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5 CELL MEMBRANES
AND SIGNALING
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Key Concepts• 5.1 Biological Membranes Have a Common Structure and Are Fluid
• 5.2 Some Substances Can Cross the Membrane by Diffusion
• 5.3 Some Substances Require Energy to Cross the Membrane
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• 5.4 Large Molecules Cross the Membrane via Vesicles
• 5.5 The Membrane Plays a Key Role in a Cell’s Response to Environmental Signals
• 5.6 Signal Transduction Allows the Cell to Respond to Its Environment
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PLASMA MEMBRANEA membrane’s structure and functions are determined by its constituents: lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates.
The general structure of membranes is known as the fluid mosaic model.
Phospholipids form a bilayer which is like a “lake” in which a variety of proteins “float.”
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PLASMA MEMBRANE STRUCTURELipids form the hydrophobic core of the
membrane.Most lipid molecules are phospholipids
with two regions:• Hydrophilic regions—electrically
charged “heads” that associate with water molecules
• Hydrophobic regions—nonpolar fatty acid “tails” that do not dissolve in water
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A bilayer is formed when the fatty acid “tails” associate with each other and the polar “heads” face the aqueous environment.
Bilayer organization helps membranes fuse during vesicle formation and phagocytosis.
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Membranes may differ in lipid composition as there are many types of phospholipids.
Phospholipids may differ in:• Fatty acid chain length• Degree of saturation• Kinds of polar groups present
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Two important factors in membrane fluidity:
• Lipid composition—types of fatty acids can increase or decrease fluidity
• Temperature—membrane fluidity decreases in colder conditions
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Biological membranes contain proteins, with varying ratios of phospholipids.
• Peripheral membrane proteins lack hydrophobic groups and are not embedded in the bilayer.
• Integral membrane proteins are partly embedded in the phospholipid bilayer.
MEMBRANES CONTAIN PROTEINS
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Anchored membrane proteins have lipid components that anchor them in the bilayer.
Proteins are asymmetrically distributed on the inner and outer membrane surfaces.
A transmembrane protein extends through the bilayer on both sides, and may have different functions in its external and transmembrane domains.
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Some membrane proteins can move within the phosopholipid bilayer, while others are restricted.
Proteins inside the cell can restrict movement of membrane proteins, as can attachments to the cytoskeleton.
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MEMBRANES CONTAIN CARBOHYDRATES
Plasma membrane carbohydrates are located on the outer membrane and can serve as recognition sites.
• Glycolipid—a carbohydrate bonded to a lipid
• Glycoprotein—a carbohydrate bonded to a protein
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Membranes are constantly changing by forming, transforming into other types, fusing, and breaking down.
Though membranes appear similar, there are major chemical differences among the membranes of even a single cell.
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TYPES OF TRANSPORTBiological membranes allow some substances, and not others, to pass. This is known as selective permeability.
Two processes of transport:• Passive transport does not require metabolic energy.
• Active transport requires input of metabolic energy.
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PASSIVE TRANSPORTPassive transport of a substance can occur through two types of diffusion:
• Simple diffusion through the phospholipid bilayer
• Facilitated diffusion through channel proteins or aided by carrier proteins
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Diffusion is the process of random movement toward equilibrium.
Speed of diffusion depends on three factors:
• Diameter of the molecules—smaller molecules diffuse faster
• Temperature of the solution—higher temperatures lead to faster diffusion
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• The concentration gradient in the system—the greater the concentration gradient in a system, the faster a substance will diffuse
A higher concentration inside the cell causes the solute to diffuse out, and a higher concentration outside causes the solute to diffuse in, for many molecules.
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Simple diffusion takes place through the phospholipid bilayer.
A molecule that is hydrophobic and soluble in lipids can pass through the membrane.
Polar molecules do not pass through—they are not soluble in the hydrophilic interior and form bonds instead in the aqueous environment near the membrane.
SIMPLE DIFFUSION
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BULK FLOW• This is the collective movement of
substances (solvent and solute) in the same direction in response to force of pressure.
• Blood moving through a blood vessel is an example of this process.
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COUNTERCURRENT EXCHANGE• This occurs when the flow of adjacent fluids in
opposite directions maximizes the rate of simple diffusion.
• One example of this is exchange seen in fish gills.
• Blood flows toward the head in the gills while water flows over the gills in the opposite direction.
• This process maximizes the diffusion of respiratory gases and wastes between the water and the fish.
• Substances are moving via bulk flow but in opposite directions.
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OSMOSISOsmosis is the diffusion of water across membranes.
It depends on the concentration of solute molecules on either side of the membrane.
Water passes through special membrane channels.
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When comparing two solutions separated by a membrane:
• A hypertonic solution has a higher solute concentration.
• Isotonic solutions have equal solute concentrations.
• A hypotonic solution has a lower solute concentration.
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Figure 5.3A Osmosis Can Modify the Shapes of Cells
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Figure 5.3B Osmosis Can Modify the Shapes of Cells
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Figure 5.3C Osmosis Can Modify the Shapes of Cells
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The concentration of solutes in the environment determines the direction of osmosis in all animal cells.
In other organisms, cell walls limit the volume that can be taken up.
Turgor pressure is the internal pressure against the cell wall—as it builds up, it prevents more water from entering.
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Diffusion may be aided by channel proteins.
Channel proteins are integral membrane proteins that form channels across the membrane.
Substances can also bind to carrier proteins to speed up diffusion.
Both are forms of facilitated diffusion.
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Ion channels are a type of channel protein—most are gated, and can be opened or closed to ion passage.
A gated channel opens when a stimulus causes the channel to change shape.
The stimulus may be a ligand, a chemical signal.
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A ligand-gated channel responds to its ligand.
A voltage-gated channel opens or closes in response to a change in the voltage across the membrane.
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Water crosses membranes at a faster rate than simple diffusion.
It may “hitchhike” with ions such as Na+ as they pass through channels.
Aquaporins are specific channels that allow large amounts of water to move along its concentration gradient.
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FACILITATED DIFFUSIONCarrier proteins in the membrane facilitate diffusion by binding substances.
Glucose transporters are carrier proteins in mammalian cells.
Glucose molecules bind to the carrier protein and cause the protein to change shape—it releases glucose on the other side of the membrane.
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Figure 5.6 A Carrier Protein Facilitates Diffusion (Part 2)
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Transport by carrier proteins differs from simple diffusion, though both are driven by the concentration gradient.
The facilitated diffusion system can become saturated—when all of the carrier molecules are bound, the rate of diffusion reaches its maximum.
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ACTIVE TRANSPORTActive transport requires the input of energy to move substances against their concentration gradients.
Active transport is used to overcome concentration imbalances that are maintained by proteins in the membrane.
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The energy source for active transport is often ATP.
Active transport is directional and moves a substance against its concentration gradient.
A substance moves in the direction of the cell’s needs, usually by means of a specific carrier protein.
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Two types of active transport:• Primary active transport involves hydrolysis of ATP for energy.
• Secondary active transport uses the energy from an ion concentration gradient, or an electrical gradient.
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The sodium–potassium (Na+–K+) pump is an integral membrane protein that pumps Na+ out of a cell and K+ in.
One molecule of ATP moves two K+ and three Na+ ions.
The electron transport chain in mitochondria consist of proteins that pump protons across the cristae membrane.
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Secondary active transport uses energy that is “regained,” by letting ions move across the membrane with their concentration gradients.
Secondary active transport may begin with passive diffusion of a few ions, or may involve a carrier protein that transports both a substance and ions.
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LARGE MOLECULESMacromolecules are too large or too charged to pass through biological membranes and instead pass through vesicles.
To take up or to secrete macromolecules, cells must use endocytosis or exocytosis.
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Figure 5.8 Endocytosis and Exocytosis (Part 1)
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Figure 5.8 Endocytosis and Exocytosis (Part 2)
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ENDOCYTOSISThree types of endocytosis brings molecules into the cell: phagocytosis, pinocytosis, and receptor–mediated endocytosis.
In all three, the membrane invaginates, or folds around the molecules and forms a vesicle.
The vesicle then separates from the membrane.
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PHAGOCYTOSISIn phagocytosis (“cellular eating”), part of the membrane engulfs a large particle or cell.
A food vacuole (phagosome) forms and usually fuses with a lysosome, where contents are digested.
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PINOCYTOSISIn pinocytosis (“cellular drinking”), vesicles also form.
The vesicles are smaller and bring in fluids and dissolved substances, as in the endothelium near blood vessels.
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RECEPTOR-MEDIATEDReceptor–mediated endocytosis depends on receptors to bind to specific molecules (their ligands).
The receptors are integral membrane proteins located in regions called coated pits.
The cytoplasmic surface is coated by another protein (often clathrin).
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When receptors bind to their ligands, the coated pit invaginates and forms a coated vesicle.
The clathrin stabilizes the vesicle as it carries the macromolecules into the cytoplasm.
Once inside, the vesicle loses its clathrin coat and the substance is digested.
Cholesterol uptake by the cell is an example of this.
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Figure 5.9 Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis (Part 1)
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Figure 5.9 Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis (Part 2)
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EXOCYTOSISExocytosis moves materials out of the cell in vesicles.
The vesicle membrane fuses with the plasma membrane and the contents are released into the cellular environment.
Exocytosis is important in the secretion of substances made in the cell.
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C O N C E P T 5 . 5 T H E M E M B RA N E P L AY S A K E Y R O L E I N A C E L L ’ S R E S P O N S E T O E N V I R O N M E N TA L S I G N A L S
CELLS CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER!
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Cells can respond to many signals if they have a specific receptor for that signal.
A signal transduction pathway is a sequence of molecular events and chemical reactions that lead to a cellular response, following the receptor’s activation by a signal.
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Only cells with the necessary receptors can respond to a signal—the target cell must be able to sense it and respond to it.
A signal transduction pathway involves a signal, a receptor, and a response.
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• The signal transduction pathway is very similar in many diverse organisms indicating that this evolved very early in a common ancestor.
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COMMUNICATION IN UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS
• Unicellular organisms such as bacteria have methods of communication called quorum sensing.
• Quorum sensing is when bacterial cells secrete molecules that enable them to respond to changes in their population density.
• Once example of this is bacteria exhibiting bioluminescence.
• The protein luciferin makes the bacteria glow but is produced only when many bacteria are present in sufficient numbers where the glow is noticed.
• Bacteria also exhibit forms of signal transduction during chemotaxis. (Movement towards a chemical via flagella.)
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Cells are exposed to many signals and may have different responses:
• Autocrine signals affect the same cells that release them.
• Paracrine signals diffuse to and affect nearby cells.
• Hormones travel to distant cells.
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A common mechanism of signal transduction is allosteric regulation.
This involves an alteration in a protein’s shape as a result of a molecule binding to it.
A signal transduction pathway may produce short or long term responses.
Hydrophilic signaling molecules cannot diffuse through the membrane, so they bind to a receptor on the cell surface.
Hydrophobic ligands can pass through and bind to intracellular receptors.
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INTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS• These molecules are lipid soluble and can pass
through the membrane,• Steroid hormones such as estrogen and
testosterone are examples of ligands that bind to intracellular receptors.
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• The activated complex (hormone-receptor protein) moves to the nucleus where it binds to DNA and promotes transcription of genes to direct cellular activities.
• Gene expression in this case varies on location and gender.
• In males for example, testosterone activates sperm production in the testes but stimulates muscle fibers in muscle cells.
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A signal molecule, or ligand, fits into a three-dimensional site on the receptor protein.
Binding of the ligand causes the receptor to change its three-dimensional shape.
The change in shape initiates a cellular response.
MEMBRANE SURFACE RECEPTORS
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The ligand never actually enters the cell.The signal is transmitted from the outside of the cell inside from the ligand by a second messenger.
Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is a common second messenger. (more on this later!)
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Ligands are generally not metabolized further, but their binding may expose an active site on the receptor.
Binding is reversible and the ligand can be released, to end stimulation.
An inhibitor, or antagonist, can bind in place of the normal ligand.
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Receptors can be classified by their location in the cell.
This is determined by whether or not their ligand can diffuse through the membrane.
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Cytoplasmic receptors have ligands, such as estrogen, that are small or nonpolar and can diffuse across the membrane.
Membrane receptors have large or polar ligands, such as insulin, that cannot diffuse and must bind to a transmembrane receptor at an extracellular site.
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Receptors are also classified by their activity:
• Ion channel receptors• Protein kinase receptors• G protein–linked receptors
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ION CHANNELIon channel receptors, or gated ion channels, change their three-dimensional shape when a ligand binds.
The acetylcholine receptor, a ligand-gated sodium channel, binds acetylcholine to open the channel and allow Na+ or Ca+2 to diffuse into the cell allowing for muscle contraction.
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PROTEIN KINASEProtein kinase receptors change their shape
when a ligand binds.The new shape exposes or activates a
cytoplasmic domain that has catalytic (protein kinase) activity.
Protein kinase is a type of enzyme.One example is receptor Tyrosine kinases (RTK)
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Protein kinases catalyze the following reaction:
ATP + protein ADP + phosphorylated protein
Each protein kinase has a specific target protein, whose activity is changed when it is phosphorylated.
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G PROTEIN LINKEDLigands binding to G protein–linked receptors expose a site that can bind to a membrane protein, a G protein.
The G protein is partially inserted in the lipid bilayer, and partially exposed on the cytoplasmic surface.
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Many G proteins have three subunits and can bind three molecules:
• The receptor• GDP and GTP, used for energy transfer
• An effector protein to cause an effect in the cell
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The activated G protein–linked receptor exchanges a GDP (guanosine diphosphate) nucleotide bound to the G protein for a higher energy GTP. (guanosine triphosphate)
The activated G protein activates the effector protein, leading to signal amplification.
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Figure 5.14 A G Protein–Linked Receptor
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AMPLIFICATIONSignal activation of a specific receptor leads to a cellular response, which is mediated by a signal transduction pathway.
Signaling can initiate a cascade of protein interactions—the signal can then be amplified and distributed to cause different responses.
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• A signaling cascade is a series of enzymatic reactions.
• The first enzyme in the series activates a second enzyme and then in turn, the second activates a third enzyme and so on.
• Because enzymes can be reused repeatedly, the products of each reaction magnify as the sequence progresses like a chain reaction.
• Ultimately, a signal that began as a single, small molecule can be amplified in this way to produce a huge number of molecules that elicit a strong cellular response.
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A second messenger is an intermediary between the receptor and the cascade of responses.
In the fight-or-flight response, epinephrine (adrenaline) activates the liver enzyme glycogen phosphorylase.
The enzyme catalyzes the breakdown of glycogen to provide quick energy.
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Researchers found that the cytoplasmic enzyme could be activated by the membrane-bound epinephrine in broken cells, as long as all parts were present.
They discovered that another molecule delivered the message from the “first messenger,” epinephrine, to the enzyme.
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The second messenger was later discovered to be cyclic AMP (cAMP).
Second messengers allow the cell to respond to a single membrane event with many events inside the cell—they distribute the signal.
They amplify the signal by activating more than one enzyme target.
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Figure 5.16 The Formation of Cyclic AMP
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Signal transduction pathways involve multiple steps—enzymes may be either activated or inhibited by other enzymes.
In liver cells, a signal cascade begins when epinephrine stimulates a G protein–mediated protein kinase pathway.
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Epinephrine binds to its receptor and activates a G protein.
cAMP is produced and activates protein kinase A—it phosphorylates two other enzymes, with opposite effects:
• Inhibition• Activation
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Figure 5.17 A Cascade of Reactions Leads to Altered Enzyme Activity (Part 1)
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Figure 5.17 A Cascade of Reactions Leads to Altered Enzyme Activity (Part 2)
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• Inhibition—protein kinase A inactivates glycogen synthase through phosphorylation, and prevents glucose storage.
• Activation—Phosphorylase kinase is activated when phosphorylated and is part of a cascade that results in the liberation of glucose molecules.
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Signal transduction ends after the cell responds—enzymes convert each transducer back to its inactive precursor.
The balance between the regulating enzymes and the signal enzymes determines the cell’s response.
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Figure 5.18 Signal Transduction Regulatory Mechanisms
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Cells can alter the balance of enzymes in two ways:
• Synthesis or breakdown of the enzyme
• Activation or inhibition of the enzymes by other molecules
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Cell functions change in response to environmental signals:
• Opening of ion channels• Alterations in gene expression• Alteration of enzyme activities
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Caffeine is a large, polar molecule that binds to receptors on nerve cells in the brain.
Its structure is similar to adenosine, which binds to receptors after activity or stress and results in drowsiness.
Caffeine binds to the same receptor, but does not activate it—the result is that the person remains alert.
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Figure 5.19 Caffeine and the Cell Membrane (Part 1)
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Figure 5.19 Caffeine and the Cell Membrane (Part 2)
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THINGS TO REMEMBER:• There are 4 main things to remember about signal
transduction pathways:1. They are characterized by a signal, a transduction (conversion), and a response.2. They are highly specialized and regulated.3. One signal molecule can cause a cascade effect, releasing thousands of molecules inside a cell.4. These pathways evolved millions of years ago in a common ancestor.
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DISEASES• How is the disease cholera related to cell communication and signaling?
• How is cancer related to cell communication and signaling?