title: Calmodulin has the Potential to Function as a Ca-Dependent Adaptor Protein.
abstract: Calmodulin (CaM) is a versatile Ca(2+)-binding protein that regulates the activity of numerous effector proteins in response to Ca(2+) signals. Several CaM-dependent regulatory mechanisms have been identified, including autoinhibitory domain displacement, sequestration of a ligand-binding site, active site reorganization, and target protein dimerization. We recently showed that the N- and C-lobes of animal and plant CaM isoforms could independently and sequentially bind to target peptides derived from the CaM-binding domain of Nicotiana tabacum mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase (NtMKP1), to form a 2:1 peptide:CaM complex. This suggests that CaM might facilitate the dimerization of NtMKP1, although the dimerization mechanism is distinct from the previously described simultaneous binding of other target peptides to CaM. The independent and sequential binding of the NtMKP1 peptides to CaM also suggests an alternative plausible scenario in which the C-lobe of CaM remains tethered to NtMKP1, and the N-lobe is free to recruit a second target protein to the complex, such as an NtMKP1 target. Thus, we hypothesize that CaM may be capable of functioning as a Ca(2+)-dependent adaptor or recruiter protein.
authors.affiliation: Structural Biology Research Group; Department of Biological Sciences; University of Calgary; Calgary Canada.
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