title: Calmodulin in heterocystous cyanobacteria: biochemical and immunological evidence.
abstract: The occurrence activity and localization of calmodulin in three heterocystous cyanobacteria of the genus Anabaena were studied. Boiled crude extracts caused a Ca2+-dependent stimulation of NAD kinase. Such a stimulation was blocked by EGTA and chlorpromazine, SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis using antiserum against eukaryotic spinach calmodulin, revealed a polypeptide of about 17 kDa. Immunogold localization of calmodulin gave a dense gold label in both vegetative cells and heterocysts. The label was mainly confined to the centroplasm in vegetative cells, while it was evenly distributed in the cytoplasm of mature heterocysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Botany, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bergman
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000032:analysis*; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C021844:NAD kinase