which of the following statements is FALSE?
(a) the number of proteins ina proteome does not reflect the number of genes in the organism solely because of post-translational modifications;
(b) the number of proteins in a proteome varies between healthy and disease states;
(c) the number of proteins in a proteome varies as cells differentiate;
(d) the proteome is the number of proteins present in a cell;
(e) the human proteome consists of at least 100,000 different proteins.

Question

which of the following statements is FALSE?
(a) the number of proteins ina proteome does not reflect the number of genes in the organism solely because of post-translational modifications;
(b) the number of proteins in a proteome varies between healthy and disease states;
(c) the number of proteins in a proteome varies as cells differentiate;
(d) the proteome is the number of proteins present in a cell;
(e) the human proteome consists of at least 100,000 different proteins.

anonymous · Answer

Well, I would say D.  @rosie08 This is because the proteome of multicellular life would be the proteins present in all the cells; not all cells use/need the same proteins.