Is growth hormone considered extracellular or intercellular?

what does this hormone do at the molecular level and how is its conformation related to it’s function, the growth in the body?

Growth hormone is an extracellular hormone that interacts with a surface protein receptor of the cell. Its conformation is needed to fit the receptor. Once the hormone binds to the receptor, intracellular signaling mechanisms turn on the genes needed for further growth.

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One Response to “Is growth hormone considered extracellular or intercellular?”

  1. scottsdalehigh64 says:
    January 16, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    Growth hormone is an extracellular hormone that interacts with a surface protein receptor of the cell. Its conformation is needed to fit the receptor. Once the hormone binds to the receptor, intracellular signaling mechanisms turn on the genes needed for further growth.
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    I am a physiologist.