Biologically Active Substance
calmodulin Audio
cal·mod·u·lin [ kal-moj-uh-lin ]
Subclass of:
Intracellular Calcium-Sensing Proteins
Definitions related to calmodulin:
  • A heat-stable, low-molecular-weight activator protein found mainly in the brain and heart. The binding of calcium ions to this protein allows this protein to bind to cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases and to adenyl cyclase with subsequent activation. Thereby this protein modulates cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP levels.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Intracellular protein that mediates the calcium dependence of many enzymes and cell functions.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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