Introduction to Phosphorylation
To amplify a signal from a single molecule, a series of proteins called kinases activate each other by adding phosphoryl groups, leading to a phosphorylation cascade that triggers a large-scale cellular response.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- skin cell
- signal
- signaling molecule
- signaling cascade
- phosphate
- phosphorylation cascade
- phosphorylation
- phosphoryl group
- kinase
- phosphatase
- signal transduction
- cell division
- signal amplification
- signal reception
- reception
- transduction
- cellular response
- negative charges
- dianionic
- ionic bond
- protein structure
- conformational change
- protein shape
- structural change
- activation
- phosphoserine
- phosphotyrosine
- phosphothreonine
- ATP
- signal interruption
- signal relay
- reversible signal
- specific signal
- rapid signal
- amplifiable signal