Calcium-loaded calmodulin complexed with a target peptide derived from myosin light chain kinase

Calcium-loadedcalmodulin with and without a target peptide bound

The effect of binding to a target peptide

critical electrostatic interactions in the complex of CaM with MLCK-derived target peptide

Critical hydrophobic interactions between CaM and the target peptide

Comparison of CaM bound to a 12 residue target peptide with CaM bound to an 8 residue target peptide