FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY WPNG 1-SEME
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Chapter 7, Problem 16E
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To explain: The reason why the immune system includes binding proteins that recognize F-actin.
Concept introduction: The immune system is responsible for the host defense mechanism against the invading foreign antigen. The immune system uses the cytoskeleton microfilament, actin to execute certain host defenses. The actin, a major cellular protein predominantly makes up the microfilaments. They are contractile in nature.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY WPNG 1-SEME
Ch. 7 - Prob. 1ECh. 7 - 2. Which set of binding data is likely to...Ch. 7 - Prob. 3ECh. 7 - Prob. 4ECh. 7 - 5. Drinking a few drops of a commercial...Ch. 7 - 6. Explain why long-distance runners prefer to...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7ECh. 7 - Prob. 8ECh. 7 - Prob. 9ECh. 7 - 10. In the variant hemoglobin C, glutamate at...
Ch. 7 - 11. Is myosin a fibrous protein or a globular...Ch. 7 - 12. In striated muscle, cells undergo mitosis...Ch. 7 - 13. A myosin head can undergo five ATP hydrolysis...Ch. 7 - 14. Rigor mortis, the stifle rung of muscles after...Ch. 7 - Prob. 15ECh. 7 - 16. Antibodies are well suited for recognizing...Ch. 7 - 17. Give the approximate molecular masses of an...Ch. 7 - 18. Many fish produce a tetrameric IgM. If each H...Ch. 7 - 19. Explain why the variation in VL and VH domains...Ch. 7 - 20. How many hypervariable loops are present in...Ch. 7 - Prob. 21CQCh. 7 - 22. If myoglobin had the same p50 value as...Ch. 7 - Prob. 23CQCh. 7 - Prob. 24CQCh. 7 - Prob. 25CQCh. 7 - Prob. 26CQCh. 7 - Prob. 27CQCh. 7 - Prob. 28CQCh. 7 - 29. Explain why a microfilament is polar, whereas...Ch. 7 - Prob. 30CQCh. 7 - Prob. 31CQCh. 7 - Prob. 32CQCh. 7 - Prob. 33CQCh. 7 - Prob. 34CQCh. 7 - MORE TO EXPLORE (a) Lock up information about...
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