title: Interaction of plant protein Ser/Thr phosphatase PP7 with calmodulin.
abstract: We have recently identified PP7, a novel group of plant protein Ser/Thr phosphatases, and hypothesized that PP7 may possess a calmodulin-binding site. To test this hypothesis, we assessed the effect of calmodulin on the activity of recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana PP7 and directly tested interaction between PP7 and calmodulin using surface plasmon resonance. Calmodulin exerted a moderate inhibitory effect on the phosphatase activity of PP7 with submicromolar affinity. PP7 specifically interacted with immobilized calmodulin (but not with recoverin, another EF hand Ca(2+)-binding protein) in a strictly Ca(2+)-dependent manner with nanomolar affinity. Deletion of an insert in the catalytic domain of PP7, predicted to function as a calmodulin-binding site, greatly decreased PP7 binding to calmodulin. These findings provide the first evidence for a plant protein phosphatase directly interacting with calmodulin and indicate that PP7 might be regulated by Ca(2+) levels in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, URA CNRS N520, Département de Biologie Moléculaire et Structurale, CEA-Grenoble, 17, rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. m.kutuzov@usa.net
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kutuzov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Andreeva
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005136:Eye Proteins; D017353:Gene Deletion; D051597:Hippocalcin; D007700:Kinetics; D008074:Lipoproteins; D009154:Mutation; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051603:Recoverin; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002147:Calmodulin; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005136:Eye Proteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051603:Recoverin; D051597:Hippocalcin; C491501:PP7 protein, Arabidopsis; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D002118:Calcium