An Advantage of Using Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Over Escherichia Coli to Produce

question 27

Multiple Choice

An advantage of using Saccharomyces cerevisiae over Escherichia coli to produce a human protein is that

• A)it will be more likely to continuously secrete the protein.
• B)it will be less likely to express the protein.
• C)it has a genome only 4 times larger than E.coli.
• D)its genome is well understood unlike E.coli.
• E)it can be engineered to produce human proteins unlike E.coli.

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Definitions:

Inspiratory Reserve Volume (IRV)

The highest volume of air that one can breathe in following a regular breath.

Expiratory Capacity (EC)

The maximum volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs after a normal tidal volume expiration, including both the expiratory reserve volume and the tidal volume.

Anaerobic Breakdown

The process of generating energy in cells in the absence of oxygen, producing substances such as lactate.

ATP

Adenosine triphosphate is a compound that transports energy within cells to fuel metabolic processes.