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Caffeine is an inhibitor of phosphodiesterase. Therefore, the cells of a person who has recently consumed coffee would have increased levels of _____.

A) phosphorylated proteins
B) cAMP
C) adenylyl cyclase
D) activated G proteins

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Answer:

B) cAMP

Step-by-step explanation:

Phosphodiesterase is an enzyme that breaks a phosphodiester bond, for example in molecules such as cAMP and cGMP. So, phosphodiestarases are are regulators of signal transduction: regulate the duration of signaling pathway.

Caffeine is central-nervous-system stimulant and the mechanisms of its action usually are: mobilization of intracellular calcium or inhibition of specific phosphodiesterases.

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