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Science 31 July 1981:
Vol. 213. no. 4507, pp. 546 - 549
DOI: 10.1126/science.6264605
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Science, Vol 213, Issue 4507, 546-549
Copyright © 1981 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Benzodiazepine inhibition of the calcium-calmodulin protein kinase system in brain membrane

RJ DeLorenzo, S Burdette, and J Holderness

Benzodiazepines inhibit Ca2+-calmodulin-stimulated membrane protein phosphorylation. The effects of the benzodiazepines on protein phosphorylation are stereospecific and produced by membrane-bound benzodiazepine. The potency of benzodiazepine kinase inhibition is correlated with the ability of the benzodiazepines to inhibit electric shock-induced convulsions. These findings provide evidence that some of the anticonvulsant and neuronal stabilizing effects of benzodiazepines may be modulated by the Ca2+-calmodulin protein kinase system and indicate that this calmodulin-kinase system represents an identifiable benzodiazepine receptor in brain that is distinquishable by several criteria from the previously described high affinity benzodiazepine receptor.


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