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ReviewBiology2026

Calmodulin: The Essential Biological Regulator Self-Regulates Its Activity, Structure and Function.

Danton H O'Day

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Review in Biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Danton H O'DayDepartment of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0163-9044

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calmodulin is an evolutionarily conserved critical controller protein found in animals, plants, fungi, and microbes. As the primary calcium sensor and effector in eukaryotes, calmodulin translates calcium signals into vital biological responses by binding to and regulating calmodulin-binding proteins. While it was previously shown to control several hundred proteins, evidence now indicates it binds to over 100 in its calcium-free state and more than 500 when activated by calcium ions. While calmodulin function is modulated by calcium levels, the final cytosolic levels of calcium are often under calmodulin's control. Human calmodulin is encoded by three unique genes (

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calcineurincalcium regulationCALM genescalmodulin-binding domainscalmodulin hypothesisCaMKIICAMTAspost-translational modificationsself-regulation

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PMID42883423
PMCPMC13663517

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