Cellular Communication Explained (in Rap!) for AP Bio

In this music video, Mr. W explains cell communication and signal transduction, using G-protein coupled receptors as an example.
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📒 Cell Communication with GPCRs Outline📒
1. The big picture on epinephrine/adrenaline and the fight or flight response
2. Overview of the three steps in cell communication: reception, transduction, and response.
3. Ligand receptor specificity and tissue specific responses.
4. The details of transduction: ligand binding, activation of G-Protein through binding with GTP, activation of adenylyl cyclase, conversion of ATP into cyclic AMP (the second messenger
5. Signal transduction through phosphorylation cascades.
6. Signal amplification
7. How the response is shut down.

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[sofee.]

Man the song was actually very catchy, I would’ve never expected anyone to rhyme those complicated terms and make them sound good!!

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[Gizzybar]

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