calmodulin

[ kal-moj-uh-lin ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. a calcium-binding protein occurring in many tissues and participating in the regulation of many biochemical and physiological processes.

calmodulin

/ kəlˈmɒdjʊlɪn /

noun

1. biochem a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium

Word History and Origins

Origin of calmodulin¹

First recorded in 1975–80; cal(cium) + modul(ate) + -in ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of calmodulin¹

from cal ( cium ) + modul ( ate ) + -in

Example Sentences

When the two examined the sequence, they found a mutation in a gene, CALM2, encoding a protein called calmodulin whose misfunction had already been implicated in heart arrythmias and disorders and even deaths in infancy.

From Science Magazine

He realized that a patient registry he oversaw had a family that mirrored the Folbigg situation: a healthy mother with a similar mutation in a gene for another calmodulin, who had two kids that suffered heart attacks, with one dying.

From Science Magazine

One proposed idea is that stimulus-specific temporal patterns of cytoplasmic Ca2+ levels might provide a key cue, and that these ‘Ca2+ signatures’ might be generated and decoded by specific Ca2+-binding components, such as calmodulin proteins or calcium-dependent protein kinases8.

From Nature

Sakaba, T. & Neher, E. Calmodulin mediates rapid recruitment of fast-releasing synaptic vesicles at a calyx-type synapse.

From Nature