Receptors, Transmitters, Enzymes

Question 1

agonist

Answer 1

a substance that have the same effect on a receptor as the mediator or transmitter


Question 2

antagonist

Answer 2

a substance that inhibits the effect of a mediator or transmitter at the receptor


Question 3

nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Answer 3

ACh receptor at which nicotine mimics the effect of acetylcholine


Question 4

specificity

Answer 4

due to its spatial structure, a receptor, enzyme or transporter molecule can only bind a limited number of substrate molecules

Question 5

muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

Answer 5

ACh receptor at which muscarine mimics the effect of acetylcholine

Question 6

colocalization

Answer 6

simultaneous presence of two transmitters or a transmitter and a neuromodulator in the same synaptic

Question 7

quantal release

Answer 7

transmitter substances are released in small packages (quanta) from the synaptic terminal

Question 8

protein kinase

Answer 8

enzyme catalyzing the transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to a protein

Question 9

CoA, coenzyme-A

Answer 9

coenzyme built around the adenine nucleotide


Question 10

NAD

Answer 10

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme

Question 11

FAD

Answer 11

flavin-adenin-dinucleotid, coenzyme