m-Calpain requires DNA for activity on nuclear proteins at low calcium concentrations.
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m-Calpain requires DNA for activity on nuclear proteins at low calcium concentrations.
m-Calpain (calpain II, m-CANP), which normally requires millimolar Ca2+ for activity in vitro, was capable of proteolyzing a number of matrix proteins in isolated rat liver nuclei at Ca2+ concentrations as low as 3 microM (Mellgren, R. L. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 13920-13924). Treatment of nuclei with deoxyribonuclease I eliminated the activity of m-calpain at low Ca2+ concentrations, while r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54201-0