Streptomyces coelicolor is studied as a model system for cellular differentiation. Some of the genes involved in sporulation contain an AT-rich leucine codon not used in vegetative genes. Suggest how Streptomyces might use this rare codon to regulate sporulation

Mutants of cyclin B that are resistant to degradation by the cyclin B protease have been generated. How would the presence of these cyclin B mutants affect the events at the metaphase to anaphase transition?

You plan to synthesize a peptide to be used as a vaccine to treat melanoma, a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer. Normally, gp100, a protein on the surface of melanocytes, activates cell growth when it is bound by its ligand. Activation of the growth pathway depends on the presence of threonine in the ligand. The effective peptide vaccine will mimic the natural ligand, but won’t cause cell growth and division. Below is the sequence of the natural ligand:   LDMKTAG   In order to ensure your newly designed peptide vaccine does not cause cell growth upon binding, you must substitute the Threonine residue at position 5. What amino acid would you replace it with, bearing in mind that the peptide should still be similar enough to bind to the gp100 protein in the surface of melanocytes. Explain your choice. Your vaccine will be administered as a topical cream, and you require your peptide to have an overall neutral charge in order to be functional. At what pH should you formulate…

A newly identified protein from the  cells of the Panopyra plant on Pandora was shown to inhibit translation of its target genes by binding to the 5’ UTR of the mRNA and preventing ribosome binding.  A possible way this inhibition may be relieved by an sRNA would be:  Group of answer choices a)The sRNA acts as a silencer, suppressing the inhibitory protein and allowing translation to take place. b)The sRNA acts as a decoy, sequestering the inhibitory protein and allowing translation to take place. c)The sRNA acts as a marker, flagging the inhibitory protein for ubiquitination and allowing translation to take place.