A Benefit of the Many Steps Involved in a Protein

question 192

Multiple Choice

A benefit of the many steps involved in a protein kinase cascade is that they involve

• A) a large energy expenditure in communicating a signal.
• B) amplification of the signal being communicated.
• C) many genes that need to be expressed.
• D) many enzymes whose biological activity must not be compromised.
• E) transfer of a signal across large distances within a cell.

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