Question

1. You homogenize a cell and isolate it from a vesicle derivative from the endoplasmic reticulum. When their biochemistry was analyzed, they were found to have the ability to synthesize testosterone. From what type of ER are they derived and name the human body cell?

Answer 1

SER, they are capable of synthesizing testosterone of Adrenocortical cells.

Step-by-step explanation:

Adrenal smooth microsomal cells are enriched in smooth endoplasmic reticulum SER, membranes of which contain high levels of translocation apparatus and oligosaccharyltransferase complex proteins. STEROID-SECRETING CELLS are characterized by abundant smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). These cells synthesize cholesterol as a precursor for steroid hormones or take up this substrate from plasma lipoproteins. Many of the enzymes for sterol and steroid synthesis are localized in the smooth-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum. This organelle is particularly prominent in cells of the inner zones of the adrenal and fluctuates in amount and configuration in response to hormonal stimulation and sterol levels.