ATP is important for chaperone protein function. Why would protein import into mitochondria be disrupted if ATP were depleted from inside mitochondria?

A.) the translocation apparatus would be unable to function without ATP hydrolysis
B.) the protein could slip back out of the mitochondria during transport
C.) the protein would be blocked from entering the translocation apparatus
D.) the signal sequence would not be recognized on the mitochondrial protein


Ans: B.) the protein could slip back out of the mitochondria during transport

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

On Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, from

original population of 100 humans the population rose to around 3000. In time, the entire island was under cultivation and eventually the soils became so over cultivated that crops could no longer be grown. People started dying from starvation and disease. This Easter Island population had exceeded its

a. density-independent factors. b. biotic potential. c. logistic growth. d. carrying capacity. e. opportunistic life history

Biology & Microbiology

MT from case above is also taking Maalox and Dexilant. Which of the following can decrease the levels of levothyroxine?

a) Maalox b) Dexilant

Biology & Microbiology

A gene that produces a protein important in more than one biochemical pathway is

a) dominant. b) recessive. c) pleiotropic. d) codominant. e) incomplete dominant.

Biology & Microbiology

Must is used in the production of

A. beer. B. red wine. C. sake. D. white wine E. both beer and sake.

Biology & Microbiology