title: The N-terminal domain of MDM2 resembles calmodulin and its relatives.
abstract: It is shown here that the N-terminal domain of MDM2, which is not thought to bind calcium ions, otherwise bears a striking resemblance to a cluster of four EF-hand modules like those found in the calmodulin family. There are similarities in module arrangement, supersecondary structure and the main-chain to main-chain hydrogen-bonding pattern, especially in the vicinity of the short antiparallel beta-sheet, the two strands of which lie between the two E and F helices of tandem modules. Some conserved amino acid residues are identified that are associated with short side-chain to main-chain hydrogen-bonded motifs. Also, both types of domain bind a short, functionally important hydrophobic alpha-helix from another protein in a cavity between the two pairs of EF-hand, or EF-hand-like, modules.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. J.Milner-White@bio.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Milner-White
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2; D002118:Calcium