What Are Cell Receptors?
Cell receptors are the communication method of the cells. Chemicals are secreted from the other cells. Those chemicals are going to attach to the cell receptors. Cell receptors assume them as the chemical message. They start decoding the message. And based on the message, they perform certain acts. There is no specific location of the cell receptors. Sometimes they can be on the cell membrane. Sometimes they can be inside the cell. It has a different location for different cells. But most of the time, they are found on the cell membrane.
There are mainly two parts in the cell receptors. They are the Ligand Binding Domain & Effector Domain. Ligand Binding Domain is the part of the cell receptors where the ligands bind and activate the receptor. Ligands are the chemicals that are secreted from the other cells. There is not any specific location of the Ligand Binding Domain. It can be anywhere on the Cell Receptors. Another part is the Effector Domain. This domain works after binding with the Ligand. It performs some special operations for specific cell receptors. They are always inside the cells to perform the operations.
Cell Receptors
Communication is an important method to share an emotion or thought with each other. Humans talk to each other for making a communication process. Other animals used some kinds of sound to communicate with each other. Cells in the body also need to communicate. But there is no other method to make a communication. They can’t ever talk or make a sound. But communication is needed also. Without making communication, there will be trouble secreting some chemicals from a certain cell. Those chemical is going to help another cell. So, without communication, the whole process on side of the human body will be stopped. So, they used to communicate with each other with the help of chemicals. Cell Receptor is one component in this case.