Journal article
Caloxin: a novel plasma membrane Ca2+ pump inhibitor
Abstract
Plasma membrane (PM) Ca2+ pump is a Ca+-Mg2+-ATPase that expels Ca2+ from cells to help them maintain low concentrations of cytosolic Ca2+ . There are no known extracellularly acting PM Ca2+ pump inhibitors, as digoxin and ouabain are for Na+ pump. In analogy with digoxin, we define caloxins as extracellular PM Ca2+ pump inhibitors and describe caloxin 2A1. Caloxin 2A1 is a peptide obtained by screening a random peptide phage display library …
Authors
Chaudhary J; Walia M; Matharu J; Escher E; Grover AK
Journal
American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, Vol. 280, No. 4, pp. c1027–c1030
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Publication Date
April 1, 2001
DOI
10.1152/ajpcell.2001.280.4.c1027
ISSN
0363-6143