Cell Signaling: Enzyme-Linked Receptors
Introduction In the human body, hormones such as insulin and growth hormones interact with cells by enzyme-linked receptors to induce a process inside the cell. An enzyme-linked receptor is a transmembrane protein that responds to signals using an extracellular ligand-binding domain that is linked to a cytoplasmic enzymatic catalytic activity site (Dowd, F. J., & Abel, P. W. (2017). Pharmacodynamics. Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry, 2–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-39307-2.00001-1). This means…