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Many different calcium-binding proteins exist, with different cellular and tissue distribution and involvement in specific functions. Calcium binding proteins also serve an important physiological role for cells. [2] The most ubiquitous Ca 2+-sensing protein, found in all eukaryotic organisms including yeasts, is calmodulin.
Calcium release-activated channels (CRAC) are specialized plasma membrane Ca 2+ ion channels. When calcium ions (Ca 2+) are depleted from the endoplasmic reticulum (a major store of Ca 2+) of mammalian cells, the CRAC channel is activated to slowly replenish the level of calcium in the endoplasmic reticulum.
To change Ca 2+ levels in the cytosol, it can be actively pumped out of the cell (from the cytosol to the extracellular space), into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and into the mitochondria. Signaling occurs when the cell is stimulated to release Ca 2+ ions from intracellular stores, and/or when Ca 2+ enters the cell through plasma membrane ...
Calmodulin is a small, highly conserved protein that is 148 amino acids long (16.7 kDa). The protein has two approximately symmetrical globular domains (the N- and C- domains) each containing a pair of EF hand motifs [5] separated by a flexible linker region for a total of four Ca 2+ binding sites, two in each globular domain. [6]
Thus, rise in extracellular Ca2+ ions may serve to prime the integrin heterodimer. The release of intracellular Ca2+ have been shown to be important for integrin inside-out activation. [16] However, extracellular Ca2+ binding may exert different effects depending on the type of integrin and the cation concentration. [17]
The US Institute of Medicine (IOM) established Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) for calcium in 1997 and updated those values in 2011. [6] See table. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) uses the term Population Reference Intake (PRIs) instead of RDAs and sets slightly different numbers: ages 4–10 800 mg, ages 11–17 1150 mg, ages 18–24 1000 mg, and >25 years 950 mg. [10]
Calmodulin I, abbreviated CALM1, is located on chromosome 14 of the human genome, and is one of the three isoforms of calmodulin. It’s found in all human tissues, although the expression varies depending on tissue type. There are high expression levels found in the brain, muscle, and blood.
In addition, increasing influx intracellular Ca 2+ concentration has implicated to exert the opposite effect Ca2+ dependent inactivation. [15] These activation and inactivation mechanisms both involve Ca 2+ binding to calmodulin (CaM) in the IQ domain in the C-terminal tail of these channels. [16]