"Calpain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cysteine proteinase found in many tissues. Hydrolyzes a variety of endogenous proteins including NEUROPEPTIDES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; proteins from SMOOTH MUSCLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE; liver; platelets; and erythrocytes. Two subclasses having high and low calcium sensitivity are known. Removes Z-discs and M-lines from myofibrils. Activates phosphorylase kinase and cyclic nucleotide-independent protein kinase. This enzyme was formerly listed as EC 3.4.22.4.
| Descriptor ID |
D002154
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.262.500.120 D08.811.277.656.300.200.120
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| Concept/Terms |
Calpain- Calpain
- Calcium-Activated Protease
- Calcium Activated Protease
- Protease, Calcium-Activated
- Calcium-Dependent Neutral Proteinase
- Calcium Dependent Neutral Proteinase
- Neutral Proteinase, Calcium-Dependent
- Proteinase, Calcium-Dependent Neutral
- Calcium-Dependent Neutral Protease
- Calcium Dependent Neutral Protease
- Neutral Protease, Calcium-Dependent
- Protease, Calcium-Dependent Neutral
- Desminase
- Ca2+-Activated Protease
- Ca2+ Activated Protease
- Protease, Ca2+-Activated
- Calcium-Activated Neutral Proteinase
- Calcium Activated Neutral Proteinase
- Neutral Proteinase, Calcium-Activated
- Proteinase, Calcium-Activated Neutral
- Calcium-Activated Neutral Protease
- Calcium Activated Neutral Protease
- Neutral Protease, Calcium-Activated
- Protease, Calcium-Activated Neutral
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calpain" by people in Profiles.
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Ablation of the calpain-targeted site in cardiac myosin binding protein-C is cardioprotective during ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2019 04; 129:236-246.
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Podocyte-associated talin1 is critical for glomerular filtration barrier maintenance. J Clin Invest. 2014 Mar; 124(3):1098-113.
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Interleukin-1alpha treatment of meniscal explants stimulates the production and release of aggrecanase-generated, GAG-substituted aggrecan products and also the release of pre-formed, aggrecanase-generated G1 and m-calpain-generated G1-G2. Cell Tissue Res. 2010 Apr; 340(1):179-88.
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Mature bovine articular cartilage contains abundant aggrecan that is C-terminally truncated at Ala719-Ala720, a site which is readily cleaved by m-calpain. Biochem J. 2004 Aug 15; 382(Pt 1):253-9.