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The receptor it self is a trans-membrane protein and doesn't act as an ion channel further more the G-protein involves several functions by its different subunits (G-alph: activation of PLC and adenylcyclase. and G-beta,gamma: activation of potassium channel) and the receptor is coupled with more than one G-protein which lead to amplification of the signal. So G-protein could be possibly evolved to do several functions and amplify them by one receptor

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