Calcinueurin is a calcium ion-dependent, calmodulin-stimulated protein phosphatase

  • Nicholas K. Tonks
  • , Philip Cohen

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Abstract

A Ca2+-dependent, calmodulin-stimulated protein phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.16) is known to be associated with calcineurin, a major calmodulin binding protein in brain. The protein phosphatase activity has now been shown to be retained by a substrate affinity column (thiophosphorylated myosin P-light chain Sepharose) in the presence of Ca2+, and to be eluted specifically with EGTA. Calcineurin behaved identically. This establishes that calcineurin is the Ca2+-dependent protein phosphatase, and that interaction of Ca2+ with the B-subunit is essential for substrate binding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)191-193
Number of pages3
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics
Volume747
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Sep 1983
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Affinity chromatography
  • Ca-dependent protein phosphatase
  • Calcineurin
  • Calmodulin binding protein

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