Common Activation Mechanism in CDPK: Structural Insights into CAD Refolding

Note on the detailed structural study of CDPK activation, focusing on apicomplexan CAD conformations (CpCDPK, PfCDPK3), offering new insight into a potentially universal activation mechanism for CDPKs.

Common Activation Mechanism in CDPK: Structural Insights into CAD Refolding

Note on the detailed structural study of CDPK activation, focusing on apicomplexan CAD conformations (CpCDPK, PfCDPK3), offering new insight into a potentially universal activation mechanism for CDPKs.

Real-Time Imaging of CDPK Conformational Changes Reveals Calcium-Decoding Mechanisms in Planta

Notes on a 2023 The Plant Cell study that introduces a genetically encoded FRET-based biosensor to monitor real-time conformational changes of CDPKs (CPKs) in response to calcium signals in vivo, highlighting distinct calcium sensitivities of CPK21 and CPK23 in stress responses.

Real-Time Imaging of CDPK Conformational Changes Reveals Calcium-Decoding Mechanisms in Planta

Notes on a 2023 The Plant Cell study that introduces a genetically encoded FRET-based biosensor to monitor real-time conformational changes of CDPKs (CPKs) in response to calcium signals in vivo, highlighting distinct calcium sensitivities of CPK21 and CPK23 in stress responses.

Evidence for Differing Roles for Each Lobe of the Calmodulin-like Domain in a Calcium-dependent Protein Kinase

Notes on a 2004 JBC paper exploring differential roles of N- and C-lobes in the CaM-like domain (CaM-LD) of CDPK, uncovering distinct Ca2+ affinities and their role in regulating kinase activation through interactions with the junction domain.

Evidence for Differing Roles for Each Lobe of the Calmodulin-like Domain in a Calcium-dependent Protein Kinase

Notes on a 2004 JBC paper exploring differential roles of N- and C-lobes in the CaM-like domain (CaM-LD) of CDPK, uncovering distinct Ca2+ affinities and their role in regulating kinase activation through interactions with the junction domain.

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