2.10 Signal Transduction and Second Messengers Flashcards
Conversion of one form of information to another
Usually a biochemical response
Signal transduction
Multiplication of an original signal
Signal amplication
The signal is meant for specific recipient
Target specificity/selectivity
How cells receive, process, and respond to external information
Information metabolism
Pathways that mediate the sensing and processing of stimuli
Signal-transduction cascasdes
Modes of signaling
Passed into blood for reception in target cells that are distant from the site of creation
Endocrine
Modes of signaling
Passed into nearby cellular spaces for action on cells in close proximity to the site of creation
Paracrine
Modes of signaling
Transmitted via synapses
For propagation of neural impulses
Neuronal
Modes of signaling
Juxtacrine interactions
Bound to the plasma membrane of the signaling cells to interact with a receptor on a directly adjacent cell
Contact-dependent signaling
Communication of cells is provided by ____ and ____.
Cell signaling
Transduction
5 phases of signal transduction
Signal Reception Integration/Adaptation Amplification Target
Transmit a signal when bound to GTP and are silent when bound to GDP
G proteins
Extracellular signaling molecules fall into 2 classes
Cell-surface receptors
Intracellular receptors
Intracellular molecules that change in concentration in response to environmental signals
Second messengers
Receptors for nitric oxide (NO)
Soluble Guanylyl Cyclases
Reactive free-radical that acts either as a neurotransmitter or as a second messenger
Nitric oxide
Two types of receptors that are possible for steroid hormones
Intracellular receptors
Membrane bound receptors
Can translocate to the nucleus and direct gene expression
May take hours or days
Intracellular receptors
Can act on the cellular players with immediate action
Membrane bound receptors
The steroid intracellular receptor superfamily are ____
Transcription factors
Phases of signal transduction
Signal Reception Integration/Adaption (Second messenger) Amplification (Second messenger) Target
In membrane receptor-mediated signal transduction, ____ is a common means of information transfer
Protein phosphorylation
Small hydrophobic signal molecules diffuse directly across the lipid bilayer therefore they bind to intracellular receptors
Intracellular-Receptor-Mediated Signals
True or False
Many receptors are kinases or are associated with kinases. Cytokine receptor superfamily is similar to the receptor-tyrosine-kinases and has the same receptors and kinases.
False
Cytokine receptor superfamily has separate receptors and kinases to the receptor-tyrosine-kinases
Tyrosine kinases may activate one form of ____, PLC-gamma
Phospholipase C
Receptors that usually interact with polar hydrophilic signaling molecules for receiving environmental signals
Cell surface receptors