Describe amplification of hormone action
What will be an ideal response?
A hormone receptor complex is the reception component of hormone action. This complex can
activate multiple copies of transduction molecules or events, such as cyclic AMP as a second
messenger. Each of the second messenger molecules can activate multiple copies of the next
component of the mechanism (such as multiple copies of protein kinase). One hormone receptor
complex can result in multiple levels of response, since each component of the mechanism produces a
cascading or amplifying response.
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