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6. A lipid bilayer is around _____ nm thick

  • 11
  • 5-6
  • 20-25
  • 2-3

7. The three classes of membrane prroteins are ____________, peripheral membrane proteins and lipid anchored proteins

  • Inner membrane proteins
  • Integral membrane proteins
  • Outer membrane proteins

8. Membranes are responsible for generating and __________ the proton gradients essential for the production of ATP

  • Maintaining
  • Protecting
  • Distributing

9. Lipid anchored membrane proteins are tethered to a membrane through a ___________ bond to a lipid anchor

  • Hydrophobic
  • Covalent
  • Disulphide
  • Ionic

10. Simple ___________, where an amino acid is linked to a fatty acyl group (which is inserted into the cytoplasmic leaflet of the bilayer) are commonly found in viruses and eukaryotic cells

  • Lipid anchored proteins
  • Integral membrane proteins
  • Peripheral anchored membrane proteins

11. Transverse diffusion is ________

  • Slow
  • Fast

12. A few membrane proteins move quickly, but most move slowly - around ____________ times slower than lipids

  • 600 - 800
  • 100 - 500
  • 500 - 5000

13. Lateral diffusion is ________

  • Fast
  • Slow

14. You can predict the presense of transmembrane alpha helices using algorithms and _____________ amino acids

  • Hydrophobic
  • Hydrophillic

15. Proteins only undergo _________ diffusion

  • Lateral
  • Transverse

16. Membrane proteins are very hard to work with because

  • They do not crystallise readily
  • They are too small

17. Many cells have membranes with specialised structures

  • True
  • False

18. Some membrane proteins serve as selective ________ that control the transport of ions and small molecules in and out of the cell

  • Cholesterols
  • Pumps
  • Enzymes
  • Trains

19. Lipid __________ are the main structural component of all biological membranes

  • Micells
  • Monolayers
  • Bilayers
  • Layers

20. Peripheral membrane proteins are ___________ dissociated by the membranes

  • More easily dissociated
  • Not as easily dissociated