Signal transduction
General scheme
There are two general types of receptors: cell-surface and intracellular receptors
Examples of hormones that act through intracellular receptors
Signal transduction through intracellular receptors
Signal transduction through cell-surface receptors
G-PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS (HEPTAHELICAL, GPCR)
Epinephrine activates G-protein- coupled receptor
cAMP formation and breakdown
Targets of protein kinase A (PKA)
G-protein activation and self- inactivation
Some toxins cause modification of G- proteins
Second messengers cAMP and cGMP Calcium (Ca 2+ ) IP3 (inositol-triphosphate)
One of the reasons for complexity of signal transduction pathways
Hormones that use cAMP as second messenger
RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASES
Growth factor signalling pathway
Usually each receptor is connected to more than one signalling pathways Insulin: -Gene expression
Insulin: gene expression
Insulin: enzymes activation
TYROSINE KINASES AND CANCER
Constitutive receptor activation
Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors
DOMAIN STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS THAT PARTICIPATE IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
Example of real pathway that regulates actin rearrangement