Calcium in biology

T-mobile ringtones Calcium plays a vital role in the biochemistry of the cell, particularly in signal transduction pathways. The skeleton acts as a major storage site for the element and releases Ca2+ into the bloodstream under controlled conditions. Circulating calcium is either in the free, ionized form or bound to blood proteins such as albumin. The hormone secreted by the parathyroid gland, parathyroid hormone, regulates the resorption of Ca2+ from bone.

Organs and tissues
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Cell biology
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Calcium's function in muscle contraction was found as early as with shimmering 1882 by Ringer and led the way for further investigations to reveal its role as a messenger about a century later. Because its action is interconnected with 1920s features cyclic AMP/cAMP, they are called synarchic messengers. Calcium can bind to several different calcium-modulated proteins such as it medicine troponin-C (the first one to be identified) or stoop unzips calmodulin.

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Food sources

Calcium amount in foods, 100piedmont and gram/g:
* in rose vaccine = 116 with cheap milligram/mg
* human milk = 33 mg
* milk powder = 909 mg
* parmesan (cheese) = 1140 mg
* ricotta (skimmed milk cheese) = 90 mg
* egg, 1 = 54 mg
* molasses = 273 mg
* brown sugar = 85 mg
* white sugar = 0 mg
* honey = 5 mg
* flour = 41 mg
* wheat germ = 72 mg
* beef = 12 mg
* horse meat = 10 mg
* cod = 11 mg
* trout = 19 mg
* hazels = 250 mg
* almonds = 234 mg
* nuts = 99 mg
* lentils = 79 mg







''See also'': Ca-binding proteins

External links
* http://www.parrottalk.com/calcium.html Calcium Rich Vegetables
* http://www.vitalityquest.ca/page42.html
* http://www.nof.org/prevention/calcium.htm Calcium and vitamin D.
* http://www.myhealthcarepartner.com/Nutrition7.htm