Which One of the Following Activities Would LEAST Likely Be

question 116

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following activities would LEAST likely be found in a topoisomerase?

• A)cutting a phosphodiester linkage
• B)inducing or relaxing twists in double-stranded DNA
• C)adding nucleotides to the end of a DNA strand
• D)reforming phosphodiester linkages
• E)Topoisomerases are equally likely to perform all of these functions.

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Definitions:

Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis

A cellular process by which cells internalize molecules (like hormones, nutrients, and proteins) by the inward budding of plasma membrane vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being internalized.

Allosteric Regulation

The regulation of an enzyme's activity through the binding of a molecule at a site other than the enzyme's active site, causing a change in its shape.

Feedback Inhibition

Regulatory mechanism in which a change that results from some activity decreases or stops the activity.

Pyrimidine Synthesis

Pyrimidine Synthesis is the biochemical process that generates pyrimidines, which are key components of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA.