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. 2004 Sep 3;87(5):3351–3371. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.104.047449

TABLE 7.

Parameters for Ca buffers

Buffer Compartment Bmax (μmol/l cytosol*) Kd (μM) koff (s−1) kon (μM−1s−1)
Troponin C Cytosol 70 0.6 19.6 32.7
Troponin C Ca-Mg (Ca) Cytosol 140 0.0135 0.032 2.37
Troponin C Ca-Mg (Mg) Cytosol 140 1111 3.33 0.003
Calmodulin Cytosol 24 7 238 34
Myosin (Ca) Cytosol 140 0.0333 0.46 13.8
Myosin (Mg) Cytosol 140 3.64 0.057 0.0157
SR Cytosol 19 0.6 60 100
SL SL 37.4 13 1300 100
SL Junction 4.6 13 1300 100
SLHigh SL 13.4 0.3 30 100
SLHigh Junction 1.65 0.3 30 100
Indo-1 Cytosol 25 0.6 60 100
Indo-1 SL 0.77 0.6 60 100
Indo-1 Junction 0.02 0.6 60 100
Fluo-3 Cytosol 25 1.1 110 100
Fluo-3 SL 0.77 1.1 110 100
Fluo-3 Junction 0.02 1.1 110 100
Calsequestrin SR 140 650 65,000 100
*

Concentrations in the actual compartments can be calculated assuming 11% of membrane-bound components are in the junctional cleft and 89% are in the SL compartment.