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Why does most amino acid based hormones bind to cell membrane receptors?
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∙ 11y ago
This is because they do not have the ability to pass through the membrane, unlike steroid hormones. Steroid hormones bind inside the cell cytoplasm before docking onto the receptors.
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What Controls what goes in and out of the cell?
The phosopholipid bilayer of the cell membrane controls what moves into and out of the cell based on receptors on the cell's surface.
What is the definition of body hormone?
A hormone is a chemical compound which is secreted by a gland into the blood and it is carried through blood to a distant site where it acts. Hormones can be divided into five major classes: (1) amino acid derivatives such as dopamine, catecholamines, and thyroid hormone; (2)small neuropeptides such as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), somatostatin, and vasopressin; (3) large proteins such as insulin, luteinizing hormone (LH), and PTH produced by classic endocrine glands; (4) steroid hormones such as cortisol and estrogen that are synthesized from cholesterol-based precursors; and (5) vitamin derivatives such as retinoids (vitamin A) and vitamin D. A variety of peptide growth factors, most of which act locally, share actions with hormones. As a rule, amino acid derivatives and peptide hormones interact with cell-surface membrane receptors. Steroids, thyroid hormones, vitamin D, and retinoids are lipid-soluble and interact with intracellular nuclear receptors.
Virtually all of the protein or amino acid-based hormones exert their effects through intracellular?
second messengers
How does protein hormones reach their target cells?
Usually in blood plasma, which carries them to their target cells. They 'recognize' these cells based on receptors on the cell membranes to which they bind.
Examples of water soluble and lipid soluble compounds in living organism?
Amino acid based hormones such as Human Growth Hormone is an example of water soluble compounds. Steroid hormones and thyroid hormone are examples of lipid soluble compounds in living humans.
Chemically hormones belong chiefly to two molecular groups called?
Chemically hormones belong chiefly to two molecular groups. The two groups are the steroids and the amino acid based molecules.
What do intracellular receptors do?
The intracellular receptors differ from membrane receptors based on their location. Membrane receptors are usually on the plasma membrane but the intracellular receptors are found inside the cell.
What are two types of signaling mechanisms for amino acid based hormones?
True or false: the two types of hormones are amino acid based and carbohydrate based
What is the hormone of the thyroid?
T3-Triiodothyronin and T4-Thyroxine. These are amino acid based thyroid hormones that bind to receptors within the cell. They are stored in the colloid for about a couople of weeks as a protein called thyroglobulin.
What is the difference between receptors for steroid hormones and Peptide hormone?
Peptide based hormones exert their effects on a cell by way of second messengers (cAMP or PIP) pathways. Steroid based hormones exert their effects on a target cell via direct gene activation.
Why can steroid and thyroid hormones but not amino acid-based hormones move across cell membranes?
b/c steroid and thyroid hormones are fat soluble
What is the definition of hormones?
A hormone is a chemical compound which is secreted by a gland into the blood and it is carried through blood to a distant site where it acts. Hormones can be divided into five major classes: (1) amino acid derivatives such as dopamine, catecholamines, and thyroid hormone; (2)small neuropeptides such as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), somatostatin, and vasopressin; (3) large proteins such as insulin, luteinizing hormone (LH), and PTH produced by classic endocrine glands; (4) steroid hormones such as cortisol and estrogen that are synthesized from cholesterol-based precursors; and (5) vitamin derivatives such as retinoids (vitamin A) and vitamin D. A variety of peptide growth factors, most of which act locally, share actions with hormones. As a rule, amino acid derivatives and peptide hormones interact with cell-surface membrane receptors. Steroids, thyroid hormones, vitamin D, and retinoids are lipid-soluble and interact with intracellular nuclear receptors.
What Controls what goes in and out of the cell?
The phosopholipid bilayer of the cell membrane controls what moves into and out of the cell based on receptors on the cell's surface.
What are thyroid hormones based on?
Thyroid hormones are made in the thyroid gland and are based on on the tyrosine amino acid composed of DNA base TAT or TAC. This gland usually secretes hormones which work toward Metabolism.
What is the definition of body hormone?
A hormone is a chemical compound which is secreted by a gland into the blood and it is carried through blood to a distant site where it acts. Hormones can be divided into five major classes: (1) amino acid derivatives such as dopamine, catecholamines, and thyroid hormone; (2)small neuropeptides such as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), somatostatin, and vasopressin; (3) large proteins such as insulin, luteinizing hormone (LH), and PTH produced by classic endocrine glands; (4) steroid hormones such as cortisol and estrogen that are synthesized from cholesterol-based precursors; and (5) vitamin derivatives such as retinoids (vitamin A) and vitamin D. A variety of peptide growth factors, most of which act locally, share actions with hormones. As a rule, amino acid derivatives and peptide hormones interact with cell-surface membrane receptors. Steroids, thyroid hormones, vitamin D, and retinoids are lipid-soluble and interact with intracellular nuclear receptors.
What ion is sometimes used as a second messenger of amino acid based hormones?
Calcium
What are the hormones that are amino acid derivative?
3 examples of hormones that are amino acid or protein based are calcitonin, ACTH, and ADH. Two more examples are TSH and LH or FSH.
