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Bacteria and Archaea are different domains with many different structural and functional characteristics. For example, Bacterial and Archaeal plasma membranes consist of lipid bilayers, but the composition of Bacterial and Archaeal cell membranes is different from each other. For example, the Archaeal cell membrane has i) ether-linkage instead of ester-linkage, ii) branched-hydrocarbon chains instead of fatty acids, iii) mono-layer (sometimes) instead of bilayer, iv) sterol instead of hopanoid. a. Archaeal cell membrane has ether-linkage instead of ester-linkage. Is there any benefit for the "ether-linkage" for the Archaeal cell, instead of the ester-linkage? Answer Yes or No. Explain your answer. b. Archaeal gene expression is more likely in Eukaryotic cells. For example, the composition of ribosomes is similar to that of Eukaryotic cells. What is the Eukaryotic cell-like composition in Archaeal ribosomes?

          Bacteria and Archaea are different domains with many different structural and functional characteristics. For example, Bacterial and Archaeal plasma membranes consist of lipid bilayers, but the composition of Bacterial and Archaeal cell membranes is different from each other. For example, the Archaeal cell membrane has i) ether-linkage instead of ester-linkage, ii) branched-hydrocarbon chains instead of fatty acids, iii) mono-layer (sometimes) instead of bilayer, iv) sterol instead of hopanoid.

a. Archaeal cell membrane has ether-linkage instead of ester-linkage. Is there any benefit for the "ether-linkage" for the Archaeal cell, instead of the ester-linkage? Answer Yes or No. Explain your answer.

b. Archaeal gene expression is more likely in Eukaryotic cells. For example, the composition of ribosomes is similar to that of Eukaryotic cells. What is the Eukaryotic cell-like composition in Archaeal ribosomes?

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