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1
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__________ receptors convert chemical signals into electrical ones.

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Ion channel-linked receptors

2
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Which compound does PKA phosphorylate in the nucleus and what affect does this have?

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CREB. CREB binds the target gene which leads to an increase in transcription, followed by translation.

3
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Inositol Phospholipid Pathway

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  1. Signaling molecule binds to a G-protein linked receptor
  2. G-protein alpha subunit activated
  3. The alpha subunit activates a phospholipase
  4. Phospholipase breaks down Pl 4,5-bisphosphate
  5. The break down of Pl 4,5-bisphosphate results diacylglycerol and IP3
  6. IP3 will bind to IP3 receptors on the ER membrane
  7. Calcium released
  8. Calcium can activate protein kinase C
  9. Protein kinase C interacts with diacylglycerol which will result in further downstream affects.
4
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A receptor signal molecule that is activated by cleavage?

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Notch

5
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What occurs in primary transduction? What steps follow?

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The transmembrane protein binds the ligand

A number of intracellular relays can occur so that signal can be modified, amplified, and divered to multiple targets.

6
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How is the alpha subunit of the G-protein inactivated?

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The hydrolysis of the GTP by the alpha subunit inactivates this subunit and causes it to dissociate from the target protein

7
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Examples of Small Signaling Molecules that Bind to Nuclear Receptors

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Cortisol

Estradiol

Testosterone

Thyroxine

Vitamin D

Retinoic acid

8
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What component downregulated the alpha subunits GTPase activity? What affect does this have?

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GTP gamma S; helps the alpha subunit to remain active for a very long time

9
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Bifurcation proteins

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Split the cell into 2 signaling pathways

10
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________ and ________ depend on G-protein-linked receptors that regulate cyclic-nucleotide- gated ion channels.

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Smell; vision

11
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Example of a metabotropic recepter pathway

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  1. The Metabotropic receptor binds to the G-protein
  2. Adenylate cyclase is activated
  3. cAMP is activated
  4. Protein Kinase A is activated
  5. The channel will close and no potassium will be able to exit the cell

* Indirect affect

12
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In the intracellular pathway, in what way are the metabolic enzyme, gene regulatory protein, and cytoskeletal protein affected by the cascade?

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Metabolic emzyme: Altered metabolism

Gene regulatory protein: Altered gene expression

Cytoskeletal protein: Altered shape or movement

13
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How many subunits does an inactive protein kinase A have?

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4 (2 regulatory and 2 catalytic)

14
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What happens to neurotransmitters once they are released into the synpatic cleft and bind to the receptor?

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The neurotransmitters are broken down by enzymes found in the synapse. They are then taken up by glia cells or recycled back intot he nerve cell

15
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Adaptor protein

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Link one signal pathway to another signal pathway

16
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What does PDGF, FGF, and NGF stand for?

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Platelet derived growth factor receptor, fibroblast growth factor, and nerve growth factor

17
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What happens in the cAMP pathway?

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cAMP acts on the protein kinase A

Once cAMP binds to PKA, the subunits break up and you get the active PKA catalytic subunits

18
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Intracellular signaling proteins that act as molecular switches

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Signaling by Phosphorylation

Signaling by GTP-binding protein

19
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Scaffold proteins

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Combine multiple signal proteins together forming a complex

20
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Which type of channels found in gap junctions allow for bidirectional flow? What type of response does this allow for?

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Connexon; Fast

21
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What happens in intracellular signaling?

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Small hydrophobic molecules cross the membrane and float into the nucleus, where they bind to the intracellular recptors and can cuase changes to gene transcription

22
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__________ make the effects of PKA and other protein kinases transitory.

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Protein phosphatases

23
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Enzyme- linked Cell-Surface Receptors are activated by ___________

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Growth factors

24
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____________ is a signaling molecule that can activate both ionotropic and metabotropic receptors

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Glutamate

25
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Enzyme-linked Receptors (Mechanism)

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  1. Dimerize
  2. Activate other enzymes
26
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A cell is dependent on multiple extracellular signals that tell it whether to:

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Survive

Divide

Differentiate

Die

27
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G-protein linked Receptors (Mechanism). Type of receptor? Type of protein?

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  1. Signal molecule binds receptor
  2. The receptor activates a G-protein that is also sitting in the membrane
  3. The G- protein gets activated and splits into two components (alpha and beta-gamma)
  4. The G-protein can activate other enzymes that are sitting on the enzyme
  5. The G protein can have kinase activity and phosphoylate/ activate other proteins

Metabotropic Receptor

Transmembrane protein

28
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Messender proteins

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Carry signal from one part of the cell to another

29
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What affect does Cholera Toxin have in cAMP, by what mechanism?

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Cholera Toxin prevents the alpha subunit from being hydrolyzed by the phosphate , so the alpha subunit will remain in its active form and stimulate adenylyl cyclase indefinitely. This will result in prolonged, elevated cAMP levels, which can result in a large influx of chloride and water in the gut. Final product is severe diarrhea.

30
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Which has greater specificity endocrine signaling or synaptic signaling?

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Synaptic signaling

31
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Ion channel linked receptor mechanism. What type of receptor? What type of protein?

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  1. Signal molecule binds the receptor
  2. The receptor undergoes a conformational change into an ion channel
  3. Specific ions are able to pass into and out of the the channel

Ionoctropic receptors

Transmembrane protein

32
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Signaling by Phosphorylation

Types

When is it active, when is it not?

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Types: Serine/ Threonine kinases, Tyrosine kinases

Active when phosphorylated

Inactive when dephosphorylated

33
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What is the difference between ionotropic and metabotropic receptors?

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Ionotropic receptors have a direct affect on the ion channel and metabotropic receptors do not.

34
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_________ activates adenylyl cyclase.

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Stimulatory G protein (Gs)

35
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How does cortisol affect transcription? (mechanism)

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  1. Cortisol crosses the membrane
  2. Once cortisol is near the receptor, the receptor undergoes a conformational change, which activated it
  3. Cortisol binds the receptor
  4. Cortisol-receptor complex travels the nucleus and binds to regulatory region of the targe gene
  5. Activates transcription
36
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Which type of Cell-Surface Receptor has slow and direct rapid responses?

A

Enzyme linked

37
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Latent regulatory proteins go to the __________

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Nucleus

38
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What response does acetylcholine induce in the heart muscle, salivary gland cell and skeletal muscle?

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Heart muscle: Decreased rate and force of contraction

Salivary gland: Secretion

Skeletal muscle: Contraction

39
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_________ inhibits adenylyl cyclase.

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Inhibitory G protein (Gi)

40
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Singling by GTP-Binding Protein

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Active when GTP is bound and inactive when GDP is bound

41
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Three types of cell-surface receptors

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Ion- channel linked receptors

G-protein linked receptors

Enzyme-Linked Receptors

42
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What component can enhance the binding of the target protein? What other roles does this component have?

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RGS; Plays a role in shutting off the G-protein mediated response

43
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In a group of identical signaling cells, each cell receives a strong ____________ signal. Why?

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Autocrine. Due and increase in conentration

44
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What gas can cross the plasma membrane and activate the intracellular enzymes directly?

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Nitric Oxide

45
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What happens in extracellular signaling?

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A hydrophilic signal molecule bind to a cell-surface receptor, which can lead to an intracellular cascade or secondary messsenger cascade

46
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In which type of signaling does the signal last longer, sypaptic or endocrine?

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Endocrine becuase the signaling mechanism takes time.

47
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How do hydrophobic molecules travel through the blood stream?

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On carrier proteins

48
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Pertussis Toxin

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Causes whopping cough. It acts on the inhibitory G protein which will result in an inactive alpha subunit, which will result in adenylyl cyclase not being activated.

49
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Adenylyl cyclase makes cAMP out of _________

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ATP

50
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What happens after the alpha subunit of the G-protein complex is inactivated?

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It reassembles with the beta-gamma subunit to reform and inactive G-protein

51
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Relay proteins

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Signal being communicated

52
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Transducer proteins

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proteins that receive and help process information so that proper action by the cell ensues.