BIOL 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Protein Kinase A, Adenylyl Cyclase, Protein Kinase

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Ubc biol 155 lecture 12 notes endocrine system. Hormones affect their target cells by altering the rates of normal cellular activity. There are two major mechanisms that harness the formation of hormone-receptor complex to specific cellular responses. One depends on receptors embedded in the plasma membrane of target cells and the production of one or more intracellular second messengers and is utilized by most hormones, with important exception of steroid and thyroid hormones. The other mechanism involves so called nuclear receptors and direct gene activation by the hormone-receptor complex. Mechanisms based on plasma membrane receptors and second messenger systems. Because most hormones cannot penetrate the plasma membrane of tissue cells their receptors must be embedded in the plasma membrane. The formation of hormone-receptor complex leads to production of typically one, but in certain systems possibly more, of the second messengers. Among these, systems relying on cyclic amp and inositol phospholipids and calcium are best understood.

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