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These structures are primarily composed of proteins whose FG repeats maintain an intrinsically disordered configuration often referred to as “oily spaghetti.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these complexes that can be crossed by molecules containing an NLS upon binding to an importin or exportin as determined by the binding of Ran-GTP.
ANSWER: nuclear pores [or nuclear pore complexes or NPCs; prompt on nuclear envelope or nuclear membrane; prompt on nucleoporins or FG-Nups by asking “what complex do those proteins form?”]
[10e] Whether or not a molecule can fit through a nuclear pore generally depends on this quantity, which is often measured in kilodaltons.
ANSWER: molecular weight [or molar mass; or molecular mass; prompt on M or MW or mass or weight or size or molecular size or length]
[10h] Intuitions such as a mitochondrion not being able to fit inside a nuclear pore are explored in this textbook by Milo and Phillips. This core systems bio textbook encourages estimations of scale over rote memorization.
ANSWER: Cell Biology by the Numbers
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