Topik Tugas Terstruktur 1 Biologi Dasar I 2013/2014 Topic 1.

Cell Structure and Function Cell organelles function differently of one another. Protein synthesis require nucleus and ribosomes involvement. (a) Imagine a protein that functions in the ER but requires modification in the Golgi apparatus before it can achieve that function. Describe the proteins path through the cell, starting with the mRNA molecule that specifies the protein. (b) If the protein is to be secreted of the cell, describe how it is transported through the endomembrane system. Topic 2. Membrane Structure and Function The soil immediately around hot springs is much warmer than that in neighboring regions. Two closely related species of native grasses are found, one in the warmer region and one in the cooler region. (a) If you analyzed their membrane lipid compositions, what would you expect to find? Explain. (b) If the plant cell wall were impermeable, what effect would this have on cell function? Topic 3. Cellular Respiration What effect would an absence of O2 have on the process shown in Figure below? In the absence of O2, what do you think would happen if you decreased the pH of the inter-membrane space of the mitochondrion? Explain your answer.

Topic 4. Photosynthesis Photosynthesis consist of two stages, the light reactions and the Calvin cycle. (a) The Calvin cycle requires ATP and NADPH, products of the light reactions. If a classmate asserted that the light reactions dont depend on the Calvin cycle and, with continual light, could just keep on producing ATP and NADPH, how would you respond?, (b) In an experiment, isolated chloroplasts placed in an illuminated solution with the appropriate chemicals can carry out ATP synthesis. Predict what would happen to the rate of synthesis if a compound is added to the solution that makes membranes freely permeable to hydrogen ions.

Topic 5. The Cell Cycle The cell cycles through several steps with its specific changes of the chromosome behavior to produce new cells, which is controled by external and internal factor of the cells. (a) What is the relationship between DNA replication and the S phase of the cell cycle? (b) What would happen if you performed the experiment in Figure below 12.18 with cancer cells?