Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The eukaryotes have a special type of transmembrane receptors that are present in the plasma membrane. These are signaling molecules that interact with a particular type of proteins called G-proteins based on their binding ability with the nucleotide guanosine triphosphate and guanosine diphosphate, GTP and GDP respectively.

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