Question : What is the role of a second massenger in hormone action?

1.	Question : What is the role of a second massenger in hormone action?
Answer» Solution :Second messenger is generally active in those cases whose hormone does not enter the cell but interacts with a surface RECEPTOR. The inner PART of ACTIVATED receptor TAKES part in the syntesis of second messenger, e.g. CAMP. The second messenger then acts on a predetermined biochemicalpathway to carry out the function of the hormone.

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