Cells of the pancreas will incorporate radioactively labeled amino acids in to proteins. This "tagging" of newly synthesized proteins enables a researcher to track their location. In this case, we are tracking an enzyme secreted by pancreatic cells. What is its most likely pathway

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Liliana Huerta

26 January, 05:44

Cells of the pancreas will incorporate radioactively labeled amino acids in to proteins. This "tagging" of newly synthesized proteins enables a researcher to track their location. In this case, we are tracking an enzyme secreted by pancreatic cells. What is its most likely pathway

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Corey Hartman · Answer 1

The most likely pathway is ER - Golgi - vesicles that fuse with plasma membrane.

Explanation:

The endomembrane system is an extensive sets of intracellular membrane. These system was first discovered in the late 1800s when scientist Camillo Golgi noticed that a certain stain selectively marked only some internal cellular membranes. Golgi actually thought that these intracellular membranes were interconnected, but advances in microscopy and biochemical studies of the various membrane-encased organelles later made it clear the organelles in the endomembrane system are separate compartments with specific functions.