How is phosphorylation important in a signal transduction cascade?

-Phosphorylation will shut down a signal transduction cascade, thus leading to an end of the signal.
-A hormone will phosphorylate the entire cell, thus causing the cell to be marked for destruction.
-Phosphorylation will turn an inactive protein into an active one, which triggers another response in the cell.
-When the hormone itself becomes phosphorylated, it travels to all nearby cells and activates them to release more hormones of that same type.


Phosphorylation will turn an inactive protein into an active one, which triggers another response in the cell.

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