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SUBMITTER: Vest RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2790910 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vest Rebekah S RS O'Leary Heather H Bayer K Ulrich KU
FEBS letters 20091017 22
CaMKII, a major mediator of synaptic plasticity, forms extra-synaptic clusters under ischemic conditions. This study further supports self-aggregation of CaMKII holoenzymes as the underlying mechanism. Aggregation in vitro was promoted by mimicking ischemic conditions: low pH (6.8 or less), Ca(2+) (and calmodulin), and low ATP and/or high ADP concentration. Mutational analysis showed that high ATP prevented aggregation by a mechanism involving T286 auto-phosphorylation, and indicated requirement ...[more]