title: Computer-assistant prediction of phospholipid binding sites of caldesmon and calponin.
abstract: The primary structure of smooth muscle caldesmon and calponin was screened for the presence of amphiphilic alpha-helices which can participate in the formation of protein-lipid contacts. Only one caldesmon segment (residues 645-660) having a predominantly alpha-helical structure and high hydrophobic moment satisfies all criteria for a surface-seeking helix and is predicted to be involved in the caldesmon-phospholipid interaction. This prediction agrees with experimental results indicating that one of the caldesmon-phospholipid binding sites is located in the sequence 628-658 [Bogatcheva et al. (1994) FEBS Lett. 342, 176]. Two segments of calponin (residues 45-55 and 85-95) exhibit high hydrophobic moments and the sequence 85-95 is characterized by a high probability of alpha-helix formation. This may suggest that at least one of these segments could facilitate the calponin-phospholipid interaction and that calponin, as with many other actin binding proteins, is able to interact with membranes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, School of Biology, Moscow State University, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Bogatcheva
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Gusev
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012984:Software; D012995:Solubility; D000096985:Calponins
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids; D000096985:Calponins