“…The hydrophobicity of the N-terminal domain (domain V) has been taken as an indication of its role in membrane anchoring (Kuboki et al, 1987(Kuboki et al, , 1990Inomata et al, 1989Inomata et al, , 1990Lee et al, 1990;Molinari et al, 1994;Moldoveanu et al, 2002Moldoveanu et al, , 2003Khorchid and Ikura, 2002;Pal et al, 2003). Calpains have potential biological functions in apoptosis, the pathology of degenerative diseases, and mediating intracellular calcium signals (Nicotera et al, 1986;Du et al, 1995;Spencer et al, 1995;Arora et al, 1996;Huang and Wang, 2001;Glading et al, 2002). A number of studies indicated that calpains have a role in the cell cycle, specifically in the G 1 to S transition (reviewed in Goll et al, 2003).…”