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When bound by an agonist, transmembrane metabotropic receptors directly interact with and activate what protein?

a. sodium channel proteins
b. G proteins
c. potassium channel proteins
d. calcium channel proteins

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Answer:

G proteins. (Ans. B)

Step-by-step explanation:

Metabotropic receptors are also called neurotransmitter receptor, they are indirectly linked with ions channels through the signal introductions mechanism on the plasma membrane of the cell & activating G-proteins. The Metabotropic receptor is activated by specific neurotransmitters (is known as a chemical messenger which delivers a signal across a chemical synapse, from 1 nerve cell to another target neuron).

G protein which is also called guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, that behaves as molecular switches inside the cells & they are involved in delivering the signals from stimuli outside the cell to its inside.

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