Definition of Calmodulin

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein found in all nucleated cells ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calmodulin

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Calmodulin

1. Ubiquitous and highly conserved calcium binding protein (17 kD) with four EF hand binding sites for calcium (3 in yeast). Ancestor of troponin C, leiotonin C and parvalbumin. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calmodulin

calmecacs
calmed
calmed down
calmer
calmers
calmest
calmeth
calmier
calmiest
calming
calming down
calmingly
calmly
calmness
calmnesses
calmodulin (current term)
calmodulin-binding proteins
calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV kinase
calmodulins
calms
calms down
calmy
calnexin
calo
calomel
calomel electrode
calomels
calophyllolide
calor
calorescence

Literary usage of Calmodulin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the Second Nimh Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"Le Vine, H., HI; Sahyoun, NB; and Cuatrecasas, P. Binding of calmodulin to the neuronal cytoskeletal protein kinase type II cooperatively stimulates ..."

2. Gene Expression in Algae and Fungi Including Yeast: Bibliography January by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (2001)
"The predicted amino acid sequences of the two CMK products exhibit highest similarity with mammalian calmodulin- dependent multifunctional protein kinase II ..."

3. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"At the protein level, NOS may be regulated by calmodulin binding, dimer formation ... For NOS2, calmodulin is tightly bound to protein, making it relatively ..."

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