Calcium Protein Signaling

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Molecular Pharmacology of Protein Kinase C....Pages 1-7
Protein Kinase C in Cell Growth and Differentiation....Pages 9-20
Roles of Protein Kinase C Isozymes in Cellular Regulation....Pages 21-28
Activation of Protein Kinase C by Short Chain Phospholipid Micelles....Pages 29-36
Inositol Phosphate Metabolism and Cellular Signal Transduction....Pages 37-48
Role of Calcium Released from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Smooth Muscle Cells as Induced by Inositol Phosphatides....Pages 49-60
The Calcium Pump of the Plasma Membrane: Structure-Function Relationships....Pages 61-70
Identification of a Synaptic Membrane-Localized Isoform of the Calcium-Pumping ATPase....Pages 71-78
Molecular Structure and Function of Phospholamban: The Regulatory Protein of Calcium Pump in Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum....Pages 79-89
Sarcolemmal (Ca 2+ + Mg 2+ )-ATPase of Vascular Smooth Muscle....Pages 91-100
Molecular Properties of Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channels....Pages 101-109
Intracellular Mechanisms Involved in “Run-Down” of Calcium Channels....Pages 111-117
A Comparative Study about Voltage-Dependent Ca Currents in Smooth Muscle Cells Isolated from Several Tissues....Pages 119-128
Two Types of Ca Channels in Smooth Muscle Cells Isolated from Guinea-Pig Taenia Coli....Pages 129-134
Molecular Analysis of Calmodulin and Smooth Muscle Myosin Light Chain Kinase....Pages 135-145
Interaction Between Calmodulin and Target Proteins....Pages 147-154
Activation of Rabbit Skeletal Muscle Myosin Light Chain Kinase by Calmodulin- A Mechanistic Overview....Pages 155-164
Calcium Signaling of Calcium-Binding Proteins and Drug Actions....Pages 165-171
Analysis of Calcium-Binding Sites in Calcium-Activated Neutral Protease....Pages 173-183
Neutralization of Surface Charges Markedly Affects the Properties of Bovine Calbindin D 9k ....Pages 185-194
Conformation of a Troponin-I Peptide Bound to Troponin-C as Determined by 1 H NMR....Pages 195-204
Cooperativity in Calcium Binding and Calcium Dependent Reactions....Pages 205-214
Structure and Function of Parvalbumin....Pages 215-222
Structural Organization of Calmodulin Genes in the Rat Genome....Pages 223-232
The Human Calbindins: cDNA and Gene Cloning....Pages 233-240
Structure of the Rat Vitamin D-Induced Calbindin-D9K Gene and Evolution of the EF-Hand Calcium-Binding Protein Family....Pages 241-250
Structural Organization of the Human Parvalbumin Gene....Pages 251-256
Gene Expression of a Rat Cerebellar Ca-Binding Protein, Spot 35 Protein....Pages 257-262
Calspermin is a Testis Specific Calmodulin-Binding Protein Closely Related to Ca 2+ /Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases....Pages 263-268
Myosin and Contractile Activity in Smooth Muscle....Pages 269-277
Second Messenger Effects on the Myosin Phosphorylation System in Smooth Muscle....Pages 279-288
 In Situ Phosphorylation of Human Platelet and Rat Basophilic Leukemia Cell (RBL-2H3) Myosin Heavy Chain and Light Chain....Pages 289-297
Effect of Multiple Phosphorylations on Movement of Smooth Muscle and Cytoplasmic Myosin....Pages 299-304
Regulation of Embryonic Smooth Muscle Myosin by Myosin Light Chain Kinase and by Protein Kinase C....Pages 305-314
Calcium and Polyphosphoinositide Regulation of Actin Network Structure by Gelsolin....Pages 315-323
Significances of Two Different Mr Caldesmons....Pages 325-335
A Model for Caldesmon in Latch-Bridge Formation in Smooth Muscle....Pages 337-346
Characterization of the Calmodulin-Binding Domain of Calcineurin Deduced from a Complementary DNA Clone....Pages 347-358
The Role of Brain Protein Phosphatases 1 and 2A in the Regulation of Microtubule Assembly....Pages 359-368
Demonstration of Different Regional Distributions of Calcineurin Subunits using Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 369-375
Stimulation by Inositol Trisphosphate and Tetrakisphosphate of a Protein Phosphatase....Pages 377-386
The Domain Structure of the Calmodulin-Dependent Phosphodiesterase Isozymes....Pages 387-395
Regulation of the 63-kDa Subunit-Containing Calmodulin-Dependent Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase Isozyme....Pages 397-408
Molecular Properties of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase Isozymes....Pages 409-423
Roles of Calcium in the Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase....Pages 425-433
Calbindin-D28 in Mammalian Brain, Retina, and Endocrine Pancreas: Immunohistochemical Comparison with Calretinin....Pages 435-443
The Calpain-Calpastatin System in Hematopoietic Cells....Pages 445-454
Role of Anions in Platelet Intra Cellular Calcium Ion Rise and Arachidonic Acid Release Induced by Thrombin....Pages 455-460
Frequency-Dependent Inhibition of the Intracellular Calcium Transients by Calmodulin Antagonists in the Aequorin-Injected Rabbit Papillary Muscle....Pages 461-470
Calcium in Mitosis: Role of 51-kD Protein in the Centrosome of Sea Urchin Egg in Aster Formation....Pages 471-480
Conditional-Lethal Mutant of Calmodulin in Yeast....Pages 481-490
Human Vitamin D Receptor Mutations: Identification of Molecular Defects in Hypocalcemic Vitamin D Resistant Rickets....Pages 491-503
Disregulation of Cell Calcium and Calcium-Binding Proteins in Experimental Hypertension....Pages 505-514
A Possible Mechanism for Increments of Calcium and Protein Kinase C Activity in Kidney of Experimental Acute Fluorosis....Pages 515-524
Back Matter....Pages 525-532