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As we move through the following questions, it's important that you try each one on your own before you listen to the answer. I will pause briefly between each question but you should actually pause the video and try to answer each question yourself or attempt all the questions and then watch the video to get the explanations. Now, let's begin with question 1 and again if you haven't tried to answer this question on your own, pause the video now. The answer to question 1 is E, receptor ligand interactions. Now, the analysis is not something that you really need to understand the specifics of. Basically, all you need to know is it's sort of like what we talked about with enzyme kinetics. There are some differences here, some important ones too. But you don't really need to worry about that. The main point is that the the Scratcher analysis is a way to find KD, which is like Kilometers for enzyme kinetics, except kd has to do with binding affinities. Or I should say receptor ligand binding. So the Scratchert analysis provides data on receptor ligand interactions. Specifically, it's there so that you can find that Kd which is again sort of like the equivalent of Kilometers from enzyme kinetics. Now, let's move on to question 2. When G protein coupled receptors bind their ligand, GDP is replaced with GTP in protein G. So, essentially when the ligand binds to the G Protein coupled receptor, there's a GDP already bound in the alpha subunit of protein G, right? We have our alpha subunit and in there, we've got GDP. When we bind ligand, GDP gets switched with GTP and that makes our protein G active. And also remember that, that G, the protein G, is a GTPase. So it's going to very slowly breakdown its bound GTP back into GDP. So it's going to inactivate itself. But also remember that that can be that can be sped up with those GAP proteins or GTPase activator proteins. And just looking at the wrong answer traces here, these G protein coupled receptors are not ion channels. When the ligand binds to the receptor, we activate g. That's how they carry out their function. Other receptors for example our ion channels but we're not going to talk about those really. Adenylcyclase is not immediately activated. G is going to go over and activate adenyl cyclase. So it's not the immediate result of ligand binding, but it is a downstream stream result. It's what G does once it's activated. There's not going to be any sort of enzymatic reaction performed on the ligand. And, the receptor itself doesn't synthesize, G. G is already hanging out, hanging out there. G is made, not made by the receptor. Now, let's move on to question 3. So, protein kinase A is allosterically activated by cyclic AMP and you might remember that protein kinase A protein kinase A has that regulatory subunit R and the regulatory subunit is going to be bound into the active site. So here's our active site. And when AMP, when cAMP binds allosterically to the regulatory subunit, it's going cause the regulatory subunit to leave the catalytic subunit and free it up to do its job. So, in essence, protein kinase A is allosterically activated by cyclic AMP. And The, the wrong answer choices here are, you know, should be fairly obvious why they're wrong. It's not covalent binding, right? This is allosteric binding so it has to be like easily reversible. Covalent modification would not be easily reversible. Affected by cyclic AMP at the phosphorylation site. No. Completely inhibited. That's the opposite and hydrolyzed by cyclic AMP. No. It's activated. Alright. Let's move on to question number 4. The hormone activated Phospholipase C can convert phosphatidylenositol 45 bisphosphate to diacylglycerol and inositol triphosphate. Now, the, abbreviated names for these are we have PIP 2 and diacylglycerol that's DAG, DAG and anosyl triphosphate that's IP3. So you might be more familiar with those names, or those abbreviated names but these are the actual names of the molecule and, you might recall that, that phospholipase C is going to snip the bond, between the, between the, inositol phosphate and the, glycerol of the, phosphatidyl inositol. And again, what you wind up with are these 2 molecules and recall that, and, calcium are going to be used to activate protein kinase c and anostole triphosphate is going to open up those intracellular calcium channels. Alright. Let's talk about question 5. The autophosphorylation the autophosphorylation of receptor tyrosine kinases, remember, receptor tyrosine kinases are special because they can phosphorylate themselves. So that autophosphorylation depends on everything you see here. So dimerization of the receptor, right? We have to have those 2 components come together, dimerize, and then they will be, activated or like ready to go. We'll need ATP to provide phosphate, for the phosphorylation, right? We're going to use ATP for that. Ligand binding. We need ligand to bind our receptor dimer in order for it to get the signal that it needs to, do the autophosphorylation and that ligand binding is going to lead to conformational changes in the receptor through the membrane, right? Ligand binding is going to change the confirmation of the receptor. So first we have dimerization then ligand binding then confirmational in the receptor and then we're going to use ATP to phosphorylate the receptor. So then, you know, it can carry out its various functions and remember insulin was the model we used for our receptor Tyrosine Kinase. Now, speaking of insulin, let's move on to question 6. After insulin binds to its receptor, both A and B happen. Glycogen synthase becomes, and and it should be noted that both A and B happen due to protein kinase B. So, glycogen synthase becomes activated and this this was that, I don't want to say terribly confusing but you know slightly complex thing that's going on here. So protein kinase B is going to inactivate Gsk 3 And remember that gsk3 normally inactivates glycogen. I'm sorry. Glycogen synthase is about Phosphorylase Glycogen synthase. So, if protein kinase B inactivates GSK 3, then glycogen synthase won't be inactivated anymore and it will turn on. So that's how protein kinase B leads to the activation of glycogen synthase. And protein kinase B also signals the cell to move glucose transporters, specifically GLUT4 transporters from, internal membrane vesicles, right? They're going to be stored in those endosomes and protein kinase B will signal for them to be moved from those internal membranes to the, plasma membrane so that, more glucose can be transported into the cell. Alright. Let's finish up taking a look at question 7. So steroid hormones are carried on specific are carried on carrier proteins in the blood because the hormones cannot dissolve in the blood, right? Steroid hormones, those have that sterile backbone and I'm not gonna draw it out. It's the 4 fused rings, right? Superhydrophobic. Those those, sterols are superhydrophobic. They can't move through the blood on their own. They can, it's not that they're too unstable. It's that they're too hydrophobic. Targeting cells, that's not what it's about either. They don't need any help passing through the cell membrane. In fact, they'll readily diffuse through the membrane because they're so, they're so hydrophobic or lipophilic maybe I should say. So, they don't need help passing through the membranes and, they don't need carrier proteins to help them bind their receptors in the nucleus. They'll do that just fine once they get in. The problem is that they can't move through the blood on their own. They need carrier proteins because they're too hydrophobic to be in that aqueous aqueous environment. Alright. Let's flip the page.