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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

What do proteins targeted to the ER have?

Back (Answer)

N-terminal signal sequences

#2
Front (Question)

What are signal sequences?

Back (Answer)

Short hydrophobic sequences

#3
Front (Question)

What are signal sequences recognised by?

Back (Answer)

Signal recognition paritcle - SRP

#4
Front (Question)

What process does SRP pause and how?

Back (Answer)

Pauses translation preventing proteins with signal sequences from folding in cytosol. SRP54 subunit binds to singal sequence.

#5
Front (Question)

What does the SRP deliver to the ER

Back (Answer)

The ribosome, SRP binds to STP-receptor on ER membrane, SRP is deplaced and ribosome docks onto SEC61

#6
Front (Question)

On binding onto what translocon does translation resumes?

Back (Answer)

SEC61, which forms a pore across ER membrane.

#7
Front (Question)

What is BiP?

Back (Answer)

Chaperone protein, luminal HSP70. Helps proteins fold by binding to unfolded regions

#8
Front (Question)

What type of environment is the ER?

Back (Answer)

Oxidising

#9
Front (Question)

What is correct disulphide bond formation between Cys res is promoted by?

Back (Answer)

Protein disulphide isomerases

#10
Front (Question)

What do most proteins in the ER undergo?

Back (Answer)

N-linked glycosylation

#11
Front (Question)

What is added to proteins in the ER (N-linked glycosylation)

Back (Answer)

An oligosaccharide chain is added by oligosaccharyltransferase to asparagine residues

#12
Front (Question)

What are oligosaccharyltransferases associated with?

Back (Answer)

SEC61 translocon and glycosulates proteins

#13
Front (Question)

What does the oligosaccharide chain is comprised of?

Back (Answer)

2 N-acetylgluosamines, 9 mannoses and 3 glucoses

#14
Front (Question)

Monitoring protein folding with glycosylation

Back (Answer)

• 1st the N-linked oligosaccharide is trimmed leaving a single glucose residue • The protein is then recognised by the chaperone calnexin and the associated protein ERp57, which bind to the oligosaccharide and free cysteines respectively and prevent unfolded proteins aggregating together • When the protein is released by calnexin/ERP57 the remaining glucose is trimmed • If the protein is properly folded it can exit the ER • If the protein fails to fold a glucose is added to the oligosaccharide by a glucosyl transferase that recognises unfolded proteins and it reenters the cycle.

#15
Front (Question)

How does ER remove misfolded protein?

Back (Answer)

ERAD

#16
Front (Question)

What is ERAD?

Back (Answer)

ER-associated degradtion

#17
Front (Question)

What catalyses the slow removal of mannose residues from N-linked oligosaccharide chains?

Back (Answer)

Mannosidases (EDEMs) which stop re-addition of glucose and marks protein for degradation

#18
Front (Question)

What is recognised by ERAD machinery?

Back (Answer)

Mannose-trimmed N-glycans, which are then ubiquitinated and translocated and translocated in the cytosol.

#19
Front (Question)

What is recognised by cytosolic proteasome?

Back (Answer)

Ubiquitinated proteins (mannose-trimmed glycans)

#20
Front (Question)

CFTR

Back (Answer)

Plasma membrane channel that transports Cl- ions, expressed in epithelial cells

#21
Front (Question)

CFTR delta-F508 mutant

Back (Answer)

Autosomal recessive mutation, loss of res508.

#22
Front (Question)

Is all of CFTR deltaF508 degraded by ERAD

Back (Answer)

Yes

#23
Front (Question)

Does CFTR deltaF508 retain some capacity to transport chlorine ions

Back (Answer)

Yes

#24
Front (Question)

How can we get CFTR deltaF508 out of the ER?

Back (Answer)

Lumcaftor which is a chemical chaperone, limited benefit.