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Calmodulin mediates Ca2+ sensitivity of sodium channels.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 22 Oct 2004
Kim James, Ghosh Smita, Liu Huajun, Tateyama Michihiro, Kass Robert S, Pitt Geoffrey S
Abstract excerpt
Ca2+ has been proposed to regulate Na+ channels through the action of calmodulin (CaM) bound to an IQ motif or through direct binding to a paired EF hand motif in the Nav1 C terminus. Mutations within these sites cause cardiac arrhythmias or autism, but details about how Ca2+ confers sensitivity...
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