However, when they blocked glycolysis, they saw a reduced supply of ATP which inhibited the
calcium pump, resulting in a toxic calcium overload and ultimately cell death.
Another prediction is that if spawn time is regulated by reaching a low threshold value of calcium and achieved by endoplasmic reticulum
calcium pumps acting in darkness, a shift in spawn time would result from either changing the rate at which calcium is sequestered or changing the sensitivity of a cytoplasmic process to calcium levels.
It turns out that the
calcium pump can accurately measure the cell's calcium content and adjust its speed in accordance with this information.
7,8 The mechanism by which decreased activity of the SERCA2
calcium pump leads to these changes is still under investigation.
In young hearts, these
calcium pumps work quite well, but in older hearts these pumps are much less efficient.
Abnormal red-cell
calcium pump in patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria.
Our group was the first to isolate the active ingredient, thapsigargin, elucidate its chemical structure and demonstrate that it kills tumor cells by blocking a specific intracellular
calcium pump.
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Leading researchers from Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen have now provided new information of how the
calcium pump regulates the amount of calcium in the cells.
CALCIUM PUMP PROTEINS--Proteins on the sarcoplasmic reticulum that remove calcium from the cell cytosol after a contraction.
This review mainly focuses on the structure, function of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum
calcium pump (SERCA) and its role in genesis of arrhythmias.
