Molecular interaction and functional regulation of connexin50 gap junctions by calmodulin

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 435, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 711-722

  Chen, Yanyi ^a   Zhou, Yubin ^a   Lin, Xianming ^b   Wong, Hing Cheung ^a   Xu, Qin ^b   Jiang, Jie ^a   Wang, Siming ^a   Lurtz, Monica M ^c   Louis, Charles F ^c   Veenstra, Richard D ^b   Yang, Jenny J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; Connexin50; Gap junction; Junctional conductance; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALMIDAZOLIUM; CALMODULIN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 50; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; HETERONUCLEAR SINGLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STOICHIOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 79954540639     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101726     Document Type: Article

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