In Signal Transduction, Phosphatases ________

question 20

Multiple Choice

In signal transduction, phosphatases ________.

• A) move the phosphate group of the transduction pathway to the next molecule of a series
• B) prevent a protein kinase from being reused when there is another extracellular signal
• C) amplify the transduction signal so it affects multiple transducers
• D) amplify the second messengers such as cAMP
• E) inactivate protein kinases and turn off the signal transduction

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