a. All receptors are sensitive to all the different types of stimuli.
c. The sympathetic division uses only acetycholine as the neurotransmitter.
a) most receptors are proteins situated in the cell membrane
Why? The synaptic gap between a nerve and its target cell is very small and so neurotransmitters do not have a huge distance to travel to reach their target receptor.
Why? The binding site of receptors is analogous to the active site of enzymes. The ligand for the binding site acts as a chemical messenger. It binds and causes an induced fit that results in 'knock on effects' which lead to a message being received in the cell. Most receptors are present in the cell membrane although some are intracellular.
Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that activates two types of cholinergic receptor , one of which is an ion channel and the other a G-protein coupled receptor. The other options are hormones that can catalyze various types of tyrosine kinase linked receptors.
a) the dopamine receptor subtypes D3 and D5
a) Ligand-gated ion channel receptors are present in the cell membrane
Why? Ligand-gated ion channels are controlled by ligand and not by the membrane potential. Voltage-gated ion channels are controlled by membrane potential.
a. All receptors are sensitive to all the different types of stimuli.
c. The sympathetic division uses only acetycholine as the neurotransmitter.