Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Photosynthesis in plants occurs in chloroplasts.
2. The Endosymbiosis Theory best describes the origins of peroxisomes in eukaryotes.
3. In eukaryotes, most proteins contain short stretches of amino acid sequences called sorting signals which direct the protein to the correct cellular location.
4. The first step in cotranslational sorting is the peptide is directed to the endoplasmic reticulum.
5. Chaperones keep proteins destined for the mitochondrial matrix in their three dimensional active structure.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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