Summary

The three stages of cell signaling are reception, transduction, and response. Reception
is when the target cell's detection of a signaling molecule coming from the outside of the
cell. An example of reception are the G-protein linked receptors, receptor tyrosine
kinase, and ligand- gated ion channels. Transduction is the binding of the signaling
molecule changes the receptor protein in some way. The transduction stage converts
the signal to a form that can bring about a specific cellular response. An example of
transduction are protein phosphorylation cascade/ dephosphorylation and second
messengers. Response may be almost any imaginable cellular activity such as
catalysis by an enzyme, arrangement of the cytoskeleton, or activation of specific genes
in the nucleus. The main cellular responses is tyrosine kinase. It is a receptor that forms
the diner when ATP is attached.
Standards
2.E.2:c
3.B.2:a-b
3.D.1:a-d
3.D.2: a, b, c1
3.D.3: a1-2, b1-3

Reflection
The most important thing I learned from this artifact is all three stages of cell signaling.
The fact that there are three major ways that the cell communicates with another cell
fascinates me. The fact that the whole purpose of transduction is to amplify the signal
was something that completely blew my mind. I struggled with grasping how the
examples of reception, transduction, and respond work. I would like to learn more about
tyrosine kinase because I struggled with understanding it the most.