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. 1989 Jan 31;158(2):485-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0006-291x(89)80074-9.

Calmodulin activity in whole body and fat body tissue extracts of Heliothis virescens larvae

T D Lockey  1 , D D Ourth
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Calmodulin activity in whole body and fat body tissue extracts of Heliothis virescens larvae

T D Lockey et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. .

Abstract

Calmodulin is an activator of many enzymatic activities. Total calmodulin activity in tissue extracts of Heliothis virescens larvae (5th instar), assayed by cyclic phosphodiesterase activation, was 0.48 unit/gm for whole body and 22.2 units/gm for fat body. Specific calmodulin activity was 0.1 unit/mg protein for whole body and 3.0 units/mg protein for fat body. The larval fat body is therefore the main site of calmodulin activity in this lepidopterous larva.

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