Biology:Neuronal calcium sensor

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Neuronal Calcium Sensor is a large family of proteins which work as calcium dependent molecular switches and includes members like Frequenin (NCS1), recoverin, GCAP, neurocalcin, visinin etc.[1] All the members carry 4 EF hand motifs (out of which only 2 or 3 bind calcium) and an N-myristoyl group.[2]

Members of NCS family

  • Highly evolutionarily conserved [3]
  • NCS1 (Frequenin)[4]
  • VILIP-1 (Visinin-like-protein-1)
  • HPCAL4 (Visinin-like-protein-2)
  • HPCAL1 (Visinin-like-protein-3)
  • hippocalcin
  • neurocalcin
  • recoverin
  • Guanylate cyclase activator proteins (GCAPs)
  • Potassium Channel interacting proteins (KChIPs 1–4), including:

KCNIP1, KCNIP2, Calsenilin or DREAM/KChIP-3/KCNIP3 (downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator/potassium channel interacting protein), KCNIP4

References

  1. Burgoyne RD (2007). "Neuronal calcium sensor proteins: generating diversity in neuronal Ca2+ signalling". Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 8 (3): 182–193. doi:10.1038/nrn2093. PMID 17311005. 
  2. "Neuronal Ca2+-sensor proteins: multitalented regulators of neuronal function". Trends Neurosci. 27 (4): 203–9. 2004. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2004.01.010. PMID 15046879. 
  3. "Neuronal calcium sensor-1 regulation of calcium channels, secretion, and neuronal outgrowth". Cell. Mol. Neurobiol. 30 (8): 1283–92. 2010. doi:10.1007/s10571-010-9588-7. PMID 21104311. 
  4. Tsvetkov, PO; Roman, AY; Baksheeva, VE; Nazipova, AA; Shevelyova, MP; Vladimirov, VI; Buyanova, MF; Zinchenko, DV et al. (2018). "Functional Status of Neuronal Calcium Sensor-1 Is Modulated by Zinc Binding.". Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 11: 459. doi:10.3389/fnmol.2018.00459. PMID 30618610. 

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