TY - JOUR
T1 - When size is important
T2 - Accommodation of magnesium in a calcium binding regulatory domain
AU - Malmendal, A.
AU - Evenäs, J.
AU - Thulin, E.
AU - Gippert, G.P.
AU - Drakenberg, T.
AU - Forsén, S.
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PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The accommodation of Mg2+ in the N-terminal domain of calmodulin was followed through amide 1H and 15N chemical shifts and line widths in heteronuclear single-quantum coherence spectroscopy NMR spectra. Mg2+ binds sequentially to the two Ca2+-binding loops in this domain, with affinities such that nearly half of the loops would be occupied by Mg2+ in resting eukaryotic cells. Mg2+ binding seems to occur without ligation to the residue in the 12th loop position, previously proven largely responsible for the major rearrangements induced by binding of the larger Ca2+. Consequently, smaller Mg2+-induced structural changes are indicated throughout the protein. The two Ca2+-binding loops have different Mg2+ binding characteristics. Ligands in the N-terminal loop I are better positioned for cation binding, resulting in higher affinity and slower binding kinetics compared with the C-terminal loop II (k(off) = 380 \ 40 s-1 compared with 10,000 s-1 at 25 \C). The Mg2+-saturated loop II undergoes conformational exchange on the 100-$s time scale. Available data suggest that this exchange occurs between a conformation providing a ligand geometry optimized for Mg2+ binding and a conformation more similar to that of the empty loop.
AB - The accommodation of Mg2+ in the N-terminal domain of calmodulin was followed through amide 1H and 15N chemical shifts and line widths in heteronuclear single-quantum coherence spectroscopy NMR spectra. Mg2+ binds sequentially to the two Ca2+-binding loops in this domain, with affinities such that nearly half of the loops would be occupied by Mg2+ in resting eukaryotic cells. Mg2+ binding seems to occur without ligation to the residue in the 12th loop position, previously proven largely responsible for the major rearrangements induced by binding of the larger Ca2+. Consequently, smaller Mg2+-induced structural changes are indicated throughout the protein. The two Ca2+-binding loops have different Mg2+ binding characteristics. Ligands in the N-terminal loop I are better positioned for cation binding, resulting in higher affinity and slower binding kinetics compared with the C-terminal loop II (k(off) = 380 \ 40 s-1 compared with 10,000 s-1 at 25 \C). The Mg2+-saturated loop II undergoes conformational exchange on the 100-$s time scale. Available data suggest that this exchange occurs between a conformation providing a ligand geometry optimized for Mg2+ binding and a conformation more similar to that of the empty loop.
UR - https://www.jbc.org/content/273/44/28994.full.pdf
U2 - 10.1074/jbc.273.44.28994
DO - 10.1074/jbc.273.44.28994
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 273
SP - 28994
EP - 29001
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 44
ER -