title: Importance of zinc for hormone binding and signal transduction: limiting mechanisms in zinc deficiency?
abstract: Zinc markedly increases the binding affinity of human growth hormone to human prolactin receptor protein. This observation supports physiological evidence that zinc plays a role in plasma membrane function, in the binding and transduction of signal molecules.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006728:Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D015032:Zinc / Q000172:deficiency / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D015032:Zinc