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Myriad biological processes proceed through states that defy characterization by conventional atomic-resolution structural biological methods. The invisibility of these 'dark' states can arise from their transient nature, low equilibrium population, large molecular weight, and/or heterogeneity. Although they are invisible, these dark states underlie a range of processes, acting as encounter complexes between proteins and as intermediates in protein folding and aggregation. New methods have made these states accessible to high-resolution analysis by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, as long as the dark state is in dynamic equilibrium with an NMR-visible species. These methods - paramagnetic NMR, relaxation dispersion, saturation transfer, lifetime line broadening, and hydrogen exchange - allow the exploration of otherwise invisible states in exchange with a visible species over a range of timescales, each taking advantage of some unique property of the dark state to amplify its effect on a particular NMR observable. In this review, we introduce these methods and explore two specific techniques - paramagnetic relaxation enhancement and dark state exchange saturation transfer - in greater detail.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas J. Anthis
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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Clore GM. Interplay between conformational selection and induced fit in multidomain protein-ligand binding probed by paramagnetic relaxation enhancement. Biophys Chem 2013; 186:3-12. [PMID: 24070540 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2013.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Revised: 08/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The binding of ligands and substrates to proteins has been extensively studied for many years and can be described, in its simplest form, by two limiting mechanisms: conformational selection and induced fit. Conformational selection involves the binding of ligand to a pre-existing sparsely-populated conformation of the free protein that is the same as that in the final protein-ligand complex. In the case of induced fit, the ligand binds to the major conformation of the free protein and only subsequent to binding undergoes a conformational change to the final protein-ligand complex. While these two mechanisms can be dissected and distinguished by transient kinetic measurements, direct direction, characterization and visualization of transient, sparsely-populated states of proteins are experimentally challenging. Unless trapped, sparsely-populated states are generally invisible to conventional structural and biophysical techniques, including crystallography and most NMR measurements. In this review we summarize some recent developments in the use of paramagnetic relaxation enhancement to directly study sparsely-populated states of proteins and illustrate the application of this approach to two proteins, maltose binding protein and calmodulin, both of which undergo large rigid body conformational rearrangements upon ligand binding from an open apo state to a closed ligand-bound holo state. We show that the apo state ensemble comprises a small population of partially-closed configurations that are similar but not identical to that of the holo state. These results highlight the complementarity and interplay of induced fit and conformational selection and suggest that the existence of partially-closed states in the absence of ligand facilitates the transition to the closed ligand-bound state.
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- G Marius Clore
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA.
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Ogura K, Kumeta H, Takahasi K, Kobashigawa Y, Yoshida R, Itoh H, Yazawa M, Inagaki F. Solution structures of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae calmodulin in calcium- and target peptide-bound states reveal similarities and differences to vertebrate calmodulin. Genes Cells 2012; 17:159-72. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2012.01580.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Anthis NJ, Doucleff M, Clore GM. Transient, sparsely populated compact states of apo and calcium-loaded calmodulin probed by paramagnetic relaxation enhancement: interplay of conformational selection and induced fit. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:18966-74. [PMID: 21999431 PMCID: PMC3218299 DOI: 10.1021/ja2082813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Calmodulin (CaM) is the universal calcium sensor in eukaryotes, regulating the function of numerous proteins. Crystallography and NMR show that free CaM-4Ca(2+) exists in an extended conformation with significant interdomain separation, but clamps down upon target peptides to form a highly compact structure. NMR has revealed substantial interdomain motions in CaM-4Ca(2+), enabled by a flexible linker. In one instance, CaM-4Ca(2+) has been crystallized in a compact configuration; however, no direct evidence for transient interdomain contacts has been observed in solution, and little is known about how large-scale interdomain motions contribute to biological function. Here, we use paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) to characterize transient compact states of free CaM that are too sparsely populated to observe by traditional NMR methods. We show that unbound CaM samples a range of compact structures, populated at 5-10%, and that Ca(2+) dramatically alters the distribution of these configurations in favor of states resembling the peptide-bound structure. In the absence of Ca(2+), the target peptide binds only to the C-terminal domain, and the distribution of compact states is similar with and without peptide. These data suggest an alternative pathway of CaM action in which CaM remains associated with its kinase targets even in the resting state. Only CaM-4Ca(2+), however, shows an innate propensity to form the physiologically active compact structures, suggesting that Ca(2+) activates CaM not only through local structural changes within each domain but also through more global remodeling of interdomain interactions. Thus, these findings illustrate the subtle interplay between conformational selection and induced fit.
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- Nicholas J. Anthis
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, U.S.A
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, U.S.A
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Bradley LH, Bricken ML, Randle C. Expression, purification, and characterization of proteins from high-quality combinatorial libraries of the mammalian calmodulin central linker. Protein Expr Purif 2010; 75:186-91. [PMID: 20732425 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2010.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Revised: 08/11/2010] [Accepted: 08/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Combinatorial libraries offer an attractive approach towards exploring protein sequence, structure and function. Although several strategies introduce sequence diversity, the likelihood of identifying proteins with novel functions is increased when the library of genes encodes for folded and soluble structures. Here we present the first application of the binary patterning approach of combinatorial protein library design to the unique central linker region of the highly-conserved protein, calmodulin (CaM). We show that this high-quality approach translates very well to the CaM protein scaffold: all library members over-express and are functionally diverse, having a range of conformations in the presence and absence of calcium as determined by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Collectively, these data support that the binary patterning approach, when applied to the highly-conserved protein fold, can yield large collections of folded, soluble and highly-expressible proteins.
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- Luke H Bradley
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology and the Morris K. Udall Center of Parkinson's Disease Research Excellence, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
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Abraham SJ, Nolet RP, Calvert RJ, Anderson LM, Gaponenko V. The hypervariable region of K-Ras4B is responsible for its specific interactions with calmodulin. Biochemistry 2009; 48:7575-83. [PMID: 19583261 DOI: 10.1021/bi900769j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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K-Ras4B belongs to the family of p21 Ras GTPases, which play an important role in cell proliferation, survival, and motility. The p21 Ras proteins, such as K-Ras4B, K-Ras4A, H-Ras, and N-Ras, share 85% sequence homology and activate very similar signaling pathways. Only the C-terminal hypervariable regions differ significantly. A growing body of literature demonstrates that each Ras isoform possesses unique functions in normal physiological processes as well as in pathogenesis. One of the central questions in the field of Ras biology is how these very similar proteins achieve such remarkable specificity in protein-protein interactions that regulate signal transduction pathways. Here we explore specific binding of K-Ras4B to calmodulin. Using NMR techniques and isothermal titration calorimetry, we demonstrate that the hypervariable region of K-Ras4B contributes in a major way to the interaction with calmodulin, while the catalytic domain of K-Ras4B provides a way to control the interaction by nucleotide binding. The hypervariable region of K-Ras4B binds specifically to the C-terminal domain of Ca(2+)-loaded calmodulin with micromolar affinity, while the GTP-gamma-S-loaded catalytic domain of K-Ras4B may interact with the N-terminal domain of calmodulin.
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- Sherwin J Abraham
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA
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Goulding AM, Rahimi Y, Shrestha S, Deo SK. Dual Function Labeling of Biomolecules Based on DsRed-Monomer. Bioconjug Chem 2008; 19:2113-9. [DOI: 10.1021/bc800147k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- A. M. Goulding
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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Guo Q, Jureller JE, Warren JT, Solomaha E, Florián J, Tang WJ. Protein-protein docking and analysis reveal that two homologous bacterial adenylyl cyclase toxins interact with calmodulin differently. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:23836-45. [PMID: 18583346 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802168200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Calmodulin (CaM), a eukaryotic calcium sensor that regulates diverse biological activities, consists of N- and C-terminal globular domains (N-CaM and C-CaM, respectively). CaM serves as the activator of CyaA, a 188-kDa adenylyl cyclase toxin secreted by Bordetella pertussis, which is the etiologic agent for whooping cough. Upon insertion of the N-terminal adenylyl cyclase domain (ACD) of CyaA to its targeted eukaryotic cells, CaM binds to this domain tightly ( approximately 200 pm affinity). This interaction activates the adenylyl cyclase activity of CyaA, leading to a rise in intracellular cAMP levels to disrupt normal cellular signaling. We recently solved the structure of CyaA-ACD in complex with C-CaM to elucidate the mechanism of catalytic activation. However, the structure of the interface between N-CaM and CyaA, the formation of which contributes a 400-fold increase of binding affinity between CyaA and CaM, remains elusive. Here, we used site-directed mutations and molecular dynamic simulations to generate several working models of CaM-bound CyaA-ACD. The validity of these models was evaluated by disulfide bond cross-linking, point mutations, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments. Our study reveals that a beta-hairpin region (amino acids 259-273) of CyaA-ACD likely makes contacts with the second calcium binding motif of the extended CaM. This mode of interaction differs from the interaction of N-CaM with anthrax edema factor, which binds N-CaM via its helical domain. Thus, two structurally conserved, bacterial adenylyl cyclase toxins have evolved to utilize distinct binding surfaces and modes of activation in their interaction with CaM, a highly conserved eukaryotic signaling protein.
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- Qing Guo
- Ben May Department for Cancer Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Structural aspects of calcium-binding proteins and their interactions with targets. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(06)41004-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Ikura M, Ames JB. Genetic polymorphism and protein conformational plasticity in the calmodulin superfamily: two ways to promote multifunctionality. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:1159-64. [PMID: 16432210 PMCID: PMC1360552 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0508640103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Calcium signaling pathways control a variety of cellular events such as gene transcription, protein phosphorylation, nucleotide metabolism, and ion transport. These pathways often involve a large number of calcium-binding proteins collectively known as the calmodulin or EF-hand protein superfamily. Many EF-hand proteins undergo a large conformational change upon binding to Ca(2+) and target proteins. All members of the superfamily share marked sequence homology and similar structural features required to sense Ca(2+). Despite such structural similarities, the functional diversity of EF-hand calcium-binding proteins is extraordinary. Calmodulin itself can bind >300 different proteins, and the many members of the neuronal calcium sensor and S100 protein families collectively recognize a largely different set of target proteins. Recent biochemical and structural studies of many different EF-hand proteins highlight remarkable similarities and variations in conformational responses to the common ligand Ca(2+) and their respective cellular targets. In this review, we examine the essence of molecular recognition activities and the mechanisms by which calmodulin superfamily proteins control a wide variety of Ca(2+) signaling processes.
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- Mitsuhiko Ikura
- Division of Signaling Biology, Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9.
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Allen MW, Urbauer RJB, Zaidi A, Williams TD, Urbauer JL, Johnson CK. Fluorescence labeling, purification, and immobilization of a double cysteine mutant calmodulin fusion protein for single-molecule experiments. Anal Biochem 2005; 325:273-84. [PMID: 14751262 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2003.10.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We present a method of labeling and immobilizing a low-molecular-weight protein, calmodulin (CaM), by fusion to a larger protein, maltose binding protein (MBP), for single-molecule fluorescence experiments. Immobilization in an agarose gel matrix eliminates potential interactions of the protein and the fluorophore(s) with a glass surface and allows prolonged monitoring of protein dynamics. The small size of CaM hinders its immobilization in low-weight-percentage agarose gels; however, fusion of CaM to MBP via a flexible linker provides sufficient restriction of translational mobility in 1% agarose gels. Cysteine residues were engineered into MBP.CaM (MBP-T34C,T110C-CaM) and labeled with donor and acceptor fluorescent probes yielding a construct (MBP.CaM-DA) which can be used for single-molecule single-pair fluorescence resonance energy transfer (spFRET) experiments. Mass spectrometry was used to verify the mass of MBP.CaM-DA. Assays measuring the activity of CaM reveal minimal activity differences between wild-type CaM and MBP.CaM-DA. Single-molecule fluorescence images of the donor and acceptor dyes were fit to a two-dimensional Gaussian function to demonstrate colocalization of donor and acceptor dyes. FRET is demonstrated both in bulk fluorescence spectra and in fluorescence trajectories of single MBP.CaM-DA molecules. The extension of this method to other biomolecules is also proposed.
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- Michael W Allen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Pologruto TA, Yasuda R, Svoboda K. Monitoring neural activity and [Ca2+] with genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators. J Neurosci 2005; 24:9572-9. [PMID: 15509744 PMCID: PMC6730159 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2854-04.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators (GECIs) based on fluorescent proteins (XFPs) and Ca2+-binding proteins [like calmodulin (CaM)] have great potential for the study of subcellular Ca2+ signaling and for monitoring activity in populations of neurons. However, interpreting GECI fluorescence in terms of neural activity and cytoplasmic-free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]) is complicated by the nonlinear interactions between Ca2+ binding and GECI fluorescence. We have characterized GECIs in pyramidal neurons in cultured hippocampal brain slices, focusing on indicators based on circularly permuted XFPs [GCaMP (Nakai et al., 2001), Camgaroo2 (Griesbeck et al., 2001), and Inverse Pericam (Nagai et al., 2001)]. Measurements of fluorescence changes evoked by trains of action potentials revealed that GECIs have little sensitivity at low action potential frequencies compared with synthetic [Ca2+] indicators with similar affinities for Ca2+. The sensitivity of GECIs improved for high-frequency trains of action potentials, indicating that GECIs are supralinear indicators of neural activity. Simultaneous measurement of GECI fluorescence and [Ca2+] revealed supralinear relationships. We compared GECI fluorescence saturation with CaM Ca2+-dependent structural transitions. Our data suggest that GCaMP and Camgaroo2 report CaM structural transitions in the presence and absence of CaM-binding peptide, respectively.
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- Thomas A Pologruto
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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Allen MW, Urbauer RJB, Johnson CK. Single-molecule assays of calmodulin target binding detected with a calmodulin energy-transfer construct. Anal Chem 2005; 76:3630-7. [PMID: 15228334 DOI: 10.1021/ac0497656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have detected single-molecule binding interactions of a target peptide with the calcium-signaling protein calmodulin (CaM) immobilized in an agarose gel, and we have demonstrated the application of a single-molecule binding assay to measure the binding strength of CaM with the CaM-binding domain of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII). The results demonstrate the potential for ultrasensitive assays of CaM-target interactions and the measurement of a picomolar dissociation constant. To detect single-molecule protein interactions, single-molecule assays require that the analyte molecule be confined to the focal spot of the objective for the time scale of the measurement. We demonstrate the deleterious effect of surface immobilization on CaM. As an alternative to surface immobilization, we have constructed a CaM/maltose binding protein fusion protein, which renders CaM translationally immobile in a low weight percent agarose gel. The target binding functionality of CaM assayed in agarose gels is in good agreement with solution assays. The utility of the construct for detecting interactions with CaM targets was demonstrated in a single-molecule assay of binding interactions of MBP-CaM with the CaMKII CaM-binding domain peptide. A value of 103 +/- 35 pM for the dissociation constant of this interaction was determined by simple counting of fluorescent molecules.
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- Michael W Allen
- Department of Chemistry and Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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Nilsson KPR, Inganäs O. Optical Emission of a Conjugated Polyelectrolyte: Calcium-Induced Conformational Changes in Calmodulin and Calmodulin−Calcineurin Interactions. Macromolecules 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/ma048605t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- K. Peter R. Nilsson
- The Department of Physics and Measurement technology, Biology and Chemistry, Linköpings University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- The Department of Physics and Measurement technology, Biology and Chemistry, Linköpings University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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Calmodulin has been a subject of intense scrutiny since its discovery because of its unusual properties in regulating the functions of about 100 diverse target enzymes and structural proteins. The original and to date only crystal conformation of native eukaryotic Ca(2+)-calmodulin (Ca(2+)-CaM) is a very extended molecule with two widely separated globular domains linked by an exposed long helix. Here we report the 1.7 A X-ray structure of a new native Ca(2+)-CaM that is in a compact ellipsoidal conformation and shows a sharp bend in the linker helix and a more contracted N-terminal domain. This conformation may offer advantages for recognition of kinase-type calmodulin targets or small organic molecule drugs.
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- Jennifer L Fallon
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Weljie AM, Yamniuk AP, Yoshino H, Izumi Y, Vogel HJ. Protein conformational changes studied by diffusion NMR spectroscopy: application to helix-loop-helix calcium binding proteins. Protein Sci 2003; 12:228-36. [PMID: 12538886 PMCID: PMC2312419 DOI: 10.1110/ps.0226203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pulsed-field gradient (PFG) diffusion NMR spectroscopy studies were conducted with several helix-loop-helix regulatory Ca(2+)-binding proteins to characterize the conformational changes associated with Ca(2+)-saturation and/or binding targets. The calmodulin (CaM) system was used as a basis for evaluation, with similar hydrodynamic radii (R(h)) obtained for apo- and Ca(2+)-CaM, consistent with previously reported R(h) data. In addition, conformational changes associated with CaM binding to target peptides from myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), phosphodiesterase (PDE), and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) were accurately determined compared with small-angle X-ray scattering results. Both sets of data demonstrate the well-established collapse of the extended Ca(2+)-CaM molecule into a globular complex upon peptide binding. The R(h) of CaM complexes with target peptides from CaM-dependent protein kinase I (CaMKI) and an N-terminal portion of the SIV peptide (SIV-N), as well as the anticancer drug cisplatin were also determined. The CaMKI complex demonstrates a collapse analogous to that observed for MLCK, PDE, and SIV, while the SIV-N shows only a partial collapse. Interestingly, the covalent CaM-cisplatin complex shows a near complete collapse, not expected from previous studies. The method was extended to related calcium binding proteins to show that the R(h) of calcium and integrin binding protein (CIB), calbrain, and the calcium-binding region from soybean calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) decrease on Ca(2+)-binding to various extents. Heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy suggests that for CIB and calbrain this is likely because of shifting the equilibrium from unfolded to folded conformations, with calbrain forming a dimer structure. These results demonstrate the utility of PFG-diffusion NMR to rapidly and accurately screen for molecular size changes on protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions for this class of proteins.
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- Aalim M Weljie
- Structural Biology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Gao J, Yao Y, Squier TC. Oxidatively modified calmodulin binds to the plasma membrane Ca-ATPase in a nonproductive and conformationally disordered complex. Biophys J 2001; 80:1791-801. [PMID: 11259292 PMCID: PMC1301368 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)76149-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Oxidation of either Met(145) or Met(146) in wheat germ calmodulin (CaM) to methionine sulfoxide prevents the CaM-dependent activation of the plasma membrane (PM) Ca-ATPase (D. Yin, K. Kuczera, and T. C. Squier, 2000, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 13:103-110). To investigate the structural basis for the inhibition of the PM-Ca-ATPase by oxidized CaM (CaM(ox)), we have used circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence spectroscopy to resolve conformational differences within the complex between CaM and the PM-Ca-ATPase. The similar excited-state lifetime and solvent accessibility of the fluorophore N-1-pyrenyl-maleimide covalently bound to Cys(26) in unoxidized CaM and CaM(ox) indicates that the globular domains within CaM(ox) assume a native-like structure following association with the PM-Ca-ATPase. However, in comparison with oxidized CaM there are increases in the 1) molar ellipticity in the CD spectrum and 2) conformational heterogeneity between the opposing globular domains for CaM(ox) bound to the CaM-binding sequence of the PM-Ca-ATPase. Furthermore, CaM(ox) binds to the PM-Ca-ATPase with high affinity at a distinct, but overlapping, site to that normally occupied by unoxidized CaM. These results suggest that alterations in binding interactions between CaM(ox) and the PM-Ca-ATPase block important structural transitions within the CaM-binding sequence of the PM-Ca-ATPase that are normally associated with enzyme activation.
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- J Gao
- Biochemistry and Biophysics Section, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Wall ME, Gallagher SC, Trewhella J. Large-scale shape changes in proteins and macromolecular complexes. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2001; 51:355-80. [PMID: 11031286 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.51.1.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Proteins and RNA undergo intricate motions as they carry out functions in biological systems. These motions frequently entail large-scale conformational changes that induce changes in the surface structure, or shape, of a molecule. This review describes the experimental characterization of large-scale shape changes in proteins and macromolecular complexes and the effects of such changes on macromolecular behavior. We describe several important results that have been obtained by using small-angle scattering, which is emerging as a powerful technique for determining macromolecular shapes and elucidating the quaternary structure of macromolecular assemblies.
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- M E Wall
- Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
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Wilson MA, Brunger AT. The 1.0 A crystal structure of Ca(2+)-bound calmodulin: an analysis of disorder and implications for functionally relevant plasticity. J Mol Biol 2000; 301:1237-56. [PMID: 10966818 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Calmodulin (CaM) is a highly conserved 17 kDa eukaryotic protein that can bind specifically to over 100 protein targets in response to a Ca(2+) signal. Ca(2+)-CaM requires a considerable degree of structural plasticity to accomplish this physiological role; however, the nature and extent of this plasticity remain poorly characterized. Here, we present the 1.0 A crystal structure of Paramecium tetraurelia Ca(2+)-CaM, including 36 discretely disordered residues and a fifth Ca(2+) that mediates a crystal contact. The 36 discretely disordered residues are located primarily in the central helix and the two hydrophobic binding pockets, and reveal correlated side-chain disorder that may assist target-specific deformation of the binding pockets. Evidence of domain displacements and discrete backbone disorder is provided by translation-libration-screw (TLS) analysis and multiconformer models of protein disorder, respectively. In total, the evidence for disorder at every accessible length-scale in Ca(2+)-CaM suggests that the protein occupies a large number of hierarchically arranged conformational substates in the crystalline environment and may sample a quasi-continuous spectrum of conformations in solution. Therefore, we propose that the functionally distinct forms of CaM are less structurally distinct than previously believed, and that the different activities of CaM in response to Ca(2+) may result primarily from Ca(2+)-mediated alterations in the dynamics of the protein.
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- M A Wilson
- Departments of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Neurology and Neurological Sciences and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Wolf T, Solomon B, Ivnitski D, Rishpon J, Fleminger G. Interactions of calmodulin with metal ions and with its target proteins revealed by conformation-sensitive monoclonal antibodies. J Mol Recognit 2000; 11:14-9. [PMID: 10076799 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1352(199812)11:1/6<14::aid-jmr382>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) raised against bovine calmodulin (CaM), CAM1 and CAM4, enable one to monitor conformational changes that occur in the molecule. The interaction of CAM1 with CaM depends on the Ca2+ occupancy of its Ca(2+)-binding sites. CAM4, in contrast, interacts with CaM in a Ca(2+)-independent manner, interacting with both holoCaM and EGTA-treated CaM to a similar extent. Their interaction with various CaMs, CaM tryptic fragments and chemically modified CaM, as well as molecular graphics, led to identification of the CAM1 and CAM4 epitopes on the C- and N-terminal lobes of CAM respectively. The two mAbs were used as macromolecular probes to detect conformational changes occurring in the CaM molecule upon binding of metal ions and target proteins and peptides. MAb CAM1 successfully detected changes associated with Al3+ binding even in the presence of Ca2+, indicating that Al3+ and Ca2+ ions may bind to the protein simultaneously, leading to a new conformation of the molecule. MAbs CAM1 and CAM4 were used to follow the interactions of CaM with its target peptides and proteins. Complexes with melittin, mastoparan, calcineurin and phosphodiesterase showed different immunological properties on an immuno-enzyme electrode, indicating unique structural properties for each complex.
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- T Wolf
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Røjkjaer R, Klaerke DA, Schousboe I. Characterization of the interaction between beta2-glycoprotein I and calmodulin, and identification of a binding sequence in beta2-glycoprotein I. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1339:217-25. [PMID: 9187241 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(96)00234-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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beta2-Glycoprotein I was shown to bind reversibly to calmodulin in a Ca2+-dependent manner with a 1:1 stoichiometry, a Kd of 3 x 10(-9) M and a Hill coefficient of 1.4. A sequence in beta2-glycoprotein I (Lys-Pro-Gly-Tyr-Val-Ser-Arg-Gly-Gly-Met-Arg-Lys-Phe-Ile-) limited by Cys-32 and Cys-47 is suggested to be the calmodulin-binding region. This sequence was the only one in beta2-glycoprotein I theoretically having the ability to form a basic amphiphilic alpha-helix typical of a calmodulin binding sequence. The peptide corresponding to this sequence was synthesized and found to inhibit the interaction between beta2-glycoprotein I and calmodulin with an IC50 value of 0.38 x [beta2-glycoprotein I] and to displace the beta2-glycoprotein I from the beta2-glycoprotein I/calmodulin complex with an IC50 value of 0.90 x [beta2-glycoprotein I].
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- R Røjkjaer
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Recent high-resolution crystal and solution structures have answered many long-standing questions about calmodulin and its various conformational states. However, there is still much to learn.
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- B E Finn
- Department of Physical Chemistry 2, Lund University, Sweden
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VanBerkum MF, Goodman CS. Targeted disruption of Ca(2+)-calmodulin signaling in Drosophila growth cones leads to stalls in axon extension and errors in axon guidance. Neuron 1995; 14:43-56. [PMID: 7826640 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(95)90239-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Ca(2+)-calmodulin (CaM) function was selectively disrupted in a specific subset of growth cones in transgenic Drosophila embryos in which a specific enhancer element drives the expression of the kinesin motor domain fused to a CaM antagonist peptide (kinesin-antagonist or KA, which blocks CaM binding to target proteins) or CaM itself (kinesin-CaM or KC, which acts as a Ca(2+)-binding protein). In both KA and KC mutant embryos, specific growth cones exhibit dosage-dependent stalls in axon extension and errors in axon guidance, including both defects in fasciculation and abnormal crossings of the midline. These results demonstrate an in vivo function for Ca(2+)-CaM signaling in growth cone extension and guidance and suggest that Ca(2+)-CaM may in part regulate specific growth cone decisions, including when to defasciculate and whether or not to cross the midline.
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- M F VanBerkum
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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A considerable part of important biological processes is governed by the noncovalent association of peptides and proteins. Various types of intermolecular forces may be involved in the formation of these molecular assemblies. This review gives a brief account of the physicochemical bases of interactive forces, with special emphasis on their impact on various peptide-protein interactions; summarizes the newest biochemical and biophysical methods for the study of such interactions; and discusses the role of various hydrophilic and hydrophobic forces in peptide-protein interactions in various fields of life sciences, such as immunology, enzymology, receptor binding, and toxicology.
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- T Cserháti
- Central Research Institute for Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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Falke JJ, Drake SK, Hazard AL, Peersen OB. Molecular tuning of ion binding to calcium signaling proteins. Q Rev Biophys 1994; 27:219-90. [PMID: 7899550 DOI: 10.1017/s0033583500003012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Intracellular calcium plays an essential role in the transduction of most hormonal, neuronal, visual, and muscle stimuli. (Recent reviews include Putney, 1993; Berridge, 1993a,b; Tsunoda, 1993; Gnegy, 1993; Bachset al.1992; Hanson & Schulman, 1992; Villereal & Byron, 1992; Premack & Gardner, 1992; Meanset al.1991).
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- J J Falke
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0215
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Kobayashi T, Tao T, Gergely J, Collins J. Structure of the troponin complex. Implications of photocross-linking of troponin I to troponin C thiol mutants. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37521-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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