Calcineurin is a calcium ion-dependent, calmodulin-stimulated protein phosphatase.
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.
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits
D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002147:Calmodulin; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D002118:Calcium