Mutations at lysine 525 of inducible nitric-oxide synthase affect its Ca2+-independent activity |
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Authors: | Lee S J Beckingham K Stull J T |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9040, USA. slee@resgen.com |
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Abstract: | Calmodulin binding to inducible nitric-oxide synthase may play an important role in its Ca(2+)-independent activity. Studies of inducible nitric-oxide synthase chimeras containing the calmodulin binding sequence of neuronal or endothelial nitric-oxide synthases show that the calmodulin binding sequence of inducible nitric-oxide synthase is necessary but not sufficient for the Ca(2+)-independent activity. The mutations at lysine 525 located at the C terminus of the calmodulin binding sequence of inducible nitric-oxide synthase were examined for the effects on the Ca(2+)-independent activity with chimeras containing the oxygenase or reductase domains of inducible or neuronal nitric-oxide synthases. Results show that the Ca(2+)-independent binding of calmodulin is not solely responsible for maximal Ca(2+)-independent activity of inducible nitric-oxide synthase. Lysine 525 of inducible nitric-oxide synthase may also play an important role in coordinating the maximal Ca(2+)-independent activity. |
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