CAMK

<p>CAMK, also written as CaMK or CCaMK, is an abbreviation for the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase class of enzymes. CAMKs are activated by increases in the concentration of intracellular calcium ions (Ca2+) and <a href="/facts/Calmodulin/CbEnEYHE">calmodulin</a>. When activated, the enzymes transfer phosphates from <a href="/facts/Adenosine_triphosphate/nB9bwgcU">ATP</a> to defined <a href="/facts/Serine/4duVl30B">serine</a> or <a href="/facts/Threonine/7zffFQ6W">threonine</a> residues in other proteins, so they are <a href="/facts/Serine%2fthreonine-specific_protein_kinase/QKSTb82e">serine/threonine-specific protein kinases</a>. Activated CAMK is involved in the <a href="/facts/Phosphorylation/LXUEEeIL">phosphorylation</a> of transcription factors and therefore, in the regulation of expression of responding genes. CAMK also works to regulate the cell life cycle (i.e. programmed cell death), rearrangement of the cell's cytoskeletal network, and mechanisms involved in the learning and memory of an organism.
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