Chromosomes control cell processes by coding for the production of all a cell's proteins.
<u>Explanation</u>:
Chromosomes are the complex structures that are made up of DNA and attached histone proteins that stabilize the nucleosome structure. DNA is made up of a sequence of polynucleotides that encodes the genetic information of that organism.
The combination of three nucleotides known as triplet codon provides a unique code for a particular amino acid. After transcription of the DNA sequence into mRNA, it is sent to the cytoplasm of the cell to be translated into a particular protein. There are many proteins in a cell each having different sequence and hence they differ in their folding which give them a particular structure to perform a particular activity. Hence different DNA sequences encode the information for different sequences of amino acid in a polypeptide chain which makes the protein.
The expected result of this poison on secondary active transport is that the poison will prevents the conformational changes which are necessary for the pump to perform its function, thus preventing it from been able to carry out transportation of ions in and out of the cell.
