Publications by authors named "Sandra Flosdorff"
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- Calmodulins (CaMs) are key players in calcium signaling found in all eukaryotic organisms, while plants have a distinct family of calmodulin-like proteins (CMLs) that show more sequence variation than typical CaMs.
- AtCML4 and AtCML5, two specific CMLs from Arabidopsis thaliana, are distinguished by an N-terminal extension and are localized to vesicular structures involved in Golgi and endosomal interaction, suggesting a role in transport within the plant's endomembrane system.
- Phylogenetic analysis indicates that these proteins are closely related and specific to flowering plants, highlighting their potential importance in plant cellular function.
Calmodulin (CaM) is a ubiquitous sensor/transducer of calcium signals in eukaryotic organisms. While CaM mediated calcium regulation of cytosolic processes is well established, there is growing evidence for the inclusion of organelles such as chloroplasts, mitochondria and peroxisomes into the calcium/calmodulin regulation network. A number of CaM-binding proteins have been identified in these organelles and processes such as protein import into chloroplasts and mitochondria have been shown to be governed by CaM regulation.
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