title: Characterisation of calmodulin from Drosophila heads.
abstract: Calmodulin from Drosophila heads has been purified to apparent electrophoretic homogeneity. It has the same characteristics as bovine brain calmodulin with respect to the migration upon polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and maximal activation of a calmodulin-deficient cAMP phosphodiesterase. The amino acid composition resembles bovine brain calmodulin with the exception that trimethyllysine is absent and that it contains only one tyrosine. The tryptic peptide map of Drosophila calmodulin suggests some differences in the amino acid sequence as compared to bovine brain calmodulin. These proposed differences in the primary structure may explain why Drosophila calmodulin is less potent than bovine brain calmodulin in the activation of a cAMP phosphodiesterase from bovine brain.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biologie III, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, Freiburg, (F.R.G.).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Görlach
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dieter
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Seydewitz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marme
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000737:chemistry*; D004789:Enzyme Activation
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002147:Calmodulin; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases