title: [The beta-adrenergic receptor].
abstract: The Authors review the constitution and mechanism of action of the beta adrenergic receptor. It is part of a large family which includes visual pigments, muscarinic, serotonergic, olfactive and substance K receptors. Catecholamines given an electron to the receptor. It goes then successively to the alpha submit of Gs protein ant to adenylyl cyclase. The process of activation consists in a successive transfer of one electron.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Química Fisiológica, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Bicho
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Manso
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D006801:Humans; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
vernacular_title: O receptor beta adrenérgico.