highly conserved transduction components

Question 1

protein kinase

Answer 1

phosphorylates proteins

Question 2

protein phosphatase

Answer 2

removes phosphate groups from proteins

Question 3

cAMP

Answer 3

intracellular second messenger involved in many processes eg interaction with protein effectors like protein kinase A

Question 4

cGMP

Answer 4

second messenger involved in the activation and alteration of specific ion channels such as in rod and cone cells

Question 5

G proteins

Answer 5

cellular ‘on/off’ switch activated by the binding of GTP and deactivated by the binding of GDP

Question 6

1,2-diacylglycerol

Question 7

Ca2+

Question 8

IP3