Protein S Will Fold into Its Native Conformation Only When

question 13

Multiple Choice

Protein S will fold into its native conformation only when protein Q is also present in the solution. However, protein Q can fold into its native conformation without protein S. Protein Q, therefore, may function as a _____ for protein S.

• A) proteasome
• B) molecular chaperone
• C) protein precursor
• D) structural motif
• E) supersecondary structural unit

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Definitions:

Nonparametric Statistics

Distribution-free statistics that do not require the same assumptions as do parametric statistics.

Distribution-free

Refers to statistical methods that do not rely on assumptions about the specific distribution of the data.

Categories

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Chi-square

A statistical test used to compare observed frequencies with expected frequencies for categorical variables to assess the likelihood of an association.