title: Differential calmodulin binding to three myosin-1 isoforms from liver.
abstract: We have previously purified and characterized two myosin-1 isoforms from rat liver (molecular masses 130 kDa and 110 kDa; L. M. Coluccio and C. Conaty (1993) Cell Motil. Cytoskel. 24, 189-199). Here, we describe the purification and characterization from liver of a third myosin-1 (molecular mass 105 kDa) and determine the number of calmodulin molecules associated with each of these three myosin-1 isoforms. The 105 kDa polypeptide, solubilized from liver homogenates with the addition of ATP, co-sediments with F-actin, co-purifies with calmodulin, and binds calmodulin in the presence of EGTA. Antibodies directed against chicken intestinal brush border myosin-1 cross-react with the 105 kDa polypeptide on immunoblots. Partial peptide sequence analysis indicates that the polypeptide corresponds with an MM1 gamma gene product that represents a myosin-1 isoform cloned from mouse brain (Sherr et al. (1993) J. Cell Biol. 120, 1405-1416). A comparison of calmodulin binding to the now three isolated forms of myosin-1 in liver shows that in solution the 105 kDa and 110 kDa polypeptides bind two molecules of calmodulin each whereas the 130 kDa binds six molecules of calmodulin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Coluccio
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009218:Myosins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D009218:Myosins; D002118:Calcium