Vesicular Transport in Biological Membranes
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What is the process in which membrane-enclosed transport vesicles transport proteins from one membrane-enclosed compartment to another?

  • Phagocytosis
  • Endocytosis
  • Vesicular transport (correct)
  • Exocytosis
  • Which of the following compartments do proteins move between during vesicular transport?

  • Lumen of Golgi to exterior of the cell (correct)
  • Lumen of Golgi to cytoplasm
  • Lumen of ER to cytoplasm
  • Lumen of ER to nucleus
  • Which step involves cargo molecules transferring into the lumen of the target compartment and inserting the vesicular membrane components into the target compartment membrane during vesicular transport?

  • Transport
  • Fusion (correct)
  • Uncoating
  • Budding
  • What causes the membrane to deform and form a transport vesicle during vesicular transport?

    <p>Protein coat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which step of vesicle transport involves the binding of the transport vesicle to the target compartment and fusion with the membrane of the target compartment?

    <p>Docking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of transport vesicles in intracellular transport?

    <p>Moving cargo molecules between non-topologically equivalent compartments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the protein coat in the formation of transport vesicles?

    <p>Causing the membrane to deform and form a transport vesicle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which step of vesicular transport involves inserting the vesicular membrane components into the target compartment membrane?

    <p>Fusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of cargo molecules are carried by a protein-coated membrane-enclosed transport vesicle?

    <p>Various specifically selected cargo molecules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes a planar phospholipid bilayer to deform and form a transport vesicle?

    <p>The protein coat causing the membrane to deform</p> Signup and view all the answers

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