“…Abbreviations: SR, sarcoplasmic reticulum; EGTA, ethylene glycol bis(#3-aminoethyl ether)-/V,/V,Ñ',/V'-tetraacetic acid; AMP-PCP, adenosine 5'-(/3,7-methylenetriphosphate); Pipes, 1,4-piperazinediethanesulfonic acid; cAMP, adenosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate. Other more indirect approaches involving the use of calmodulin inhibitors have been inconclusive in that these drugs seem to inhibit the ATPase in a reaction that is not mediated by calmodulin (Anderson et al, 1984;Prokopjeva et al, 1984). Tuana & MacLennan (1984) observed that two potent inhibitors of calmodulin, calmidazolium and compound 48/80, inhibit calmodulin-dependent protein phosphorylation and ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake but not Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activity in skeletal muscle SR vesicles.…”