FRET two-hybrid mapping reveals function and location of L-type Ca2+ channel CaM preassociation |
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Authors: | Erickson Michael G Liang Haoya Mori Masayuki X Yue David T |
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Institution: | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Calcium Signals Laboratory, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. |
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Abstract: | L-type Ca(2+) channels possess a Ca(2+)-dependent inactivation (CDI) mechanism, affording feedback in diverse neurobiological settings and serving as prototype for unconventional calmodulin (CaM) regulation emerging in many Ca(2+) channels. Crucial to such regulation is the preassociation of Ca(2+)-free CaM (apoCaM) to channels, facilitating rapid triggering of CDI as Ca(2+)/CaM shifts to a channel IQ site (IQ). Progress has been hindered by controversy over the preassociation site, as identified by in vitro assays. Most critical has been the failure to resolve a functional signature of preassociation. Here, we deploy novel FRET assays in live cells to identify a 73 aa channel segment, containing IQ, as the critical preassociation pocket. IQ mutations disrupting preassociation revealed accelerated voltage-dependent inactivation (VDI) as the functional hallmark of channels lacking preassociated CaM. Hence, the alpha(1C) IQ segment is multifunctional-serving as ligand for preassociation and as Ca(2+)/CaM effector site for CDI. |
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