Department of Biochemistry, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa 078-11, Japan
Abstract:
Microtubules assembled by the incubation of GTP at 37 °C were disassembled by the action of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (Kinase II) which occrs only in the brain tissues. This disassembly required the presence of ATP and physiological concentrations of Ca2+ and calmodulin.