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Does vitamin K serves as a(n) inhibitor, coenzyme, antagonist or carrier to various enzymes involved in the coagulation of blood?
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble organic molecule that is important in the clotting process. It can therefore be categorized as a carrier to various enzymes involved in the coagulation of...
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Why are detergents required to extract integral membrane proteins, but not peripheral membrane proteins?
Extrinsic or peripheral proteins are held loosely in the membrane , their removal is easy. They can be Removed simply by changing the pH. Intrinsic proteins are deeply embedded in...
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What is the difference between a synodic period and a sidereal period? What is the difference between a synodic month and a sidereal month?
Lunar synodic month ( 29.53 days) is longer than the sidereal month (27.32 days ). Synodic month is the period between two consecutive transits of the revolving-about-Sun heliocentric longitudinal plane...
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What is the difference between hot dark matter and cold dark matter? What difference does it make to cosmology?
Depending on how a particle's kinetic energy compares with its rest mass energy, particles are classified into: Non-relativistic: $E_k \lt\lt E_0$, Relativistic : $E_k \approx E_0$, Super-relativistic:...
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Why are all enzymes are proteins, but not all proteins are enzymes?
Proteins are biological macromolecules that are diverse in shape size and function. Enzymes are molecules that facilitate reactions in a living cell without undergoing too much change i.e....
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What is the function of vesicles in the synthesis of proteins and the release of those proteins outside the cell?
Proteins produced by ribosomes on the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) either embed in to membranes (integral membrane proteins) or enter the lumen of the RER. The latter proteins can then...
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What is the energy carrier of the cell?
It is an important molecule that carries energy to the cells. It is made of nitrogen base, ribose sugar and three phosphate groups. If you want to know more,...
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Why do molecules like glucose require a carrier protein to get across the cell membrane?
The cell membrane is a made of two layer of phospholipids, and each is made of two parts, a hydrophobic tail and a hydrophilic head. The tails meet making the...
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Which energy carrier directly supplies the Calvin cycle?
The calvin cycle uses the ATP and NADPH generated by the light-dependant reaction.
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When analyzing a pedigree, how can you determine if an individual is a carrier (heterozygous) for the trait being studied?
Drawing a pedigree starts from top to bottom, while reading it goes the other way round. When reading a pedigree you should start from the bottom line where you have...
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