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Abstract
Cells respond to many hormones, neurotransmitters and growth factors by increasing intracellular Ca2+. This second messenger, in turn, affects cellular function via activation of a novel multifunctional Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase. The kinase displays an interesting form of biochemical 'memory'; activation elicits an autophosphorylation which converts it to a Ca2+-independent enzyme that can continue to phosphorylate cellular proteins for some time following termination of the initial Ca2+ stimulus.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2539662 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0004(89)90045-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biochem Sci ISSN: 0968-0004 Impact factor: 13.807