Thermodynamic Analysis of Calcium and Magnesium Binding to Calmodulin

Autor: Jacques Haiech, Robert Gilli, A. A. Makarov, M.-C. Kilhoffer, Daniel Lafitte, Claudette Briand, C. Lopez
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Biochemistry. 37:5450-5456
ISSN: 1520-4995
0006-2960
DOI: 10.1021/bi972083a
Popis: To elucidate some aspects still debated concerning the interaction of Ca2+ and Mg2+ with CaM, the thermodynamic binding parameters of Ca2+-CaM and Mg2+-CaM complexes were characterized by flow dialysis and isothermal microcalorimetry under different experimental conditions. In particular, the enthalpy and entropy changes associated with Ca2+ and Mg2+ binding to their sites were determined, allowing a better understanding of the mechanism underlying cation-CaM interactions. Ca2+-CaM interaction follows an enthalpy-entropy compensation relationship, suggesting that CaM explores a subspace of isoenergetical conformations which is modified by Ca2+ binding. This Ca2+-induced change in CaM dynamics is proposed to play a key role in CaM function, i.e. in its interaction with and/or activation of target proteins. Furthermore, data show that Mg2+ does not act as a direct competitor for Ca2+ binding on the four main Ca2+ binding sites, but rather as an allosteric effector. This implies that the four main Mg2+ binding sites are distinct from the EF-hand Ca2+ binding sites. Finally, Ca2+ is shown to interact with auxiliary binding sites on CaM. These weak affinity sites were thermodynamically characterized. The results presented here challenge the current accepted view of CaM ion binding.
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