What Terminates the CAMP Second Messenger System

question 69

Multiple Choice

What terminates the cAMP second messenger system?

• A) the release of the first messenger from the receptor
• B) a G protein
• C) the axon terminal
• D) degradation of cAMP by the liver
• E) the degradation of cAMP by the enzyme cAMP phosphodiesterase

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