Biology 2e
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Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
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Chapter 9, Problem 31CTQ
What is a possible result of a mutation in a kinase that controls a pathway that stimulates cell growth?
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RAS is a signal transducer that acts as a switch for turning on cell division. Drag the descriptions below to their proper places on the
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When growth factor
binds to the receptor,
the intracellular domain
activates RAS by
facilitating exchange of
GDP for GTP.
When no growth factor
is bound to the
extracellular receptor,
RAS is bound to GDP
and is inactive.
RAS activates the
first of three
sequential kinase
proteins termed the
MAP kinase cascade.
Cell proliferation
proceeds as the
machinery for cell
division is set in
motion.
The end result of the
MAP kinase cascade
is activation of a
transcription factor.
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Mutant tyrosine kinase signaling proteins are implicated in many types of human cancer. Hundreds of millions of dollars are required for the basic research and development of a new drug. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor drugs have been approved for cancer treatments by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. What do you think would be some of the difficulties of finding these drugs given that similar kinases are active in normal cells? Do you think new medications of this type should be developed through government-sponsored research? Why or why not? If not, what alternatives do you propose?
What is the function of a protein kinase? What amino acids are often phosphorylated by kinases?
Chapter 9 Solutions
Biology 2e
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