Smooth muscle cells possess a structural lattice composed of two primary parts: the
'cytoskeleton'that pervades the cytoplasm and the 'membrane skeleton'that provides …

Smooth muscle contraction is regulated primarily by the reversible phosphorylation of
myosin triggered by an increase in sarcoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+] i) …

Calponins have been implicated in the regulation of actomyosin interactions in smooth
muscle cells, cytoskeletal organisation in nonmuscle cells, and the control of neurite …

A sequence motif of about 100 amino acids, termed thecalponin homology domain'has been
suggested to confer actin binding to a variety of cytoskeletal and signalling molecules. Here …

Cell–cell fusion is an intriguing differentiation process, essential for placental development
and maturation. A proteomic approach identified a cytoplasmic protein, calponin 3 (CNN3) …

The number of actin binding proteins for which (part of) the three-dimensional structure is
known, is steadily increasing. This has led to a picture in which defined structural modules …

Calponin 2 (h2 calponin, CNN2) is an actin-binding protein implicated in cytoskeletal
organization. We have found that the expression of calponin 2 is relatively restricted to …

Calponin and transgelin (originally named SM22) are homologous cytoskeleton proteins
that regulate actin-activated myosin motor functions in smooth muscle contraction and non …

Calponin is a troponin-T like protein purified from chicken gizzard smooth muscle. It binds to
actin, myosin, Ca2+-binding proteins and tropomyosin and inhibits the actomyosin ATPase …

The calponin family of F-actin-, tropomyosin-and calmodulin-binding proteins currently
comprises three genetic variants. Their functional roles implicated from in vitro studies …