A scientist is examining the function of macromolecules in a cell. She notices that movement of large molecules into and out of the cell is disrupted when she damages one specific type of macromolecule. Which macromolecule has she most likely damaged?
a carbohydrate
a steroid
a nucleic acid
a protein

Question

A scientist is examining the function of macromolecules in a cell. She notices that movement of large molecules into and out of the cell is disrupted when she damages one specific type of macromolecule. Which macromolecule has she most likely damaged?
a carbohydrate
a steroid
a nucleic acid
a protein

anonymous · Answer

it could be proteins specifically microtubules which she might have damaged. Microtubules function like railway tracks inside cells transporting vesicles into and out of the cell along defined paths.