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PDBsum entry 2bcx

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Calcium binding protein PDB id
2bcx
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Protein chains
142 a.a.
27 a.a.
Metals
_CA ×4
Waters ×80

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Title Complex of calmodulin with a ryanodine receptor target reveals a novel, Flexible binding mode.
Authors A.A.Maximciuc, J.A.Putkey, Y.Shamoo, K.R.Mackenzie.
Ref. Structure, 2006, 14, 1547-1556. [DOI no: 10.1016/j.str.2006.08.011]
PubMed id 17027503
Abstract
Calmodulin regulates ryanodine receptor-mediated Ca(2+) release through a conserved binding site. The crystal structure of Ca(2+)-calmodulin bound to this conserved site reveals that calmodulin recognizes two hydrophobic anchor residues at a novel "1-17" spacing that brings the calmodulin lobes close together but prevents them from contacting one another. NMR residual dipolar couplings demonstrate that the detailed structure of each lobe is preserved in solution but also show that the lobes experience domain motions within the complex. FRET measurements confirm the close approach of the lobes in binding the 1-17 target and show that calmodulin binds with one lobe to a peptide lacking the second anchor. We suggest that calmodulin regulates the Ca(2+) channel by switching between the contiguous binding mode seen in our crystal structure and a state where one lobe of calmodulin contacts the conserved binding site while the other interacts with a noncontiguous site on the channel.
Figure 1.
Figure 1. The RYR1 Target Presents Hydrophobic Anchors on Opposite Faces of a Helix
(A) Alignment of CaM binding-site residues 3614–3643 of human RYR1 with rat and zebrafish RYR1 sequences and human RYR2 and RYR3 sequences. Residues identical in at least four sequences are in boldface.
(B) Electron density for the target peptide is well defined. Stereo pair of electron density from the final 2F[o] − F[c] composite omit map, contoured at 1.5 σ, at the target peptide (Trp3621–Arg3630). The final model is superimposed on the map.
(C) The 1-17 anchor spacing positions the lobes of CaM on opposite sides of the helical target. Two views of a ribbon diagram representation of the Ca^2+CaM/RYR1 peptide complex. CaM is drawn in blue, the RYR1 peptide in white, and the four calcium atoms are shown in red. The side chains of the RYR1 hydrophobic residues that anchor the two lobes of CaM are shown as sticks. Images were generated in PyMOL (DeLano Scientific).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Local Interactions between CaM Lobes and RYR1 Anchors Are Similar to the CaM/smMLCK Complex
Superposition of the Cα atoms of (A) the C lobe of CaM (residues 84 to 146) and (B) the N lobe of CaM (residues 5 to 75) from the RYR1 and smMLCK complexes. Only the hydrophobic anchors of the peptides (Trp3620 and Phe3636 in RYR1, Trp800 and Leu813 in smMLCK) and the CaM residues that interact with them are shown. For the RYR1 complex, the peptide chain is drawn as a white ribbon, with the anchors shown as thick sticks, while the CaM residues are shown as sticks, with the carbon atoms colored in blue, nitrogen in slate, oxygen in red, and sulfur in orange. The peptide chain for smMLCK is shown in cyan, and residues from the CaM/smMLCK complex are represented as thin sticks.
The above figures are reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Structure (2006, 14, 1547-1556) copyright 2006.
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