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This section includes 63 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bioinformatics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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 | |