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51.

In Grid representation, in a translational scan the mobile molecule B moves through the grid representing the static molecule A and a signal describing shape complementarity, fc, is generated for each mapping. Mathematically the correlation function, fc, of fA and fB is given by ______ where N is the number of grid points along the cubic axes i, j, and k and α, β, and γ are the translational vectors of the mobile molecule B relative to the static one A.

A. fc = \(\sum_{i=1,j=1,k=1}^N\) (fA,i,j,k * fBi+αj+βk+ɣ)
B. fc = \(\sum_{i=0,j=0,k=0}^N\) (fA,i,j,k * fBi+αj+βk+ɣ)
C. fc = \(\sum_{i=1,j=1,k=1}^N\) (fA,0,0,0 * fBi+αj+βk+ɣ)
D. fc = \(\sum_{i=0,j=0,k=0}^N\) (f0,i,j,k * fBi+αj+βk+ɣ)
Answer» B. fc = \(\sum_{i=0,j=0,k=0}^N\) (fA,i,j,k * fBi+αj+βk+ɣ)
52.

The burial of surface area (or the maximization of surface contact) is an approximation of the effect of shape complementarity.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» B. False
53.

Which of the following is untrue about Shape Complementarity?

A. The complementarity between two proteins or a protein and ligand can be described by surface contact or overlap
B. The complementarity between two proteins or a protein and ligand can be described by the overall buried surface area of two molecules in contact
C. The complementarity between two proteins or a protein and ligand can be described by the number of adjacent surface points (atoms or residues)
D. The hydrophobic effect barely has impact on protein folding
Answer» E.
54.

Which of the following is untrue about Amino acid conservation?

A. It has been known for some time that conservation of residues at the surface of a protein family is often related to function
B. Conservation of residues at the core of a protein family is often related to function
C. This may be an enzyme active-site or binding site
D. Unlike hydrophobicity or electrostatic potential, displaying residue conservation on the molecular surface has no physical or chemical basis
Answer» C. This may be an enzyme active-site or binding site
55.

WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_IS_INCORRECT_ABOUT_PURIFICATION_OF_PROTEIN_COMPLEXES_FOLLOWED_BY_MASS_SPECTROMETRY??$

A. Isolating protein complexes from cells allows identification of interactions between ensembles of proteins instead of just pairs
B. Systematic purification of complexes on a large scale is done by tagging hundreds of genes with an epitope
C. UnLike in the yeast-two-hybrid assay, this does not involve chimeric genes
D. Affinity purification based on the epitope will then extract all the proteins attached to the bait protein from cell lysates
Answer» D. Affinity purification based on the epitope will then extract all the proteins attached to the bait protein from cell lysates
56.

Which of the following is incorrect about Yeast-two-hybrid screens?

A. The yeast-two-hybrid system uses the transcription of a reporter gene driven by the Gal4 transcription factor to monitor whether or not two proteins are interacting
B. The DNA-binding domain chimeric protein will not bind upstream of the reporter gene
C. If the activation domain chimeric protein interacts with the DNA-binding domain chimeric protein, the reporter gene will be transcribed
D. Disadvantages of the method are that only pairwise interactions are tested, and not interactions that can only take place when multiple proteins come together, as well as a high false positive rate
Answer» C. If the activation domain chimeric protein interacts with the DNA-binding domain chimeric protein, the reporter gene will be transcribed
57.

For proteins in stable complexes the average sequence identity is 46%, while for proteins in transient interactions it is 41%.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
58.

Membership in a stable complex also differs from transient interaction in terms of evolutionary constraints upon sequence divergence.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
59.

Correlation of gene expression for pairs of transiently interacting proteins is ______ compared to randomly chosen pairs of proteins.

A. not significant
B. only marginally significant
C. totally significant
D. significant to much extent
Answer» C. totally significant
60.

Sets of proteins that are part of stable complexes and sets of proteins involved in transient interactions ____ in terms of the similarity in gene expression among the set of proteins.

A. are similar
B. differ
C. are same
D. show similar function
Answer» C. are same
61.

Stable complexes consist of proteins that are _____ associated with each other, like many ____ proteins for instance.

A. temporarily, oligomeric
B. temporarily, monomeric
C. permanently, oligomeric
D. permanently, monomeric
Answer» D. permanently, monomeric
62.

There exist three types of interactions between domains. Which of the following is not one of them?

A. Stable complex
B. Transient interaction
C. Multi-domain protein
D. Unstable interaction
Answer» E.
63.

The physical contacts between domains are crucial for the functioning of the cellular machinery.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False