title: Molecular and biochemical analysis of calmodulin interactions with the calmodulin-binding domain of plant glutamate decarboxylase.
abstract: We previously provided what to our knowledge is the first evidence that plant glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) is a calmodulin (CaM)-binding protein. Here, we studied the GAD CaM-binding domain in detail. A synthetic peptide of 26 amino acids corresponding to this domain forms a stable complex with Ca2+/CaM with a 1:1 stoichiometry, and amino acid substitutions suggest that tryptophan-485 has an indispensable role in CaM binding. Chemical cross-linking revealed specific CaM/GAD interactions even in the absence of Ca2+. However, increasing KCI concentrations or deletion of two carboxy-terminal lysines abolished these interactions but had a mild effect on CaM/GAD interactions in the presence of Ca2+. We conclude that in the presence of Ca(2+)-hydrophobic interactions involving tryptophan-485 and electrostatic interactions involving the carboxy-terminal lysines mediate CaM/GAD complex formation. By contrast, in the absence of Ca2+, CaM/GAD interactions are essentially electrostatic and involve the carboxy-terminal lysines. In addition, a tryptophan residue and carboxy-terminal lysines are present in the CaM-binding domain of an Arabidopsis GAD. Finally, we demonstrate that petunia GAD activity is stimulated in vitro by Ca2+/CaM. Our study provides a molecular basis for Ca(2+)-dependent CaM/GAD interactions and suggests the possible occurrence of Ca(2+)-independent CaM/GAD interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arazi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Snedden
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Shelp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fromm
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase; D002118:Calcium