (d) allows the behavior of microtubules called dynamic instability.

D

17-28 Which of the following statements regarding dynamic instability is false? (a) Each microtubule filament grows and shrinks independently of its neighbors. (b) The GTP cap helps protect a growing microtubule from depolymerization. (c) GTP hydrolysis by the tubulin dimer promotes microtubule shrinking. (d) The newly freed tubulin dimers from a shrinking microtubule can be immediately captured by growing microtubules and added to their plus end.

D

17-33 Microtubules are important for transporting cargo in nerve cell axons, as diagrammed in Figure Q17-33. Notice that the two types of cargo are traveling in opposite directions. Which of the following statements is likely to be false? (a) The gray cargo is attached to dynein. (b) The black cargo and the gray cargo require ATP hydrolysis for their motion. (c) The black cargo moving toward the axon terminal contains a domain that specifically interacts with the tail domain of a particular kind of motor. (d) The black cargo and the gray cargo are moving along microtubules of opposite polarity.

D

17-4 Which of the following statements about the cytoskeleton is true? (a) All eukaryotic cells have actin, microtubules, and intermediate filaments in their cytoplasm. (b) The cytoskeleton provides a rigid and unchangeable structure important for the shape of the cell. (c) The three cytoskeletal filaments perform distinct tasks in the cell and act completely independently of one another. (d) Actin filaments and microtubules have an inherent polarity, with a plus end that grows more quickly than the minus end.

D

17-42 Which of the following statements about actin is false? (a) ATP hydrolysis decreases actin filament stability. (b) Actin at the cell cortex helps govern the shape of the plasma membrane. (c) Actin filaments are nucleated at the side of existing actin filaments in lamellipodia. (d) The dynamic instability of actin filaments is important for cell movement.

D

17-45 For both actin and microtubule polymerization, nucleotide hydrolysis is important for ______. (a) stabilizing the filaments once they are formed. (b) increasing the rate at which subunits are added to the filaments. (c) promoting nucleation of filaments. (d) decreasing the binding strength between subunits on filaments.

D

17-50 Cell movement involves the coordination of many events in the cell. Which of the following phenomena is not required for cell motility? (a) Myosin-mediated contraction at the rear of the moving cell. (b) Integrin association with the extracellular environment. (c) Nucleation of new actin filaments. (d) Release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.

D

17-55 Your friend works in a biotech company that has just discovered a drug that seems to promote lamellipodia formation in cells. Which of the following molecules is unlikely to be involved in the pathway that this drug affects? (a) Rac (b) ARP (c) actin (d) myosin

D

17-6 Which of the statements below about intermediate filaments is false? (a) They can stay intact in cells treated with concentrated salt solutions. (b) They can be found in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. (c) They can be anchored to the plasma membrane at a cell-cell junction. (d) Each filament is about 10 μm in diameter.

D

17-63 Consider the in vitro motility assay using purified kinesin and purified polymerized microtubules shown in Figure Q17-63. The three panels are images taken at 1-second intervals. In this figure, three microtubules have been numbered to make it easy to identify them. Which of the following statements about this assay is false? (a) Kinesin molecules are attached by their tails to a glass slide. (b) The microtubules used in this assay must be polymerized using conditions that stabilize tubule formation or else they would undergo dynamic instability. (c) ATP must be added for this assay to work. (d) Addition of the nonhydrolyzable ATP analog (AMP-PNP) would cause the microtubules to move faster

D

18-17 Which of the following statements is false? (a) Mitotic Cdk must be phosphorylated by an activating kinase (Cak) before it is active. (b) Phosphorylation of mitotic Cdk by the inhibitory kinase (Wee1) makes the Cdk inactive, even if it is phosphorylated by the activating kinase. (c) Active M-Cdk phosphorylates the activating phosphatase (Cdc25) in a positive feedback loop. (d) The activating phosphatase (Cdc25) removes all phosphates from mitotic Cdk so that M-Cdk will be active.

D

18-2 What would be the most obvious outcome of repeated cell cycles consisting of S phase and M phase only? (a) Cells would not be able to replicate their DNA. (b) The mitotic spindle could not assemble. (c) Cells would get larger and larger. (d) The cells produced would get smaller and smaller.

D

18-20 Which of the following is not good direct evidence that the cell-cycle control system is conserved through billions of years of divergent evolution? (a) A yeast cell lacking a Cdk function can use the human Cdk to substitute for its missing Cdk during the cell cycle. (b) The amino acid sequences of cyclins in plants are similar to the amino acid sequences of cyclins in humans. (c) The Cdk proteins in humans share conserved phosphorylation sites with the Cdk proteins in yeast. (d) Yeast cells have only one Cdk, whereas humans have many Cdks.

D

18-25 The G1 DNA damage checkpoint ________________. (a) causes cells to proceed through S phase more quickly. (b) involves the degradation of p53. (c) is activated by errors caused during DNA replication. (d) involves the inhibition of cyclin-Cdk complexes by p21.

D

18-36 Which of the following statements is true? (a) The mitotic spindle is largely made of intermediate filaments. (b) The contractile ring is made largely of microtubules and actin filaments. (c) The contractile ring divides the nucleus in two. (d) The mitotic spindle helps segregate the chromosomes to the two daughter cells.

D

18-48 Disassembly of the nuclear envelope ________________. (a) causes the inner nuclear membrane to separate from the outer nuclear membrane. (b) results in the conversion of the nuclear envelope into protein-free membrane vesicles. (c) is triggered by the phosphorylation of integrins. (d) must occur for kinetochore microtubules to form in animal cells.

D

18-5 In which phase of the cell cycle do cells check to determine whether the DNA is fully and correctly replicated? (a) at the transition between G1 and S (b) when cells enter G0 (c) during M (d) at the end of G2

D

18-55 Which of the following statements is true? (a) Anaphase A must be completed before anaphase B can take place. (b) In cells in which anaphase B predominates, the spindle will elongate much less than in cells in which anaphase A dominates. (c) In anaphase A, both kinetochore and interpolar microtubules shorten. (d) In anaphase B, microtubules associated with the cell cortex shorten.

D

18-56 When introduced into mitotic cells, which of the following is expected to impair anaphase B but not anaphase A? (a) an antibody against myosin (b) ATPγS, a nonhydrolyzable ATP analog that binds to and inhibits ATPases (c) an antibody against the motor proteins that move from the plus end of microtubules to the minus end (d) an antibody against the motor proteins that move from the minus end of microtubules toward the plus end

D

18-62 Which of the following statements is false? (a) The cleavage furrow is a puckering of the plasma membrane caused by the constriction of a ring of filaments attached to the plasma membrane. (b) The cleavage furrow will not begin to form in the absence of a mitotic spindle. (c) The cleavage furrow always forms perpendicular to the interpolar microtubules. (d) The cleavage furrow always forms in the middle of the cell.

D

18-63 Which of the following statements is false? (a) Cytokinesis in plant cells is mediated by the microtubule cytoskeleton. (b) Small membrane vesicles derived from the Golgi apparatus deliver new cell-wall material for the new wall of the dividing cell. (c) The phragmoplast forms from the remains of interpolar microtubules of the mitotic spindle. (d) Motor proteins walking along the cytoskeleton are important for the contractile ring that guides formation of the new cell wall.

D

18-67 Which of the following statements about apoptosis is true? (a) Cells that constitutively express Bcl2 will be more prone to undergo apoptosis. (b) The prodomain of procaspases contains the catalytic activity necessary for procaspase activation. (c) Bax and Bak promote apoptosis by binding to procaspases in the apoptosome. (d) Apoptosis is promoted by the release of cytochrome c into the cytosol from mitochondria.

D

19-15 Imagine meiosis in a diploid organism that only has a single chromosome. Like most diploid organisms, it received one copy of this chromosome from each of its parents and the two homologs are genetically distinct. If only a single homologous recombination event occurs during meiosis, which of the following choices below correctly describes the four gametes formed. (a) None of the gametes will contain chromosomes identical to the chromosomes found in the original diploid cell. (b) All four of the gametes will have chromosomes identical to the chromosomes found in the original diploid cell. (c) Three of the gametes will have chromosomes identical to the chromosomes found in the original diploid cell, while one of the gametes will have chromosomes that are different. (d) Two of the gametes will have chromosomes identical to the chromosomes found in the original diploid cell, while two of the gametes will have chromosomes that are different.

D

19-37 Which of the following statements about Mendel's experiments is false? (a) The pea plants could undergo both cross-fertilization and self-fertilization. (b) The true-breeding strains were homozygous for the traits that Mendel examined. (c) The egg can carry either the allele from the maternal or the paternal chromosome. (d) All traits that Mendel studied were recessive.

D

19-43 Which of the following reasons was essential for Mendel to disprove the theory of blended inheritance? (a) The traits that Mendel examined all involved genes that did not display linkage. (b) The traits that Mendel examined all involved the reproductive structures of the pea plant. (c) Mendel pioneered techniques permitting the fusion of male and female gametes from the same plant to produce a zygote. (d) The traits that Mendel examined involved an allele that was dominant and an allele that was recessive.

D

19-53 Loss-of-function mutations ________________________. (a) cause the production of proteins that are active in inappropriate circumstances. (b) will usually show a phenotype when heterozygous. (c) are only present in a population at barely detectable levels. (d) are usually recessive.

D

19-61 Which of the following statements about genome-wide association studies (GWAS) is false? (a) GWAS use SNPs to compare populations of people with disease and people without disease to look for SNPs more likely to be present in those with disease. (b) GWAS can be used even if more than one gene can cause the disease of interest. (c) Sometimes GWAS will identify SNPs that are associated with a disease but these SNPs do not affect the gene product of the gene that causes the disease. (d) Studies using GWAS only examine SNPs that occur very rarely (<0.001%) in the population, as those SNPs are most likely to cause disease.

D

19-7 During sexual reproduction, novel mixtures of alleles are generated. This is because ______. (a) in all diploid species, two alleles exist for every gene. (b) a diploid individual has two different alleles for every gene. (c) every gamete produced by a diploid individual has several different alleles of a single gene. (d) during meiosis, the segregation of homologs is random such that different gametes end up with different alleles of each gene.

D

20-1 Both multicellular plants and animals have _____________________. (a) cells capable of locomotion. (b) cells with cell walls. (c) a cytoskeleton composed of actin filaments, microtubules, and intermediate filaments. (d) tissues composed of multiple different cell types.

D

20-12 Fibroblasts organize the collagen of the extracellular matrix by ______________. (a) cutting and rejoining the fibrils. (b) processing procollagen into collagen. (c) twisting fibrils together to make ropelike fibers. (d) pulling the collagen into sheets or cables after it has been secreted.

D

20-43 Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells ______________________. (a) can only be produced through therapeutic cloning. (b) can give rise to all tissues and cell types in the body except germ cells. (c) can be implanted in foster mothers to produce cloned cows and other animals. (d) come from the inner cell mass of early embryos.

D

20-44 How do reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning differ? (a) The DNA in the nucleus of cells produced for therapeutic cloning is genetically identical to the donor genome, whereas in cells produced for reproductive cloning it is not. (b) Reproductive cloning requires a supply of fertilized donor egg cells, whereas therapeutic cloning requires unfertilized egg cells. (c) Therapeutic cloning requires nuclear transplantation, whereas reproductive cloning does not. (d) Embryos are placed into foster mothers during reproductive cloning but not during therapeutic cloning.

D

20-47 The artificial introduction of three key ______________ into an adult cell can convert the adult cell into a cell with the properties of ES cells. (a) chromosomes (b) viruses (c) hormones (d) transcription factors

D

20-50 A malignant tumor is more dangerous than a benign tumor because ______________________. (a) its cells are proliferating faster. (b) it causes neighboring cells to mutate. (c) its cells attack and phagocytose neighboring normal tissue cells. (d) its cells invade other tissues.

D

20-6 Which of the following statements about cellulose is false? (a) Cellulose synthase enzyme complexes are integral membrane proteins. (b) An array of microtubules guides the cellulose synthase complex as it moves in the membrane. (c) The sugar monomers necessary for the synthesis of a cellulose polymer are transported across the plasma membrane. (d) Microtubules are directly attached to the outside surface of the plasma membrane to form tracks that help orient the cellulose polymers.

D

20-9 Which of the following statements about animal connective tissues is true? (a) Enzymes embedded in the plasma membrane synthesize the collagen in the extracellular matrix extracellularly. (b) In connective tissue, the intermediate filaments within the cells are important for carrying the mechanical load. (c) Cells can attach to a collagen matrix by using fibronectin, an integral membrane protein. (d) Proteoglycans can resist compression in the extracellular matrix.

D