title: Effects of calcium and calmodulin antagonists on calpain II subunit conformations.
abstract: Only the 80-kD catalytic subunit of smooth muscle calpain II shows a change in intrinsic fluorescence on binding calcium, but both the 80-kD and 30-kD subunits show fluorescence changes in bound toluidinyl-naphthalenesulphonate as a result of calcium binding. Both subunits also show changes in intrinsic fluorescence in the presence of calmidazolium and felodipine. These studies indicate that both subunits have binding sites for calcium and the calmodulin antagonists, which are probably located in the calmodulin-like domain of each subunit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ohio University, Athens 45701.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: el-Saleh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D002154:Calpain / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D015736:Felodipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005453:Fluorescence; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D007093:Imidazoles; C031938:calmidazolium; D002154:Calpain; D015736:Felodipine; D002118:Calcium