Abstract
Calcium serves as a second messenger in bioregulation via various intracellular calcium trigger proteins such as calmodulin. As a result of a large variety of external stimuli, intracellular calcium transients are generated which can be interpreted as a signal. Within the lifetime of these transients, calcium ions are bound (signal input) to trigger proteins which undergo conformational changes. These changes play a key role in signal amplification and transmission (output) from the trigger protein to respective target enzymes and structural elements [1]. In view of this central reliance of cellular control on calcium ions and a few trigger proteins, severe repercussions on biochemical and physiological processes can be expected when the coupling between signal input and output is interrupted.
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Haug, A., Weis, C. (1986). Aluminum-Induced Changes in Calmodulin. In: Trewavas, A.J. (eds) Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Calcium in Plant Development. NATO ASI Series, vol 104. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2177-4_3
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