Compare a ligand-gated channel, a G protein-coupled receptor, and a growth-factor receptor.
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Professor deck 3 · Trk / BDNF · PDF 15
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Learning objective
Place Trk receptors within the course’s metabotropic classification while distinguishing them from GPCRs.
A non-GPCR category
The professor includes TrkA, TrkB, and TrkC in a metabotropic category without G-protein coupling. Therefore the course’s category metabotropic is broader than GPCR. A two-way classification that treats every non-ionotropic receptor as a GPCR loses this distinction.
BDNF and TrkB
The slide introduces neurotrophins through neuronal survival and growth, emphasizing brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its binding to TrkB. The course connects this material to synaptic plasticity and neuronal survival. This is a signaling relationship, not a recommendation for changing BDNF or a claim about a treatment.
Trk receptors
The receptor kinase family that the course includes as metabotropic without G-protein coupling.
BDNF
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, linked to TrkB in the course.
Neurotrophin
A signaling molecule introduced through support of neuronal survival and growth.
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