Steroid Hormones Bind to Receptors Located in the Cytoplasm of the Cell

Question

Steroid hormones bind to receptors located in the cytoplasm of the cell because
A)their hydrophilic properties prevent them from interacting with proteins within the plasma membrane.
B)steroid hormones never leave the cell that produces them because they act only on the gene expression in the cell that makes them.
C)they are hydrophobic and can easily diffuse through a target cell's plasma membrane.
D)they do not fit through nuclear pores and, therefore, cannot cross the nuclear membrane.

Accepted Answer

Steroid hormones are hydrophobic and able to easily diffuse across the plasma membrane of target cells. They bind to receptors located in the cytoplasm and then move into the nucleus to affect gene expression.