Is the calcium pump involved in calcium release?

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 1986 May-Jun;41(5-6):647-51.

Abstract

The blockage of all thiol residues accessible to the mercurial mersalyl in the sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes resulting in complete inactivation of the membranes' calcium transport system does interfere neither with caffeine- nor calcium-induced calcium release from actively loaded membrane vesicles.

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Caffeine / pharmacology
  • Calcimycin / pharmacology
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases / metabolism*
  • Egtazic Acid / pharmacology
  • Kinetics
  • Muscles / metabolism
  • Rabbits
  • Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism*

Substances

  • Calcimycin
  • Caffeine
  • Egtazic Acid
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Calcium-Transporting ATPases
  • Calcium