ConceptConceptDocsDocuments

Edexcel IAL Biology 3.4 rER, Golgi apparatus and protein transport

Keep the pathway in order, name where protein synthesis and modification occur and explain vesicle budding, movement and fusion at each transfer.

Syllabus
First assessment 2019
Course
Biology YBI11
Level
AS

Exam points

  • Sequence protein movement from rER through transport vesicles to the Golgi apparatus.
  • Explain Golgi modification and packaging into secretory or membrane-bound vesicles.
  • Apply the pathway to extracellular enzymes, glycoproteins or antigen complexes.

3.4—rER, Golgi apparatus and protein transport question 1

[Maximum number: 5]

Insulin is a protein produced in beta cells in the pancreas.
Ribosomes are involved in the production of insulin.

Describe how the protein insulin is transported from the ribosomes and then secreted by a beta cell.

All question bank results loaded