Molecule of the Month: Calcium Pump
Atomic structures have captured the calcium pump in action

Relaxation
Pumping Calcium

The Pumping Cycle
Exploring the Structure

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References
- A. G. Lee and J. M. East (2001) What the structure of a calcium pump tells us about its mechanism. Biochemical Journal 356, 665-683.
- D. H. MacLennan, W. J. Rice and N. M. Green (1997) The mechanism of Ca2+ transport by sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPases. Journal of Biological Chemistry 272, 28815-28818.
March 2004, David Goodsell
http://doi.org/10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2004_3