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If you wanted to decrease liver cell responses to epinephrine, which of the foll

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Question

If you wanted to decrease liver cell responses to epinephrine, which of the following classes of enzymes would you want to increase in activity? A. Adenylate cyclases B. Protein kinases C. Phosphatases D. Phosphorylases If you wanted to decrease liver cell responses to epinephrine, which of the following classes of enzymes would you want to increase in activity? A. Adenylate cyclases B. Protein kinases C. Phosphatases D. Phosphorylases A. Adenylate cyclases B. Protein kinases C. Phosphatases D. Phosphorylases

Explanation / Answer

Option C is the correct answer. Liver cell respond to epinephrine through cAMP. Enzyme phosphatases decreases the level of cAMP by removing phosphate group from cAMP and thus decreases the liver cell reponses towards epinephrine.