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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-2
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We report here the sequences of two new proteins from Aplysia, aplycalcin and Aplysia neurocalcin. These proteins belong to a family of calcium-binding proteins, found primarily in vertebrate brain and retina, that have been proposed to play a role in calcium-dependent regulation of enzymes in signal transduction pathways. Like other members of this family, the Aplysia proteins have consensus sequences for myristoylation, bind calcium, and translocate from cytosol to membrane when the calcium level is raised above the resting intracellular concentration. Both proteins are relatively enriched in Aplysia nervous system, but are also found to a significant degree in other tissues. The expression of mRNA for these proteins in Aplysia nervous tissue is regulated during development, roughly paralleling the reported emergence of several forms of synaptic plasticity. The messages are present at low levels in stage 11, show a large increase by late stage 12, and decline to a plateau of approximately 30% of the peak value afterward. On the basis of the properties of these proteins and by analogy with proposed functions of some of the retinal homologues, we suggest that these proteins may play a role in mediating calcium-dependent processes in neuronal function. The presence of both proteins in other tissues may suggest analogous roles for the proteins in other cell types.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
932-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Aplysia, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Calmodulin, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Nervous System Physiological Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8752098-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and characterization of aplycalcin and Aplysia neurocalcin, two new members of the calmodulin superfamily of small calcium-binding proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't