Population
Isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum from cardiac and smooth muscle
Comparison
Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase (G-kinase) vs Cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (A-kinase)
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating in animal models; leaves open translation to human Ca2+ handling therapies.
G-kinase phosphorylates phospholamban in cardiac and smooth muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum, increasing Ca2+ pump affinity in a manner similar to A-kinase.
Raeymaekers et al. (1988) studied this question.
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