Intracellular calcium-sensing proteins
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Intracellular calcium
Calcium
Calcium is the chemical element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. It has an atomic mass of 40.078 amu. Calcium is a soft gray alkaline earth metal, and is the fifth-most-abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust...

-sensing proteins
are proteins that act in the second messenger system.

Examples include:
  • calmodulin
    Calmodulin
    Calmodulin is a calcium-binding protein expressed in all eukaryotic cells...

  • calnexin
    Calnexin
    Calnexin is a 90kDa integral protein of the endoplasmic reticulum . It consists of a large N-terminal calcium-binding lumenal domain, a single transmembrane helix and a short , acidic cytoplasmic tail....

  • calreticulin
    Calreticulin
    Calreticulin also known as calregulin, CRP55, CaBP3, calsequestrin-like protein, and endoplasmic reticulum resident protein 60 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CALR gene....

  • gelsolin
    Gelsolin
    Gelsolin is an actin-binding protein that is a key regulator of actin filament assembly and disassembly. Gelsolin is one of the most potent members of the actin-severing gelsolin/villin superfamily, as it severs with nearly 100% efficiency...

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