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
Answer: E
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