Preparation of an enzymatically active cross-linked complex between brain cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase and 3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionyl-substituted calmodulin

Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (0.07 nM) was activated by near stoichiometric concentrations of [3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionyl]calmodulin (PDP-CaM) after initial incubation of these proteins at 200-fold higher concentrations; activity in assays with EGTA was 80% of that in the presence of Ca2+. The enzyme incubated with native calmodulin under identical conditions required approximately 1 nM for half-maximal activation, and no activation was observed in the absence of calcium. These data suggested formation of a covalent complex between phosphodiesterase and PDP-CaM. On high-performance gel-permeation chromatography in the presence of metal chelators, the complex appeared considerably larger than the native enzyme. Incubation of phosphodiesterase with the thiolated (inactivated) form of PDP-CaM did not change its chromatographic behavior, indicating that reactive sulfhydryl groups were involved in complex formation. Although the total activities recovered from chromatography were not significantly different, maximal activation of PDP-CaM-phosphodiesterase complex was only approximately 20%, whereas the control enzyme was activated 6-8-fold by Ca2+ plus calmodulin. Kinetics of cGMP hydrolysis in the presence of EGTA by the isolated complex differed from those of control enzyme but were indistinguishable from those of control enzyme assayed with saturating Ca2+ and CaM. The calmodulin antagonists W-7 and trifluoperazine had relatively little effect on activity of the PDP-CaM-phosphodiesterase complex. Incubation of the complex with dithiothreitol dramatically increased its Ca2+ and calmodulin responsiveness, suggesting that reduction of the disulfide cross-link released phosphodiesterase from the complex.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Purification of a novel calmodulin binding protein from bovine cerebral cortex membranes

A new calmodulin (CaM) binding protein, designated P-57, has been purified to apparent homogeneity from bovine cerebral cortex membranes. In contrast to other calmodulin binding proteins, P-57 has higher affinity for calmodulin in the absence of bound Ca2+ than in its presence. The protein was purified by DEAE-Sephacel chromatography and two CaM-Sepharose affinity column steps. The first CaM-Sepharose column was run in the presence of Ca2+; the second was run in the presence of chelator in excess of Ca2+. P-57 was adsorbed by CaM-Sepharose only in the absence of bound Ca2+ and was eluted from the second column by buffers containing Ca2+. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gels of the purified protein showed only one band at Mr 57 000. The major form of the protein on Bio-Gel A-1.5m and native polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis ran with an apparent Stokes radius of 41 A. Photoaffinity labeling of P-57 with azido[125I]calmodulin yielded one cross-linked product on SDS gels with an Mr of 70 000. This interaction occurred only when excess ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid was present and was inhibited by the presence of Ca2+ in excess of chelator. It appears that P-57 has novel binding properties for calmodulin distinct from all other calmodulin binding proteins described thus far.     

In vitro interaction of estradiol receptor with Ca2+-calmodulin

Estradiol receptor (ER) activity requires interaction with hormone and specific DNA sequence. We now report that this receptor also interacts with calmodulin (CaM), the major intracellular mediator of Ca2+ action in eucaryotic cells. This interaction has been observed using both CaM-Sepharose and [125I]CaM. Crude and purified [3H]ER complex show high affinity interaction with CaM-Sepharose [dissociation constant (Kd) 0.12 and 0.16 nM, respectively]. Unoccupied receptor shows a similar high affinity interaction. Tamoxifen-ER complex also binds to CaM-Sepharose. Several findings show that this CaM-ER interaction is very specific: lack of this interaction has been observed in the presence of trifluoperazine, an inhibitor of protein binding to CaM; the receptor binds neither Sepharose, nor parvalbumin-Sepharose; competition of interaction of [3H]ER complex with CaM-Sepharose is observed by cold ER complex; rat liver glucocorticoid receptor does not bind to CaM-Sepharose. The interaction of purified receptor with 125I-labeled CaM has been detected by various techniques: centrifugation through sucrose gradient of CaM incubated with receptor shows that CaM binds to a protein forming a complex sedimenting at 5 S. This complex is shifted to the 7.5 S region by a monoclonal antireceptor antibody. Incubation of CaM with receptor followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis fluorography of the immunoprecipitated receptor shows that [125I]CaM coprecipitates with the receptor. Competition of this interaction by an excess of cold CaM is observed. Interaction of the receptor with CaM is also observed by the overlay technique.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Testis-specific calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase. A distinct high affinity cAMP isoenzyme immunologically related to brain calmodulin-dependent cGMP phosphodiesterase

A cell-specific isozyme of calmodulin (CaM)-dependent phosphodiesterase that exhibits micromolar affinity for cAMP has been purified 900-fold from mouse testis by DEAE chromatography, gel filtration, affinity chromatography with CaM-Sepharose 4B, and isoelectric focusing. The highly purified enzyme is stimulated 5-6-fold by CaM in the presence of Ca2+ and hydrolyzes both cAMP and cGMP with anomalous substrate dependence, i.e. high and low affinity components (Km 2 and 20 microM) are observed either in the presence or absence of CaM. Each of the substrates acts as a noncompetitive inhibitor of the other, suggesting the presence of two distinct catalytic sites on the enzyme. Hydrodynamic studies suggest that the testis phosphodiesterase is an asymmetric monomer of 68-70 kDa that forms a dimer after interaction with Ca2+ and CaM; the tetrameric complex exhibits an apparent molecular size of 180 kDa. These enzymatic and biophysical properties differ in many respects from those of the brain isozyme, suggesting that they are different proteins. Nevertheless, common epitopes do exist, since the testis enzyme interacted with rabbit antibodies raised against bovine brain CaM-dependent phosphodiesterase. The major peptide of 68 kDa was strongly reactive on immunoblots, and was distinguished unambiguously from the 60-kDa species from mouse brain. A comparison of the immunoreactive fragments produced by limited proteolysis with staphylococcal V-8 protease indicated several similarities in the domains of these polypeptides. Thus, although differing in several important physical and biochemical parameters, the testis enzyme appears immunologically related to CaM-dependent phosphodiesterase from brain. On the basis of these data, we conclude that common elements of the structural genes for these isozymes have been conserved, whereas certain biological properties, including substrate specificity, have diverged substantially.     

Purification and characterization of bovine lung calmodulin-dependent cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase. An enzyme containing calmodulin as a subunit

A rabbit lung cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) prepared by successive chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and G-200 Sephadex columns in the presence of EGTA was activated by Ca2+ and contained calmodulin (CaM), suggesting that the enzyme exists as a stable CaM X PDE complex (Sharma, R. K., and Wirch, E. (1979) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 91, 338-344). An enzyme with similar properties was demonstrated to exist in bovine lung extract. C1, a monoclonal antibody previously shown to react with the 60-kDa subunit of bovine brain PDE isozymes (Sharma, R. K., Adachi, A.-M., Adachi, K., and Wang, J. H.) (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 9248-9254), cross-reacted with the lung enzyme. Purification of the lung enzyme by C1 antibody immunoaffinity chromatography rendered the enzyme dependent on exogenous CaM for Ca2+ stimulation. Further purification was achieved by CaM affinity chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the purified enzyme showed a predominant polypeptide of Mr 58,000 and a minor band of about 50,000. The purified enzyme could be reconstituted into a PDE X CaM complex upon incubation with CaM in the presence of either Ca2+ or EGTA. The reconstituted protein complex did not dissociate in buffers containing 0.1 mM EGTA. Analysis of the purified and reconstituted lung phosphodiesterase by Sephacryl S-300 gel filtration indicated that the lung enzyme is a dimeric protein and that the reconstituted enzyme contained two molecules of calmodulin. Analysis of the reconstituted phosphodiesterase by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis also showed it to contain equimolar calmodulin and the enzyme subunit. The CaM antagonists, fluphenazine, compound 48/80, and calcineurin at concentrations abolishing CaM stimulation of bovine brain PDE had little effect on the activity of reconstituted bovine lung phosphodiesterase.     

The molecular forms of gamma-glutamyl transferase in bile and serum of icteric rats

Calmodulin coupled to Sepharose has provided a rapid and sensitive means of isolating a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity which is stimulated by the calmodulin-Ca2+ complex, from rat parotid gland. Initial experiments established that phosphodiesterase activity sensitive to calmodulin and Ca2+ could not be demonstrated in crude extracts of rat parotid gland or after partial purification of rat parotid phosphodiesterase over DEAE-cellulose. However, it was possible to readily demonstrate the presence of a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity regulated by calmodulin if the extracts were first purified by batch ion-exchange chromatography over DEAE-cellulose followed by affinity chromatography with calmodulin coupled to Sepharose. The batch ion-exchange chromatography step removed the major portion of free parotid calmodulin which could compete with calmodulin-coupled Sepharose for the proteins regulated by calmodulin. Thus, by employing an initial chromatography step over DEAE-cellulose to separate phosphodiesterase activity from calmodulin, it was possible to increase the recovery of calmodulin-sensitive phosphodiesterase after affinity chromatrography with calmodulin coupled to Sepharose. This approach should be useful for demonstrating the presence of and for purifying other parotid proteins regulated by calmodulin.     

Detection of a calmodulin-sensitive cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in rat parotid gland

Calmodulin coupled to Sepharose has provided a rapid and sensitive means of isolating a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity which is stimulated by the calmodulin-Ca²⁺ complex, from rat parotid gland. Initial experiments established that phosphodiesterase activity sensitive to calmodulin and Ca²⁺ could not be demonstrated in crude extracts of rat parotid gland or after partial purification of rat parotid phosphodiesterase over DEAE-cellulose. However, it was possible to readily demonstrate the presence of a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity regulated by calmodulin if the extracts were first purified by batch ion-exchange chromatography over DEAE-cellulose followed by affinity chromatography with calmodulin coupled to Sepharose. The batch ion-exchange chromatography step removed the major portion of free parotid calmodulin which could compete with calmodulin-coupled Sepharose for the proteins regulated by calmodulin. Thus, by employing an initial chromatography step over DEAE-cellulose to separate phosphodiesterase activity from calmodulin, it was possible to increase the recovery of calmodulin-sensitive phosphodiesterase after affinity chromatography with calmodulin coupled to Sepharose. This approach should be useful for demonstrating the presence of and for purifying other parotid proteins regulated by calmodulin.     

Age-related changes in the composition and mechanical properties of human nasal cartilage

Mutations in the tuberous sclerosis 2 (TSC2) gene product have been genetically linked to the pathology of both tuberous sclerosis (TSC) and the gender-specific lung disease, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). Both diseases are classified as disorders of cellular migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Earlier studies from our laboratory (1) linked TSC2 with steroid/nuclear receptor signaling. Studies presented here provide evidence for calmodulin (CaM) signaling in the propagation of this TSC2 activity. Far Western screening of a lambda phage human brain cDNA library to identify interacting proteins for the TSC2 gene product (tuberin) yielded multiple clones encoding human CaM. Direct binding with 32P-labeled tuberin demonstrated Ca2+-dependent binding to CaM-Sepharose which was lost upon deletion of the C-terminal 72 residues. The sequence (1740)WIARLRHIKRLRQRIC(1755) was identified as one capable of forming a basic amphipathic helix indicative of CaM binding domains in known calmodulin binding proteins. Studies with a synthetic peptide of this sequence demonstrated very tight Ca2+-dependent binding to CaM as judged by tryptophan fluorescence perturbation studies and phosphodiesterase activation by CaM. Deletion mutagenesis studies further suggested that this CaM binding domain is required for tuberin modulation of steroid receptor function and that mutations in this region may be involved in the pathology of TSC and LAM.     

Glyoxalase I from Brassica juncea is a calmodulin stimulated protein.

Brassica juncea glyoxalase I (S-lactoylglutathione-lyase, EC 4.4.1. 5) is a 56 kDa, heterodimeric protein. It requires magnesium (Mg2+) for its optimal activity. In this report we provide biochemical evidence for modulation of glyoxalase I activity by calcium/calmodulin (Ca2+/CaM). In the presence of Ca2+ glyoxalase I showed a significant (2.6-fold) increase in its activity. It also showed a Ca2+ dependent mobility shift on denaturing gels. Its Ca2+ binding was confirmed by Chelex-100 assay and gel overlays using 45CaCl2. Glyoxalase I was activated by over 7-fold in the presence of Ca2+ (25 microM) and CaM (145 nM) and this stimulation was blocked by the CaM antibodies and a CaM inhibitor, trifluroperazine (150 microM). Glyoxalase I binds to a CaM-Sepharose column and was eluted by EGTA. The eluted protein fractions also showed stimulation by CaM. The stimulation of glyoxalase I activity by CaM was maximum in the presence of Mg2+ and Ca2+; however, magnesium alone also showed glyoxalase I activation by CaM.     

苄基异喹啉类化合物与钙调素相互作用的荧光光谱研究

 苄基异喹啉类化合物拮抗钙调素(CaM)并抑制依赖CaM的环核苷酸磷酸二酯酶(CaM-PDE)的活力;用荧光测定法可检测它们与钙调素的相互作用。 Ca~(2+)存在下蝙蝙葛碱(D_1)及其衍生物(D_(14))在激发波长340nm处最大发射波长分别为463和455nm,结合CaM后荧光量子产率增加两倍多。它们同CaM的结合均依赖于Ca~(2+)。 本文制备的丹磺酰基CaM(D-CaM)结合Ca~(2+)后荧光最大发射峰值兰移(518→508nm),荧光强度增加22％。在Ca~(2+)存在下小檗胺衍生物E_6能与CaM结合并淬灭Ca~(2+)-D-CaM荧光。 单苄基异喹啉类化合物86040、86045能淬灭CaM的酪氨酸残基的特征荧光。 实验表明,CaM结合D_(14)、E_6、86040和86045的kd值分别为1.3、1.8、9.5和15.7μmol/L,所观察的化合物与CaM的亲和力的大小与它们拮抗CaM,抑制CaM-PDE的酶活力相对应。     

Phosphorylation-dependent binding of a synthetic MARCKS peptide to calmodulin

A 25-amino acid peptide, containing the four protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylation sites and the calmodulin (CaM) binding domain of the myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS) protein, has been synthesized and used to determine the effects of phosphorylation on its binding and regulation of CaM. PKC phosphorylation of this peptide (3.0 mol of Pi/mol of peptide) produced a 200-fold decrease in its affinity for CaM. PKC phosphorylation of the peptide resulted in its dissociation from CaM over a time course that paralleled the phosphorylation of 1 mol of serine/mol of peptide. The peptide inhibited CaM's binding to myosin light chain kinase and CaM's stimulation of phosphodiesterase and calcineurin. PKC phosphorylation of the peptide resulted in a rapid release of bound CaM, allowing its subsequent binding to myosin light chain kinase (t1/2 = 1.6 min), stimulation of phosphodiesterase (t1/2 = 1.2 min) and calcineurin (t1/2 = 1.7 min). Partially purified MARCKS protein produced a similar inhibition of CaM-phosphodiesterase which was reversed by PKC phosphorylation. PKC phosphorylation of the peptide occurred primarily at serine 8 and serine 12, and phosphorylation of serine 12 regulated peptide affinity for CaM. Thus, PKC phosphorylation of the peptide and the MARCKS protein results in the rapid release of CaM and the subsequent activation of CaM-dependent enzymes. This process might allow for interplay between PKC and CaM-dependent signal transduction pathways.     

Interaction of a fluorescent N-dansylaziridine derivative of troponin I with calmodulin in the absence and presence of calcium

Rabbit skeletal muscle troponin I was covalently labeled with N-dansylaziridine, resulting in a fluorescent labeled protein. This derivative (DANZTnI) and native troponin I (TnI) inhibited calmodulin (CaM) stimulation of bovine heart Ca2+-sensitive cyclic nucleodite phosphodiesterase with identical inhibition constants. Association of DANZTnI with calmodulin was monitored directly by changes in flourescence intensity in the presence of Ca2+ and by changes in fluorescence anisotropy in the absence of Ca2+. Quantitation of the affinity of calmodulin for calmodulin-binding proteins in both the presence and absence of Ca2+ is necessary for prediction of the extent of interaction of both Ca2+ and calmodulin-binding proteins with calmodulin in vivo. The dissociation constants for the DANZTnI-calmodulin-l4Ca2+ and DANZTnI-calmodulin complexes were 20 nM and 70 micrometers, respectively. These dissociation constants define a free energy coupling of-4.84 kcal/mol of troponin I for binding of Ca2+ and troponin I to calmodulin. The Ca2+ dependence for troponin I-calmodulin complex formation predicted from these experimentally determined parameters was closely approximated by the Ca2+ dependence for complex formation between troponin I and fluorescent 5-[[[(iodoacetyl)amino]ethyl]-amino]-1-napthalenesulfonic acid derivatized calmodulin as determined by fluorescence anisotropy. Complex formation occurred over a relatively narrow range of Ca2+ concentration, indicative of positive heterotropic cooperativity for Ca2+ and troponin I binding to calmodulin.     

自旋标记钙调蛋白与酸枣仁皂甙A相互作用研究

中草药有效成份酸枣仁皂甙A是钙调蛋白CaM的一种天然非竞争性拮抗剂。利用氮氧自由基马来酰亚胺衍生物标记CaM研究了二者的相互作用。结果表明,每分子CaM至少可以结合二个分子的酸枣仁皂钙A,二者的作用影响CaM上Lys残基主要是75,94)的环境,推测酸枣仁皂钙A是通过疏水作用结合到CaM分子两端的疏水沟区。通过比较三氟拉嗪TFP与酸枣仁皂甙A的结构特点,抑制性质与结合位点,提出了CaM调节环核苷酸磷酸二酯酶PDE的模式。     

Dephosphorylation of neuromodulin by calcineurin

Neuromodulin (p57, GAP-43, F1, B-50) is a major neural-specific, calmodulin binding protein found in brain, spinal cord, and retina that is associated with membranes. Phosphorylation of neuromodulin by protein kinase C causes a significant reduction in its affinity for calmodulin (Alexander, K. A., Cimler, B. M., Meirer, K. E., and Storm, D. R. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 6108-6113). It has been proposed that neuromodulin may function to bind and concentrate calmodulin at specific sites within neurons and that activation of protein kinase C causes the release of free calmodulin at high concentrations near its target proteins. It was the goal of this study to determine whether bovine brain contains a phosphoprotein phosphatase that will utilize phosphoneuromodulin as a substrate. Phosphatase activity for phosphoneuromodulin was partially purified from a bovine brain extract using DEAE-Sephacel and Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration chromatography. The neuromodulin phosphatase activity was resolved into two peaks by Affi-Gel Blue chromatography. One of these phosphatases, which represented approximately 60% of the total neuromodulin phosphatase activity, was tentatively identified as calcineurin by its requirement for Ca2+ and calmodulin (CaM) and inhibition of its activity by chlorpromazine. Therefore, bovine brain calcineurin was purified to homogeneity and examined for its phosphatase activity against bovine phosphoneuromodulin. Calcineurin rapidly dephosphorylated phosphoneuromodulin in the presence of micromolar Ca2+ and 3 microM CaM. The apparent Km and Vmax for the dephosphorylation of neuromodulin, measured in the presence of micromolar Ca2+ and 2 microM CaM, were 2.5 microM and 70 nmol Pi/mg/min, respectively, compared to a Km and Vmax of 4 microM and 55 nmol Pi/mg/min, respectively, for myosin light chain under the same conditions. Dephosphorylation of neuromodulin by calcineurin was stimulated 50-fold by calmodulin in the presence of micromolar free Ca2+. Half-maximal stimulation was observed at a calmodulin concentration of 0.5 microM. We propose that phosphoneuromodulin may be a physiologically important substrate for calcineurin and that calcineurin and protein kinase C may regulate the levels of free calmodulin available in neurons.     

Phosphorylation and characterization of bovine heart calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase.

Calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase was purified to apparent homogeneity from the total calmodulin-binding fraction of bovine heart in a single step by immunoaffinity chromatography. The isolated enzyme had significantly higher affinity for calmodulin than the bovine brain 60-kDa phosphodiesterase isozyme. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase was found to catalyze the phosphorylation of the purified cardiac calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase with the incorporation of 1 mol of phosphate/mol of subunit. The phosphodiesterase phosphorylation rate was increased severalfold by histidine without affecting phosphate incorporation into the enzyme. Phosphorylation of phosphodiesterase lowered its affinity for calmodulin and Ca2+. At constant saturating concentrations of calmodulin (650 nM), the phosphorylated calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase required a higher concentration of Ca2+ (20 microM) than the nonphosphorylated phosphodiesterase (0.8 microM) for 50% activity. Phosphorylation could be reversed by the calmodulin-dependent phosphatase (calcineurin), and dephosphorylation was accompanied by an increase in the affinity of phosphodiesterase for calmodulin.     

Stereoselective binding of benzodiazepines and related compounds on calmodulin-sepharose

A method has been presented to evaluate the Ca²⁺-dependent binding affinity of ligands to calmodulin (CaM) from their chromatographic retentions obtained on a CaM-Sepharose column. Enantiomers of benzodiazepines and related compounds could be separated. Among chiral calcium antagonists, verapamil showed stereoselectivity of binding. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

A novel protein kinase from Brassica juncea stimulated by a protozoan calcium binding protein. Purification and partial characterization.

A novel protein kinase (BjCCaBPk) from etiolated Brassica juncea seedlings has been purified and partially characterized. The purified enzyme migrated on SDS/PAGE as a single band with an apparent molecular mass of 43 kDa. The optimum pH for the kinase activity was 8.0. It was stimulated more than sixfold by the protozoa Entamoeba histolytica calcium binding protein EhCaBP (10.5 nM) but not by calmodulin (CaM) when used at equimolar concentration. Moreover the kinase also did not bind CaM-Sepharose. There was neither inhibition of the kinase activity in the presence of W-7 (a CaM antagonist), KN-62 (a specific calcium/CaM kinase inhibitor) and anti-CaM Ig, nor any effect on BjCCaBPk activity of staurosporine (a protein kinase C inhibitor). Furthermore a CaM-kinase specific substrate, syntide-2, proved to be a poor substrate for the BjCCaBPk compared with histone III-S. The phosphorylation of histone III-S involved serine residues. Southern and Northern blot analysis showed the presence of EhCaBP homologues in Brassica. The data suggest that BjCCaBPk may be a novel protein kinase with an affinity towards a calcium binding protein like EhCaBP.     

In vitro enzyme activation with calbindin-D28k, the vitamin D-dependent 28 kDa calcium binding protein.

Purified porcine erythrocyte membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase and 3':5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase were stimulated in a dose-dependent, saturable manner with the vitamin D-dependent calcium binding protein from rat kidney, calbindin-D28k (CaBP-D28k). The concentration of CaBP-D28k required for half-maximal activation (K0.5 act.) of the Ca(2+)-ATPase was 28 nM compared to 2.2 nM for calmodulin (CaM), with maximal activation equivalent upon addition of either excess CaM or CaBP-D28k. 3':5'-Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) also showed equivalent maximum saturable activation by calbindin (K0.5 act. = 90 nM) or calmodulin (K0.5 act. = 1.2 nM). CaBP-D28k was shown to effectively compete with CaM-Sepharose for PDE binding. Immunoprecipitation with CaBP-D28k antiserum completely inhibited calbindin-mediated activation of PDE but had no effect on calmodulin's ability to activate PDE. While the physiological significance of these results remains to be established, they do suggest that CaBP-D28k can activate enzymes and may be a regulator of yet to be identified target enzymes in certain tissues.     

Identification and partial purification of a chromatin bound calmodulin activated histone 3 kinase from calf thymus

A calcium-calmodulin (Ca2(+)-CaM) stimulated histone H3 phosphorylating activity was identified as a component of a nuclear protein complex purified from a 150 mM NaCl extract of calf thymus chromatin. This activity bound to a CaM-Sepharose affinity column in a Ca2+ dependent manner and was eluted off the column in the presence of EGTA. Equilibrium centrifugation of the EGTA eluate on a sucrose density gradient revealed that the activity is a component of a larger complex identified at 25% sucrose. This complex consisted of two major proteins, having Mr of 65 and 75 kDa. Using [125I] CaM and the gel overlay technique it was shown that the 75 kDa protein is the major CaM binding protein in the complex.