AQA A level biology

is a transcription factor a type of receptor?

Student2011584

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "type of receptor". A transcription factor is a protein that has a receptor which molecules like oestrogen bind to (activating it), they also have a binding site which is complementary to the piece of dna they're transcribing. So yes they have receptors. Hope this helped

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ebonyynixon

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I was thinking in terms of answering an essay title on 'receptors and their importance' or something
Thank you for the help!

Original post by Student2011584

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "type of receptor". A transcription factor is a protein that has a receptor which molecules like oestrogen bind to (activating it), they also have a binding site which is complementary to the piece of dna they're transcribing. So yes they have receptors. Hope this helped