What Signaling Pathway Commonly Makes Use of a G Protein

question 38

Multiple Choice

What signaling pathway commonly makes use of a G protein to transduce the signal?

• A)Channel-linked receptor pathways
• B)Steroid hormone receptor pathways
• C)Receptor tyrosine kinase pathways Receptor tyrosine kinase pathways commonly use the protein Ras to transduce the signal.Ras is a small G protein.

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