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A spatial model of autophosphorylation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent proteinkinase II (CaMKII) predicts that the lifetime of phospho-CaMKII after induction ofsynaptic plasticity is greatly prolonged by CaM-trapping.
Thomas M. Bartol, Mariam Ordyan, Terrence J. Sejnowski A B…·Mary B. Kennedy
The paper develops a spatial model of CaMKII autophosphorylation in synaptic spines to show that CaM-trapping prolongs phospho-CaMKII lifetime by hindering dephosphorylation.
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