Biochemical cascade

A biochemical cascade is a series of chemical reactions in which the products of one reaction are consumed in the next reaction. These cascades facilitate the transformation or generation of complex molecules in small steps. There are several important biochemical cascade reactions in biochemistry, including the enzymatic cascades, such as the coagulation cascade and the complement system, and the signal transduction cascades which ultimately cause electric potentials to travel through nerves into the brain where they are interpreted as signals in such events as vision and smell.

Biochemical cascades include:

• The Complement system
• The Insulin Signaling Pathway
• The Sonic hedgehog Signaling Pathway
• The Wnt signaling pathway
• The JAK-STAT signaling pathway
• The Adrenergic receptor Pathways
• The Acetylcholine receptor Pathways