8) Unit 1 - Signal Transduction (TBC)

Question 1

What is the purpose of signal transduction

Answer 1

To connect extra cellular chemical signals to intracellular responses through a signal transduction pathway

Question 2

what are used to connect extra cellular chemical signals to intracellular responses

Answer 2

cell surface receptor proteins

Question 3

List 4 things that signal transduction could result in:

Answer 3

• activation of enzymes
• activation of G proteins
• a change in uptake or secretion of molecules
• rearrangement of the cytoskeleton