Signalling
The cell that is sending the message.
What is a signalling cell?
The main molecule involved in phosphorylation cascades.
What is ATP?
The end result of a reaction.
What are products?
The binding section of the enzyme
What is the active site?
Volatile compounds used by animals (especially insects) to communicate.
What are pheromones?
A signal effecting nearby cells.
What is a paracrine signal?
A receptor sitting on the outer cell membrane.
What is an extracellular receptor?
The reactants that enzymes act on.
What are substrates?
Non-protein enzyme helpers which assist some enzymes in catalysing.
What are cofactors?
The process that causes egg whites to change colour when they are cooked.
A specific molecule, ion, or atom that binds to a receiving cell.
What is a ligand?
The end result of a signal transduction cascade.
What is a cellular response?
The initial energy required to start a chemical reaction.
What is the free energy of activation or activation energy?
An inhibitor that only temporarily binds to an enzyme.
What is a reversible inhibitor?
The cycle controlled by the reception of blue light by cryptochromes.
What is the Circadian rhythm?
Signals that travel through the circulatory systems of animals and the vascular systems of plants.
What are hormones?
Free space! I ran out of ideas for questions. So whoever can correctly guess my favourite colour, gets the points!
What is yellow?
A reaction where energy must be added.
What is an endergonic reaction?
An inhibitor that does not bind to the active site of an enzyme.
What is a noncompetitive inhibitor?
An essential cofactor in collagen synthesis.
What is vitamin C?
What are gap junctions?
The ion involved in the cascade that occurs when a sperm meets an egg.
What is Ca2+?
Enzyme that catalyzes the "sucrose -> glucose + fructose" reaction.
What is sucrase?
The main type of bonds enzymes will temporarily form with substrates.
What are covalent bonds?
A competitive inhibitor which interrupts the Kreb's cycle and causes elevated citrate levels
What is the 1080 poison/sodium flurocitrate?