Distribution of cell receptors on the cell surface

[camille95r]

Hello,

I am currently working on the distribution of cell receptors on the cell surface (on the plasma membrane). I know that the receptors interact. I wonder what kind were these receptor interactions.

Also, I'm interested in any information about the distribution of receptors on the cell surface.

Thank you

PS: Excuse my English, I'm from France!

[CharonY]

That question is too general to provide specific answers. It depends on species, cell type and what receptors you are looking at. You will have to specifically look for lit of the system that you are interested in as there the type of receptors and their localization will vary tremendously.

 

That being said, there is also the issue that especially with small cells, such as bacteria, localization experiments are quite tricky to perform accurately, so there is generally less or only specialized information available.

 

With regards to interactions, most sense something on the external side and transduce the information to the inside (e.g. using second-messanger systems). But again, there is a lot of variation there.