Chapter 1 · Cells and Sub-Cellular Organelles
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How does a water-soluble protein hormone act on a target cell?
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It cannot cross the lipid bilayer, so it binds a cell-surface receptor. This triggers a second messenger (e.g. cAMP) inside the cell that relays the signal.
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