title: Calmodulin--an intracellular calcium receptor.
abstract: Calmodulin, a protein that binds calcium with high affinity and specificity, is structurally conserved and functionally preserved throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. It serves as an intracellular Ca2+-receptor and mediates the Ca2+ regulation of cyclic nucleotide and glycogen metabolism, secretion, motility and Ca2+ transport. Calmodulin is also a dynamic component of the mitotic apparatus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D007399:Interphase; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008938:Mitosis; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000502:physiology; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014336:Troponin / Q000032:analysis; D014404:Tubulin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002147:Calmodulin; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D014336:Troponin; D014404:Tubulin; D011494:Protein Kinases