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How Does a Plasma Membrane Protein Become Imbedded in the Membrane

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How does a plasma membrane protein become imbedded in the membrane?


A) Ribosomes attach to the plasma membrane and translation of the peptide occurs directly on the PM.
B) Ribosomes enter the endoplasmic reticulum and make the proteins within the ER.
C) Once the signal peptide is translated, the ribosome complex is escorted to the PM, translation continues and the peptide is inserted through a pore in the membrane.
D) Once the signal peptide is translated, the ribosome complex is escorted to the ER, translation continues and the peptide is inserted through a pore in the membrane.
E) Once completed, the protein is escorted to the PM and a chaperone protein pushes it in.

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