Is the binding of magnesium(II) to calmodulin significant? An investigation by magnesium-25 nuclear magnetic resonance

Previous reports on the interaction between calmodulin (CaM) and Mg2+ range from no binding to a binding constant of 10(4) M-1 [for a summary, see Cox, J. A., Comte, M., Malnoe, A., Berger, D., & Stein, E. A. (1984) Met. Ions Biol. Syst. 17, 215-273]. In order to resolve the controversy, we used...

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Published in:Biochemistry (Easton) 1987-06, Vol.26 (12), p.3635-3643
Main Authors: Tsai, Ming Daw, Drakenberg, Torbjoern, Thulin, Eva, Forsen, Sture
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animals
Binding Sites
Biological and medical sciences
Calmodulin - metabolism
Cattle
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Interactions. Associations
Intermolecular phenomena
Kinetics
Magnesium - metabolism
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - methods
Male
Molecular biophysics
Peptide Fragments - metabolism
Protein Binding
Testis - metabolism
Thermodynamics
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Summary:Previous reports on the interaction between calmodulin (CaM) and Mg2+ range from no binding to a binding constant of 10(4) M-1 [for a summary, see Cox, J. A., Comte, M., Malnoe, A., Berger, D., & Stein, E. A. (1984) Met. Ions Biol. Syst. 17, 215-273]. In order to resolve the controversy, we used 25Mg NMR to study the binding of Mg2+ to apo-CaM, CaM.Ca2(2)+ (in which sites III and IV are occupied by Ca2+), CaM.La2(3)+ (in which sites I and II are occupied by La3+), and the two tryptic fragments of calmodulin, TR1C (containing sites I and II of CaM) and TR2C (containing sites III and IV of CaM). In each system, a "titration set" and a "temperature set" were obtained, and the spectral data were analyzed by total band-shape analysis to calculate the association constant (Ka) and off-rate (koff). As in the case of Ca2+ binding, sites I and II and sites III and IV were treated as two sets of equivalent sites, and a Ca2+/Mg2+ competition experiment suggested that Mg2+ competes with Ca2+ for the same sites. For both CaM.Ca2(2)+ and TR1C, moderately large Ka (2000 and 3500 M-1, respectively) and moderate off-rates (koff = 2300 and 3000 s-1, respectively, at 25 degrees C) were observed. For both CaM.La2(3)+ and TR2C, binding of Mg2+ was weaker by a factor of ca. 10 (Ka = 300 and 200 M-1, respectively) while the off-rates were also moderate (koff = 3500 and 2200 s-1, respectively).
ISSN:0006-2960
1520-4995
DOI:10.1021/bi00386a057