Ion channel regulation by calmodulin binding
Ion channel regulation by calmodulin binding
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(94)00782-9
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发表时间:
1994-08
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Y. Saimi;C. Kung
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作者:
Y. Saimi;C. Kung
While many ion channels are modulated by phosphorylation, there is growing evidence that they can also be regulated by Ca2+-calmodulin, apparently through direct binding. In some cases, this binding activates channels; in others, it modulates channel activities. These phenomena have been documented inParamecium, inDrosophila, in vertebrate photoreceptors and olfactory receptors, as well as in ryanodine receptor Ca2+-release channels. Furthermore, studies on calmodulin mutants inParameciumhave shown a clear bipartite distribution of two groups of mutations in the calmodulin gene that lead to opposite behavioral and electrophysiological phenotypes. These results indicate that the N-lobe of calmodulin specifically interacts with one class of ion-channel proteins and the C-lobe with another.