Calcium Binding Proteins in Normal and Transformed Cells

Front Matter....Pages I-5
Calcium and Cell Steady States....Pages 7-16
Evolution of the “EF-Hand” Family of Calcium-Binding Proteins....Pages 17-20
Functional Analysis of the Promoter Region of the Gene Encoding Chicken Calbindin D28K....Pages 21-25
Structure of the Human cDNAs and Genes Coding for Calbindin D28K and Calretinin....Pages 27-34
Calbindin-D9K (CaBP9K) Gene: A Model for Studying the Genomic Actions of Cacitriol and Calcium in Mammals....Pages 35-36
Protein Engineering and Structure/Function Relations in Bovine Calbindin D 9k ....Pages 37-42
Mutant Analysis Approaches to Understanding Calcium Signal Transduction Through Calmodulin and Calmodulin Regulated Enzymes....Pages 43-56
Parvalbumin, Molecular and Functional Aspects....Pages 57-66
Unique Calcium Binding Proteins in Invertebrates....Pages 67-72
Structure of the Calcium Release Channel of Skeletal Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and Its Regulation by Calcium....Pages 73-77
Structural and Functional Investigation of p68 - A Protein of the Lipocortin/Calpactin Family....Pages 79-83
Structure-Function Relations in Troponin C. Chemical Modification Studies....Pages 85-88
Ca 2+ -Dependent Mobility Shift of Parvalbumin in One- and Two-Dimensional Gel-Electrophoresis....Pages 89-91
Role of Calcium in Secretion and Synthesis in Bovine Adrenal Chromaffin Cells....Pages 93-97
Ca 2+ -Binding Proteins as Components of the Cytoskeleton....Pages 99-102
S-100 Proteins: Relationships with Membranes and the Cytoskeleton....Pages 103-106
Oncomodulin in Normal and Transformed Cells....Pages 107-110
Perturbation of the Calmodulin System in Transformed Cells....Pages 111-120
High Levels of Oncomodulin and Calmodulin Expression in the Log Phase of Cell Growth in a Chemically Transformed Rat Fibroblast Cell Line....Pages 121-125
Calmodulin and Calbindin in Pancreatic Islet Cells....Pages 127-133
Structural and Functional Characterization of Protein I (p36 2 p11 2 ) and II (p32) - Calcium/Phospholipid Binding Proteins with Homologies to Lipocortin I....Pages 135-138
Possible Role for Two Calcium-Binding Proteins of the S-100 Family, Co-Expressed in Granulocytes and Certain Epithelia....Pages 139-143
Phosphorylation of the Calcium-Binding Protein, p68, in the Submembranous Cytoskeleton of Human Placental Syncytiotrophoblast....Pages 145-148
Calcyclin-Like Protein from Ehrlich Ascites Tumour Cells - Ca 2+ -Binding Properties, Distribution and Target Protein....Pages 149-152
Interactions of S100 Proteins with Proteins Kinase Substrates. Biological Implication....Pages 153-157
Novel and Selective Inhibitors of CaM-Kinase II and Other Calmodulin-Dependent Enzymes....Pages 159-162
Structural Details of the Interaction of Calmodulin with the Plasma Membrane Ca 2+ -ATPase....Pages 163-167
Erythrocyte Ca 2+ -ATPase: Activation by Enzyme Oligomerization Versus by Calmodulin....Pages 169-174
Calpain I Activates Ca 2+ Transport by the Human Erythrocyte Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump....Pages 175-180
Inhibitory Regulation by Calcium Ion of Myosin ATPase Activity : Binding of Calcium Ion and Phosphorylation of Myosin....Pages 181-185
Parvalbumin Expression in Normal and Mutant Xenopus Embryos....Pages 187-193
Calretinin and Other CaBPs in the Nervous System....Pages 195-203
Immunohistochemical Detection of 28KDa Calbindin in Human Tissues....Pages 205-210
Comparison Between Rat Brain Calbindin- and Calretinin-Immuno-reactivities....Pages 211-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-223