Cell Signaling Flashcards
which ligand will need help to pass the membrane? where will receptor be found?
hydrophilic ligand
receptor on outside of cell (has to cross)
which ligand will readily diffuse over the membrane? where will receptors be found?
Lipophilic
inside cell
i.e. steroid hormones
what controls everything at the cellular level?
cell signaling
what is the slow response?
gene expression changes
via MAP kinase
what is fast response?
alterations in function of enzyme
generation of cyclic AMP
extracellular signal binds to a specific receptor on target cells to initiate signal transduction
cell signaling
3 types of signaling
autocrine
paracrine
endocrine
autocrine
one cell feeds back on another
endocrine
distal signaling
long lasting molecules, mostly steroid hormones
low turn over rate ,diffuse
paracrine
fibroblasts below epithelium
localized signaling
same ligand has different responses
i.e. acetylcholine
steps in signal transduction (basic)
extracellular signal molecule binds to receptor protein
causes intracellular signal proteins to carry signal to effector proteins
three types of receptors
ion channel coupled receptors
enzyme coupled receptors
g protein coupled receptors
transmembrane component of G protein coupled receptor
anchors receptor
7 passes of membrane
cytoplasmic loop of g protein coupled receptor
regulatory domain
not found in RTKs
trimeric complex is inactive when…
it binds to cytoplasmic loop
becomes monomeric
heterotrimeric G proteins
guanine nucleotide binding proteins with 3 subunits: alpha, beta, gamma
what happens when G-proteins bind to cytoplasmic loop?
becomes inactive
is only monomeric g-alpha (beta and gamma are inactive)