Regulatory interaction of sodium channel IQ-motif with calmodulin C-terminal lobe |
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Authors: | Mori Masayuki Konno Takashi Morii Takashi Nagayama Kuniaki Imoto Keiji |
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Institution: | Department of Information Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan. |
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Abstract: | An increasing number of ion channels have been found to be regulated by the direct binding of calmodulin (CaM), but its structural features are mostly unknown. Previously, we identified the Ca(2+)-dependent and -independent interactions of CaM to the voltage-gated sodium channel via an IQ-motif sequence. In this study we used the trypsin-digested CaM fragments (TR(1)C and TR(2)C) to analyze the binding of Ca(2+)-CaM or Ca(2+)-free (apo) CaM with a sodium channel-derived IQ-motif peptide (NaIQ). Circular dichroic spectra showed that NaIQ peptide enhanced alpha-helicity of the CaM C-terminal lobe, but not that of the CaM N-terminal lobe in the absence of Ca(2+), whereas NaIQ enhanced the alpha-helicity of both the N- and C-terminal lobes in the presence of Ca(2+). Furthermore, the competitive binding experiment demonstrated that Ca(2+)-dependent CaM binding of target peptides (MLCKp or melittin) with CaM was markedly suppressed by NaIQ. The results suggest that IQ-motif sequences contribute to prevent target proteins from activation at low Ca(2+) concentrations and may explain a regulatory mechanism why highly Ca(2+)-sensitive target proteins are not activated in the cytoplasm. |
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Keywords: | Voltage-gated sodium channel IQ-motif Calmodulin Apocalmodulin Circular dichroism |
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