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TI

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on: Jun 15, 2013
The function of phosphatases in signal transduction is best described as to
A) move the phosphate group of the transduction pathway to the next molecule of a series.
B) prevent a protein kinase from being reused when there is another extracellular signal.
C) amplify the transduction signal so it affects multiple transducers.
D) amplify the second messengers such as cAMP.
E) inactivate protein kinases and turn off the signal transduction.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 16, 2013
In class, we found it was E. Good luck with the rest.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 17, 2013
Awesome, thanks.


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