KROK 1 2012 – Question 105 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Emotional stress causes activation of hormone-sensitive triglyceride lipase in the adipocytes. What secondary mediator takes part in this process?
- A. Diacylglycerol
- B. Ions of Ca²⁺
- C. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
- D. Adenosine monophosphate
- E. Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
Hint
Follow the signal from the adrenergic receptor of the fat cell through its G protein and effector enzyme to the small messenger that switches on the kinase acting on the lipase.
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