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. 1980 Sep 15;190(3):827–831. doi: 10.1042/bj1900827

The effect of calmodulin on the active calcium-ion transport and (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-dependent ATPase in microsomal fractions of smooth muscle compared with that in erythrocytes and cardiac muscle.

F Wuytack, G De Schutter, R Casteels
PMCID: PMC1162164  PMID: 6451219

Abstract

The Ca2+ uptake and the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-dependent ATPase of the porcine coronary-artery smooth-muscle microsomal fraction ('microsomes') are only slightly stimulated by calmodulin. The Ca2+ uptake after 2 min in the absence of oxalate, corrected for the ATP-independent binding, increased by a factor of 1.44, whereas the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-dependent ATPase is stimulated 1.39 times. These findings contrast with the effect observed in human erythrocyte 'inside-out' microsomes. In these vesicles calmodulin increases the Ca2+ uptake after 20 min in an oxalate-free medium and the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-dependent ATPase respectively by a factor of 3.82 and 6.18. The magnitude of the calmodulin stimulation of the Ca2+ transport in coronary-artery microsomes is similar to that observed in heart microsomes.

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