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Song: Glucagon is coming around (to the tune of “santa claus is coming to town”)

2006; Wiley; Volume: 34; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/bmb.2006.49403401036

ISSN

1539-3429

Autores

Kevin Ahern,

Tópico(s)

Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment

Resumo

(Instructor sings) You've gotta admire What molecules do Their cellular fire Is ready on cue Glucagon is coming around If hormone should bind Receptor outside G protein finds G nucleotides Glucagon is coming around (Everyone sings) They activate cyclases That make cAMPs Which bind to protein kinase A And pull the Rs from Cs (Instructor sings) The glycogen shrinks In liver quite fast The glucose into Your bloodstream is passed Thanks to this you have energy And muscles uptake The glucose in turn Obtaining a substrate All of them burn Thanks to this you have energy (Everyone sings) The pool of phosphatidyl Inositides in you Can send two separate signals When they get split in two (Instructor sings) The IP3 sets The calcium free Turning on Protein kinase C And it happens so easily The muscles contract When calcium's free Lowering levels Of creatine-P And it happens so easily (Everyone sings) Those little calcium ions I hope you've learned them well Are just like Martha Stewart All locked up in a cell (Instructor sings) This story's complete I know it's a load My hope is your head Ain't gonna explode You will need it in finals week

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