Which of the following second messengers acts in the plasma membrane, and not in the cytosol?
Group of answer choices
Bad
Diacylglycerol (DAG)
cAMP
Calcium
Correct answer is (B) DAG.
Explanation :-
DAG remains in the inner layer of the plasma membrane. It recruits Protein kinase C (PKC) - a calcium-dependent kinase that phosphorylates many other proteins that bring about the changes in the cell. As its name suggests, activation of PKC requires calcium ions.These are made available by the action of the other second messenger - IP3.
(A) is wrong answer because it has written bad, which is incorrect.
(C) is wrong answer because it has written cAMP, Which is incorrect.
(D) is wrong answer because it has written calcium, which is incorrect.
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