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Structural diversity of calmodulin binding to its target sites

Henning Tidow, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2013 - 
- Vol. 280, Iss: 21, pp 5551-5565
TLDR
This minireview analyzes the large number of CaM‐complex structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank to gain insight into the structural diversity ofCaM‐binding sites and mechanisms, such as those for Ca M‐activated protein kinases and phosphatases, voltage‐gated Ca2+‐channels and the plasma membrane Ca2‐ATPase.
Abstract
Calmodulin (CaM) is a ubiquitous, highly conserved, eukaryotic protein that binds to and regulates a number of diverse target proteins involved in different functions such as metabolism, muscle contraction, apoptosis, memory, inflammation and the immune response. In this minireview, we analyze the large number of CaM-complex structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank (i.e. crystal and nuclear magnetic resonance structures) to gain insight into the structural diversity of CaM-binding sites and mechanisms, such as those for CaM-activated protein kinases and phosphatases, voltage-gated Ca(2+)-channels and the plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase.

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