KROK 1 2015 – Question 54 · 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. Adenosine monophosphate
- B. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
- C. Ions of Ca²⁺
- D. Diacylglycerol
- E. Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
Hint
Recall the signalling pathway used by stress hormones when they act on fat cells, and which small molecule relays the signal inside the cell to the kinase.
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