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| This secondary messenger is used by cells to regulate many diverse activities:muscle contraction, secretion, metabolism,neuronal excitability, and proliferation. |
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| Fact: Cells respond more to the calcium concentration rather than to the ion itself. |
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| Remove Ca from cytoplasm by pumping it from the cell or back into internal stores |
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| two types of calcium pumps |
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Na/Ca exchanger
-plasma membrane calcium pump |
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| How do the Calcium pumps work |
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| -When [Ca] is high the Na/CaX is actively working. when the [Ca] becomes low the Na/CaX loses efficiency and the plasma membrane pumps use ATP to pump out two ions of Ca. |
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