GPCR Flashcards
Dales principle
neuron has only one neurotransmitter
Co-transmitters
2+ released from one nerve terminal
3 criteria for neurotransmitter
synthesis and storage in presynaptic neuron
must be release by axon terminal
must produce postsynaptic change
ionotropic receptors
component of transmitter-gated ion channels, in or out of neuron
metabotropic receptors
PM, indirect influences on ion, connected to metabolic processes initiated during bindings
structure of G-protein coupled receptors
polypeptide with 7-membrane spanning alpha-helices
GPCR activate
cascade of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
GPCR form
second messengers
Second messengers
intracellular chemical messenger molecules that open or close ion channels in PSM
cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)
common second messenger derived from ATP
G-protein cascades
alpha or beta-gamma subunits dissociates and activates membrane bound enzyme
Alpha subunits contains
GTPase
G-protein subunits
alpha, beta-gamma
Different g-proteins
stimulate or inhibit adenylate cyclase
G-protein subunits is activated by
GDP to GTP exchange