ILO's
- Explain the mechanisms by which proteins are targeted to specific locations within the cell
- Describe the 'post office' function of the Golgi apparatus in directing proteins to specific sub-cellular locations (protein sorting)
- List possible post-translational modifications to proteins (e.g. glycosylation, phosphorylation, farnesylation) and state their significance
- Give a brief explanation of the mechanisms by which proteins are degraded
- Compare and contrast lysosomal degradation and proteasomal degradation
- Intracellular processes
- Organelles
- How do proteins get to the right place in the cell?
- Ribosome structure
- How do proteins get into organelles?
- How do we achieve protein sorting?
- Golgi apparatus
- Protein modifications
- Summary of protein pathways
- Protein degradation