CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory

R Yasuda, Y Hayashi, JW Hell - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Calcium–calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is the most
abundant protein in excitatory synapses and is central to synaptic plasticity, learning and …

CaM kinase: still inspiring at 40

KU Bayer, H Schulman - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Summary The Ca 2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) was touted as
a memory molecule, even before its involvement in long-term potentiation (LTP) was shown …

Molecular mechanism of hippocampal long-term potentiation–Towards multiscale understanding of learning and memory

Y Hayashi - Neuroscience research, 2022 - Elsevier
Long-term potentiation (LTP) of synaptic transmission is considered to be a cellular
counterpart of learning and memory. Activation of postsynaptic NMDA type glutamate …

Calcium/calmodulin-stimulated protein kinase II (CaMKII): different functional outcomes from activation, depending on the cellular microenvironment

JAP Rostas, KA Skelding - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Calcium/calmodulin-stimulated protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a family of broad substrate
specificity serine (Ser)/threonine (Thr) protein kinases widely expressed in many tissues that …

A revised view of the role of CaMKII in learning and memory

KU Bayer, KP Giese - Nature neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) plays a
fundamental role in learning and possibly also in memory. However, current mechanistic …

Structure of native lens connexin 46/50 intercellular channels by cryo-EM

JB Myers, BG Haddad, SE O'Neill, DS Chorev… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Gap junctions establish direct pathways for cell-to-cell communication through the assembly
of twelve connexin subunits that form intercellular channels connecting neighbouring cells …

Studying CaMKII: tools and standards

CN Brown, KU Bayer - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Summary The Ca 2+/calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is a ubiquitous
mediator of cellular Ca 2+ signals with both enzymatic and structural functions. Here, we …

Distinct phosphorylation states of mammalian CaMKIIβ control the induction and maintenance of sleep

D Tone, KL Ode, Q Zhang, H Fujishima… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The reduced sleep duration previously observed in Camk2b knockout mice revealed a role
for Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) β as a sleep-promoting kinase …

Calcium signalling in heart and vessels: Role of calmodulin and downstream calmodulin-dependent protein kinases

S Beghi, M Furmanik, A Jaminon, R Veltrop… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death worldwide. The success of medication
and other preventive measures introduced in the last century have not yet halted the …

CaMKII holoenzyme mechanisms that govern the LTP versus LTD decision

SG Cook, OR Buonarati, SJ Coultrap, KU Bayer - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
Higher brain functions are thought to require synaptic frequency decoding that can lead to
long-term potentiation (LTP) or depression (LTD). We show that the LTP versus LTD …