CalmodulinCalmodulin

Calmodulin (CaM), short for calcium modulated protein, is a small calcium binding protein with a three dimensional structure. It has a molecular mass of 16 kilodaltons (kD) and it functions along with ryanodine receptor (RyR).

You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia [1] or to the article describing Jmol [2] to the rescue.

Function

CAL1_HOMO

Disease

dystrophy

Relevance

common

Structural highlights

secondary structure

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Homo sapien calmodulin showing Ca+2

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ReferencesReferences

  1. Hanson, R. M., Prilusky, J., Renjian, Z., Nakane, T. and Sussman, J. L. (2013), JSmol and the Next-Generation Web-Based Representation of 3D Molecular Structure as Applied to Proteopedia. Isr. J. Chem., 53:207-216. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201300024
  2. Herraez A. Biomolecules in the computer: Jmol to the rescue. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2006 Jul;34(4):255-61. doi: 10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644. PMID:21638687 doi:10.1002/bmb.2006.494034042644

Proteopedia Page Contributors and Editors (what is this?)Proteopedia Page Contributors and Editors (what is this?)

Gerardo Alvarez, Se Chang, Aiola Pandeli Stoja, Eunhwa Chun