1. How many protein kinases are in the budding yeast database?
   1001
   109
   101
   57
   1
   

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2. Lithium ions inhibit which protein kinase?
   PKC
   JNK
   GSK3
   SAPK
   Fos
   

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3. Which journal sells the most copies per week?
   Nature
   Cell
   Science
   National Enquirer
   Time
   

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4. Which kinases can phosphorylate and activate SAPK/JNK?
   MEK1
   SEK1
   MKK4
   MKK7
   MKK3
   

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5. Which compound inhibits p38 MAPK?
   NIHRO1
   MT101
   Aspirin
   PD98059
   SB203580
   

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6. Which of these is a kinase?
   Zeste-white3
   Persil Automatic
   Shaggy
   Ugly
   Twitchin
   

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7. Which of these activate the p38 MAPK pathway?
   anisomysin
   sorbitol
   PDGF
   Ischaemia
   Serum
   

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8. Which companies sell phospho-specific antibodies?
   Promega
   Santa Cruz
   NEB
   Nunc
   Microsoft
   

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9. The prime minister of Canada is
   Homer Simpson
   George W. Bush
   Stephen Harper
   Pamela Lee Anderson
   Martin Short
   

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10. Which protein kinase can save cells?
    PKB
    AKT
    RAC-PK
    CHUK
    All of the above
    

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If your score is greater than 6 you are a Kinase King. If you scored between 1 and 6, stick to phosphatases, they are easier to work with. If you scored less than 1, your only hope is real estate. Hope you enjoyed the little kinase quiz.