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Each protein isoform was found to decrease mobility in the presence of EGTA, indicating that the isoform proteins alter their conformation upon binding calcium. The functional activity of each CaM isoform was analyzed by activation of NAD kinase. The ACaM-2, -4, and -6 proteins each showed approximately the same activation level of NAD kinase, but an ACaM-6 amino-terminus mutant required ten-fold higher concentrations of protein to activate NAD kinase to a half-maximal rate. This demonstrates the importance of the interaction of the amino-terminus of CaM with NAD kinase in the activation of the enzyme. This CaM isoform sequence analysis, isoform mRNA expression studies, and biochemical characteristics have increased the understanding of the nature of the CaM multigene family in Arabidopsis.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:25:25Z (GMT). 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