10 Questions
What is the process in which membrane-enclosed transport vesicles transport proteins from one membrane-enclosed compartment to another?
Vesicular transport
Which of the following compartments do proteins move between during vesicular transport?
Lumen of Golgi to exterior of the cell
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?
Fusion
What causes the membrane to deform and form a transport vesicle during vesicular transport?
Protein coat
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?
Docking
What is the main function of transport vesicles in intracellular transport?
Moving cargo molecules between non-topologically equivalent compartments
What is the role of the protein coat in the formation of transport vesicles?
Causing the membrane to deform and form a transport vesicle
Which step of vesicular transport involves inserting the vesicular membrane components into the target compartment membrane?
Fusion
What type of cargo molecules are carried by a protein-coated membrane-enclosed transport vesicle?
Various specifically selected cargo molecules
What causes a planar phospholipid bilayer to deform and form a transport vesicle?
The protein coat causing the membrane to deform
Test your knowledge on vesicular transport, the process by which membrane-enclosed transport vesicles move proteins between different compartments in biological membranes.
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