Imagine that you are working with DNA sequences of membrane proteins) and have the technology to genetically engineer/alter the existing sequence and you can express this particular protein in a yeast cell model. You also have the power to track and visualize where the genetically engineered proteins traffic in your model system. You engineer an ER signal sequence to the amino-terminal end of a normally cytosolic protein. Which best describes the fate of this protein? The protein is degraded The protein remains in the cytosol The protein is translocated through the ER membrane translocon channel, N' end first The protein is translocated through the ER membrane translocon channel, C' end first

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