KROK 1 2010 – Question 74 · 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. Ions of Ca²⁺
- B. Diacylglycerol
- C. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
- D. Adenosine monophosphate
- E. Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
Hint
Follow the signal from the stress hormone receptor on the fat cell: which intracellular messenger couples it to phosphorylation of the lipase?
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