Transduction Pathways -What you should know
Signal transduction is a very delicate process wherein an extracellular signaling molecule utilizes and activates any membrane receptors. The membrane receptor would then alter the intracellular molecule which would end in creating a much needed response. This is a very delicate process and can only succeed when the transduction pathways are present during the procedure or process.
First of all there are many different transduction pathways that are known as signaling pathways. One of these major pathways is known as the MAPK/ERK pathway which is known as the pathway that tends to couple intracellular responses into the combining of growth factors into the surface receptors of a certain cell. This is a very complex pathway and may include a large quantity of components specifically protein. It is a big problem once this pathway is activated as this could result into an increase in cell division meaning it could lead to cancer.
Another transduction pathway is known as the cAMP dependent pathway which function functions by activating protein and may further make effects that depends on the camp dependent protein kinase which is largely based and varies on the type of cell. There are still other pathways for transduction that when activated could cause in good or bad effects. There is very little that we can do than hope for the best so in order to prevent the bad ones from activating, keep yourself away from whatever may activate for a longer, healthier, life that of course, everyone really wants.