BI110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Integral Membrane Protein, Cell Surface Receptor, Cell Adhesion Molecule

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Cell signalling often involves membranes they either have receptors binding onto the membrane or have to cross through the membrane. Only cells that have receptors tuned to specific signals can respond to those signals. Different cell types produce different types of receptor and each receptor is responsible to respond to a particular signal. The reason they can respond in different ways is because they express different receptors. When a signal binds or is recognized by a receptor; we get a cell response: Transport of molecules across the phospholipid membrane: acetylcholine (signal molecule) binds to a receptor (protein), channel opens and allows ions to be transported. Metabolic reactions: can be turned on or turned off, increased/decreased. Secretion: can be stimulated by a particular signal, perhaps need to produce/secrete more protein in response to a signal. Movement ( e. g. in response to light, whole cell moves towards it: e. g. chloroplasts move in response to more or less light.

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