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Westerlund AM, Delemotte L. Effect of Ca2+ on the promiscuous target-protein binding of calmodulin. PLoS Comput Biol 2018; 14:e1006072. [PMID: 29614072 PMCID: PMC5898786 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Calmodulin (CaM) is a calcium sensing protein that regulates the function of a large number of proteins, thus playing a crucial part in many cell signaling pathways. CaM has the ability to bind more than 300 different target peptides in a Ca2+-dependent manner, mainly through the exposure of hydrophobic residues. How CaM can bind a large number of targets while retaining some selectivity is a fascinating open question. Here, we explore the mechanism of CaM selective promiscuity for selected target proteins. Analyzing enhanced sampling molecular dynamics simulations of Ca2+-bound and Ca2+-free CaM via spectral clustering has allowed us to identify distinct conformational states, characterized by interhelical angles, secondary structure determinants and the solvent exposure of specific residues. We searched for indicators of conformational selection by mapping solvent exposure of residues in these conformational states to contacts in structures of CaM/target peptide complexes. We thereby identified CaM states involved in various binding classes arranged along a depth binding gradient. Binding Ca2+ modifies the accessible hydrophobic surface of the two lobes and allows for deeper binding. Apo CaM indeed shows shallow binding involving predominantly polar and charged residues. Furthermore, binding to the C-terminal lobe of CaM appears selective and involves specific conformational states that can facilitate deep binding to target proteins, while binding to the N-terminal lobe appears to happen through a more flexible mechanism. Thus the long-ranged electrostatic interactions of the charged residues of the N-terminal lobe of CaM may initiate binding, while the short-ranged interactions of hydrophobic residues in the C-terminal lobe of CaM may account for selectivity. This work furthers our understanding of the mechanism of CaM binding and selectivity to different target proteins and paves the way towards a comprehensive model of CaM selectivity.
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- Annie M. Westerlund
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kumar S, Mazumder M, Gupta N, Chattopadhyay S, Gourinath S. Crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana calmodulin7 and insight into its mode of DNA binding. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:3029-39. [PMID: 27500568 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Calmodulin (CaM) is a Ca(2+) sensor that participates in several cellular signaling cascades by interacting with various targets, including DNA. It has been shown that Arabidopsis thaliana CaM7 (AtCaM7) interacts with Z-box DNA and functions as a transcription factor [Kushwaha R et al. (2008) Plant Cell 20, 1747-1759; Abbas N et al. (2014) Plant Cell 26, 1036-1052]. The crystal structure of AtCaM7, and a model of the AtCAM7-Z-box complex suggest that Arg-127 determines the DNA-binding ability by forming crucial interactions with the guanine base. We validated the model using biolayer interferometry, which confirmed that AtCaM7 interacts with Z-box DNA with high affinity. In contrast, the AtCaM2/3/5 isoform does not show any binding, although it differs from AtCaM7 by only a single residue.
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- Sanjeev Kumar
- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
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Sengprasert P, Amparyup P, Tassanakajorn A, Wongpanya R. Characterization and identification of calmodulin and calmodulin binding proteins in hemocyte of the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon). DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 50:87-97. [PMID: 25681078 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2014] [Revised: 02/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Calmodulin (CaM), a ubiquitous intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)) sensor in all eukaryotic cells, is one of the well-known signaling proteins. Previously, CaM gene has shown a high transcriptional level in hemocyte of the pathogen infected shrimp, suggesting that shrimp CaM does not only regulate Ca(2+) metabolism, but is also involved in immune response cascade. In the present study, the CaM gene of shrimp Penaeus monodon was identified and the recombinant P.monodon CaM (rPmCaM) was produced and biochemically characterized. The identification of CaM-binding proteins was also performed. The PmCaM cDNA consisted of an open reading frame of 447 bp encoding for 149 amino acid residues with a calculated mass of 16,810 Da and an isoelectric point of 4.09. Tissue distribution showed that the PmCaM transcript was expressed in all examined tissues. The results of gel mobility shift assay, circular dichroism spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy all confirmed that the conformational changes of the rPmCaM were observed after the calcium binding. According to the gene silencing of PmCaM transcript levels, the shrimp's susceptibility to pathogenic Vibrio harveyi infection increased in comparison with that of the control groups. Protein pull-down assay and LC-MS/MS analysis were performed to identify rPmCaM-binding proteins involved in shrimp immune responses and transglutaminase, elongation factor 1-alpha, elongation factor 2 and actin were found. However, by computational analysis, only the first three proteins contained CaM-binding domain. These findings suggested that PmCaM may play an important role in regulation of shrimp immune system.
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- Panjana Sengprasert
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Pahonyothin, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence for Molecular Biology and Genomics of Shrimp, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 113 Paholyothin Road, Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence for Molecular Biology and Genomics of Shrimp, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Pahonyothin, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
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Kumar M, Ahmad S, Ahmad E, Saifi MA, Khan RH. In silico prediction and analysis of Caenorhabditis EF-hand containing proteins. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36770. [PMID: 22701514 PMCID: PMC3360750 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Calcium (Ca⁺²) is a ubiquitous messenger in eukaryotes including Caenorhabditis. Ca⁺²-mediated signalling processes are usually carried out through well characterized proteins like calmodulin (CaM) and other Ca⁺² binding proteins (CaBP). These proteins interact with different targets and activate it by bringing conformational changes. Majority of the EF-hand proteins in Caenorhabditis contain Ca⁺² binding motifs. Here, we have performed homology modelling of CaM-like proteins using the crystal structure of Drosophila melanogaster CaM as a template. Molecular docking was applied to explore the binding mechanism of CaM-like proteins and IQ1 motif which is a ∼25 residues and conform to the consensus sequence (I, L, V)QXXXRXXXX(R,K) to serve as a binding site for different EF hand proteins. We made an attempt to identify all the EF-hand (a helix-loop-helix structure characterized by a 12 residues loop sequence involved in metal coordination) containing proteins and their Ca⁺² binding affinity in Caenorhabditis by analysing the complete genome sequence. Docking studies revealed that F165, F169, L29, E33, F44, L57, M61, M96, M97, M108, G65, V115, F93, N104, E144 of CaM-like protein is involved in the interaction with IQ1 motif. A maximum of 170 EF-hand proteins and 39 non-EF-hand proteins with Ca⁺²/metal binding motif were identified. Diverse proteins including enzyme, transcription, translation and large number of unknown proteins have one or more putative EF-hands. Phylogenetic analysis revealed seven major classes/groups that contain some families of proteins. Various domains that we identified in the EF-hand proteins (uncharacterized) would help in elucidating their functions. It is the first report of its kind where calcium binding loop sequences of EF-hand proteins were analyzed to decipher their calcium affinities. Variation in Ca⁺²-binding affinity of EF-hand CaBP could be further used to study the behaviour of these proteins. Our analyses postulated that Ca⁺² is likely to be key player in Caenorhabditis cell signalling.
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- Manish Kumar
- Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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Laine E, Yoneda JD, Blondel A, Malliavin TE. The conformational plasticity of calmodulin upon calcium complexation gives a model of its interaction with the oedema factor of Bacillus anthracis. Proteins 2008; 71:1813-29. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.21862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Russell SL, McFerran NV, Hoey EM, Trudgett A, Timson DJ. Characterisation of two calmodulin-like proteins from the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. Biol Chem 2007; 388:593-9. [PMID: 17552906 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2007.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Calmodulin is a calcium ion-sensing signalling protein found in eukaryotics. Two calmodulin-like gene sequences were identified in an EST library from adult liver flukes. One codes for a protein (FhCaM1) homologous to mammalian calmodulins (98% identity), whereas the other protein (FhCaM2) has only 41% identity. These genes were cloned into expression vectors and the recombinant proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli. Gel shift assays showed that both proteins bind to calcium, magnesium and zinc ions. Homology models have been built for both proteins. As expected, FhCaM1 has a highly similar structure to other calmodulins. Although FhCaM2 has a similar fold, its surface charge is higher than FhCaM1. One of the potential metal ion-binding sites has lower metal-ion co-ordination capability, while another has an adjacent lysine residue, both of which may decrease the metal-binding affinity. These differences may reflect a specialised role for FhCaM2 in the liver fluke.
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- Sean L Russell
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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Shen X, Valencia CA, Gao W, Cotten SW, Dong B, Huang BC, Liu R. Ca(2+)/Calmodulin-binding proteins from the C. elegans proteome. Cell Calcium 2007; 43:444-56. [PMID: 17854888 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2007.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2007] [Revised: 07/26/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Calmodulin (CaM) is the primary Ca(2+)-sensor that regulates a wide variety of cellular processes in eukaryotes. Although many Ca(2+)/CaM-binding proteins have been identified, very few such proteins could be found from the genome-wide protein-protein interaction maps of Caenorhabditis elegans constructed by yeast two-hybrid screening. Using a genotype-phenotype conjugation method called mRNA-display, we performed a selection for Ca(2+)/CaM-binding proteins from a proteome library of C. elegans. The method allowed the identification of 9 known and 47 previously uncharacterized Ca(2+)-dependent CaM-binding proteins from the adult worm proteome. The Ca(2+)/CaM-binding properties of these proteins were characterized and their binding motifs were identified. The availability of such information could facilitate our understanding of the signaling pathways mediated by Ca(2+)/CaM in C. elegans. Due to its simplicity and efficiency, the method could be readily applied to examine the Ca(2+)-dependent binding partners of numerous other Ca(2+)-binding proteins, which may play important roles in many signaling pathways in C. elegans.
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- Xinchun Shen
- School of Pharmacy and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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Catalano A, O'Day DH. Calmodulin-binding proteins in the model organism Dictyostelium: a complete & critical review. Cell Signal 2007; 20:277-91. [PMID: 17897809 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2007.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Calmodulin is an essential protein in the model organism Dictyostelium discoideum. As in other organisms, this small, calcium-regulated protein mediates a diversity of cellular events including chemotaxis, spore germination, and fertilization. Calmodulin works in a calcium-dependent or -independent manner by binding to and regulating the activity of target proteins called calmodulin-binding proteins. Profiling suggests that Dictyostelium has 60 or more calmodulin-binding proteins with specific subcellular localizations. In spite of the central importance of calmodulin, the study of these target proteins is still in its infancy. Here we critically review the history and state of the art of research into all of the identified and presumptive calmodulin-binding proteins of Dictyostelium detailing what is known about each one with suggestions for future research. Two individual calmodulin-binding proteins, the classic enzyme calcineurin A (CNA; protein phosphatase 2B) and the nuclear protein nucleomorphin (NumA), which is a regulator of nuclear number, have been particularly well studied. Research on the role of calmodulin in the function and regulation of the various myosins of Dictyostelium, especially during motility and chemotaxis, suggests that this is an area in which future active study would be particularly valuable. A general, hypothetical model for the role of calmodulin in myosin regulation is proposed.
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- Andrew Catalano
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd., Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 1C6
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Chen K, Ruan J, Kurgan LA. Prediction of three dimensional structure of calmodulin. Protein J 2006; 25:57-70. [PMID: 16721661 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-006-0011-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Calmodulin (CaM) is an important human protein, which has multiple structures. Numerous researchers studied the CaM structures in the past, and about 50 different structures in complex with fragments derived from CaM-regulated proteins have been discovered. Discovery and analysis of existing and new CaM structures is difficult due to the inherent complexity, i.e. flexibility of 6 loops and a central linker that constitute part of the CaM structure. The extensive interest in CaM structure analysis and discovery calls for a comprehensive study, which based on the accumulated expertise would design a method for prediction and analysis of future and existing CaM structures. It is also important to find the mechanisms by which the protein adjusts its structure with respect to various factors. To this end, this paper analyzes the known CaM structures and finds four factors that influence CaM structure, which include existence of Ca2+ binding, different binding segments, measuring surroundings, and sequence mutation. The degree of influence of specific factors on different structural regions is also investigated. Based on the analysis of the relation between the four factors and the corresponding CaM structure a novel method for prediction of the CaM structure in complex with novel segments, given that the surroundings of the complex, is developed. The developed prediction method is tested on a set aside, newest CaM structure. The prediction results provide useful and accurate information about the structure verifying high quality of the proposed prediction method and performed structural analysis.
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- Ke Chen
- College of Mathematical Sciences and LPMC, Chern Institute of Mathematics and Liuhui Center for Applied Mathematics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, Peoples Republic of China
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Hillier LW, Coulson A, Murray JI, Bao Z, Sulston JE, Waterston RH. Genomics in C. elegans: so many genes, such a little worm. Genome Res 2006; 15:1651-60. [PMID: 16339362 DOI: 10.1101/gr.3729105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The Caenorhabditis elegans genome sequence is now complete, fully contiguous telomere to telomere and totaling 100,291,840 bp. The sequence has catalyzed the collection of systematic data sets and analyses, including a curated set of 19,735 protein-coding genes--with >90% directly supported by experimental evidence--and >1300 noncoding RNA genes. High-throughput efforts are under way to complete the gene sets, along with studies to characterize gene expression, function, and regulation on a genome-wide scale. The success of the worm project has had a profound effect on genome sequencing and on genomics more broadly. We now have a solid platform on which to build toward the lofty goal of a true molecular understanding of worm biology with all its implications including those for human health.
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- Ladeana W Hillier
- Genome Sequencing Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
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