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Calmodulin--an intracellular calcium receptor

  • Nature. 1980 May 8;285(5760):73-7. doi: 10.1038/285073a0.
A R Means J R Dedman
Abstract

Calmodulin, a protein that binds calcium with high affinity and specificity, is structurally conserved and functionally preserved throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. It serves as an intracellular Ca2+-receptor and mediates the Ca2+ regulation of cyclic nucleotide and glycogen metabolism, secretion, motility and Ca2+ transport. Calmodulin is also a dynamic component of the mitotic apparatus.

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