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Biology
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11/06/2017

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In protein translocation, what term describes trafficking proteins from cytosol to cell membrane
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Secretion
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In protein translocation, what term describes trafficking proteins from cytosol to milieu (environmental medium)
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Excretion
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In protein translocation, what term describes the extracellular transport of non-proteinaceous compounds
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Export, Secretion, Excretion
Definition
Name three terms that would describe the different methods of protein translocation.
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YidC, Sec, Tat
Definition
Name the 3 translocation pathways
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Sec
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What protein translocation pathway is this?
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YidC
Definition
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What protein translocation pathway is this?
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Tat
Definition
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What protein translocation pathway is this?
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In the Chloroplasts
Definition
In Eukarya, which part of the cell contains all 3 types of the protein translocation pathways?
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Euarchaeota does, Cren does not have YidC
Definition
In Archaea, specifically between Euryarcheaota and Crenarcheaota, out of the two, which contains all 3 types of the protein translocation pathways?
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All three: YidC, Sec, and Tat
Definition
Which protein translocation pathways does Bacteria contain?
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Bacteria, Euryarcheaota, and Cholorplasts in Eukarya
Definition
Which Domain of life contains all 3 translocation pathways (YidC, Sec and Tat)?
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Crenarcheaota and the cytosol in Eukarya
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Which domain of life lacks the YidC pathway?
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The mitochondria of Eukarya
Definition
Which domain of life lacks the Sec pathway?
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The mitochondria and Cytosol of Eukarya
Definition
Which domain of life lacks the Tat pathway?
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Transcriptome
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A set of all mRNA and sRNA molecules in one cell or a population of cells is referred to as?
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By RNA sequencing or DNA microarrays
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Name two ways transcriptomes can be measured?
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RNA sequencing (old term: whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing)
Definition
An emerging method of choice for measuring transcriptomes using next generation sequencing and software to infer transcripts directly from short sequence reads and can reveal the quantity and presence of RNA in a sample at a given moment is called?
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DNA Microarrays
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An older hybridization-based technique that maps transcripts onto a reference genome, either of the organism itself or one closely related is called?
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Metabolome
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The collection of metabolites in a biological tissue, organ or organism synthesized under a specific condition at a given time is referred to as?
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Gas chromatography
High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
Capillary electrophoresis (CE)
Mass spectrometry (MS)
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
Definition
Name some current in situ methods that are underdevelopment to measure metabolomes?
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Separates molecules
Definition
What does gas chromatography do?
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Proteomics
Definition
The global (genome wide) analysis of proteins synthesized in a cell or any biological sample under specific conditions at a certain time is called?
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The transcriptome alone does not present a complete picture of cell biology

Proteins are active players in the cell that determine its function

Post-translational modifications of effect of protein function

Metabolomics is also important
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Name 4 reasons why studying proteomics is important
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2D-PAGE
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What test method separates protein mixtures by using a 2D gel electrophoresis, separating the protein by two properties.
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In the first dimension, by their isoelectric focusing or IEF)
In the second dimension, by their mass (SDS-PAGE)
Definition
What are the two properties proteins are separated into during 2D-PAGE?
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Cleave with proteases such as trypsin that cleaves after basic residues such as lysine and arginine
Definition
During digestion of proteins, in a gel or shotgun, you need to cleave the proteins with what?
Give a specific example too.
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2D-SDS
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What test method does this represent?
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Reversed phase
Definition
What does RP stand for?
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Strong cation exchange
Definition
What does SCX stand for?
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Immobilized metal affinity chromatography
Definition
What does IMAC stand for?
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Metal Oxide Affinity Chromatography
Definition
What does MOAC stand for?
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High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Definition
What does HPLC stand for?
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Multidimensional Protein Identification Technology
Definition
What does MudPIT stand for?
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Electron Ionization
Definition
What does EI stand for?
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Electron Ionization
Formly known as electron impact ionization or electron bombardment ionization
Definition
A hard ionization method that uses high energetic electrons to produce ions that leads to extensive fragmentation which is helpful for structure determination of unknown compounds is called?
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Matrix assisted laser desportion/ionization tiem of flight mass spectrometry
Definition
What does MALDI-TOF stand for?
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Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Definition
What does ESI MS/MS stand for?
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MALDI-TOF and ESI MS/MS
Definition
Name two methods that are relatively soft ways of obtaining ions of large molecules (very little fragmentation) in the gas phase.
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ESI
Definition
When comparing MALDI vs ESI, which produces ions using an electrospray i nwhich a high voltage is applied to a liquid to create an aerosol?
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MADLI
Definition
When comparing MALDI vs ESI, which mixes the sample with a matrix material and applied to a metal plate, where a pulsed laser is used to irradiated and trigger the ablation and desorption of the sample and the matrix material (basically vaporized from the surface).
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ESI
Definition
When comparing MALDI vs ESI, which produces more charged ions?
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MALDI
Definition
When comparing MALDI vs ESI, which has analyte molecules that are ionized (deprotonated or protonated_ in the ablated gases enabling their acceleration into the mass spectrometer
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Grows on defined medium
Genome sequence is complete
Genetic tools established
Organism studied for biotechnology applications
Definition
Name some key features for a model archaeon
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Sulfolobus solfataricus
Definition
Name a model archaeon studied for biotechnology applications
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Pisciaerlli, Italy
Definition
Where was Sulfolobus solfataricus first isolated?
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Crenarchaeota
Definition
What phylum does Sulfolobus solfataricus belong to?
Term
It is a thermoacidophilic obligate aerobe that has an optimal temp of 80 degrees celsius and a pH of 2-3
Definition
What are some key characteristics of Sulfolobus solfataricus?
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sugars (celluose, D-glucose, D-xylose, and cellobiose)

Alcohols, aldehydes, amino acids and peptides
Definition
What kind of organic compounds does Sulfolobus solfataricus utilize as carbon and energy sources?
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Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus
Definition
What does STIV stand for?
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A,B,C,D,X,Y and RT
Definition
Name the 7 DNA Polymerase families
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B,D,and Y
Definition
Which of the 7 DNA Pol families are found in Archaea?
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Pol B
Definition
Which Archaeal DNA Pol family is used for high fidelity PCR, DNA sequencing and site directed mutagenesis
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Pol Y
Definition
Which Archaeal DNA Pol family has more potential for error prone PCR and random mutagenesis because of their low fidelity and strong thermostability?
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Taq DNA Pol
Definition
Which type of DNA Pol is from Thermus aquaticus and used for PCR?
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Pol A
Definition
Which family of DNA Pol lack 3' to 5' exonucleases proofreading activity, making them low fidelity enzymes?
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Pyrococcus furiosus
Definition
Pfu DNA polymerase for PCR is isolated from what?
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5'
Definition
RNase P processes what end of the pre-tRNAs?
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RNase P
Definition
What is essential for most archaea, including the precise hybridization of nucleic acids?
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They directly encode the mature 5' end of the tRNA
Definition
What do nanoarchaea do that is different than other archaea that involve RNase P?
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CRISPR-Cas9
Definition
What is a native RNA-mediated adaptive immune system that protects bacteria and bacteria from viruses or plasmids?
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Archaeosomes
Definition
What can act as safe vaccine adjuvants in mammals?
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They impart long lasting CD8 and T cell immunity as well as antibody repsonses
Definition
How do archaeosomes work in vaccines?
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Archaeosomes
Definition
What is composed of archaeal polar lipid mixtures hydrated to form lipid membrane vesicles with bilayer or monolayer structures?
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1) Use of temperature downshift to regulate recombinant enzyme activity

2) high temp growth minimizes contamination risk, even though the possibility of viral contamination can occur, there has not been a virus discovered that can affect hyperthermophilic euryarchaeaon. CRISPR system can be used to 'immunize' these industrial strands
Definition
Discuss two advantages to using hyperthermophiles as engineering platforms.
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