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Calbindin D28k exhibits properties characteristic of a Ca2+ sensor.

Berggård, Tord LU ; Miron, Simona ; Önnerfjord, Patrik LU orcid ; Thulin, Eva LU ; Akerfeldt, Karin S ; Enghild, Jan J ; Akke, Mikael LU orcid and Linse, Sara LU (2002) In Journal of Biological Chemistry 277(19). p.16662-16672
Abstract
Calbindin D28k is a member of the calmodulin super-family of Ca2+ -binding proteins and contains six EF-hands. The protein is generally believed to function as a Ca2+ buffer, but the studies presented in this work indicate that it may also act as a Ca2+ sensor. The results show that Mg2+ binds to the same sites as Ca2+ with an association constant of approximately 1.4 x 10(3) M-1 in 0.15 M KCl. The four high-affinity sites in calbindin D28k bind Ca2+ in a non-sequential, parallel manner. In the presence of physiological concentrations of Mg2+, the Ca2+ -affinity is reduced by a factor of two and the cooperativity, which otherwise is modest, increases. Based on the binding constants determined in the presence of physiological salt... (More)
Calbindin D28k is a member of the calmodulin super-family of Ca2+ -binding proteins and contains six EF-hands. The protein is generally believed to function as a Ca2+ buffer, but the studies presented in this work indicate that it may also act as a Ca2+ sensor. The results show that Mg2+ binds to the same sites as Ca2+ with an association constant of approximately 1.4 x 10(3) M-1 in 0.15 M KCl. The four high-affinity sites in calbindin D28k bind Ca2+ in a non-sequential, parallel manner. In the presence of physiological concentrations of Mg2+, the Ca2+ -affinity is reduced by a factor of two and the cooperativity, which otherwise is modest, increases. Based on the binding constants determined in the presence of physiological salt concentrations, we estimate that at the Ca2+ concentration in a resting cell calbindin D28k is saturated to 40-75% with Mg2+, but to less than 9 % with Ca2+. In contrast, the protein is expected to be nearly fully saturated with Ca2+ at the Ca2+ level of an activated cell. A substantial conformational change is observed upon Ca2+ binding, but only minor structural changes take place upon Mg2+-binding. This suggests that calbindin D28k undergoes Ca2+ -induced structural changes upon Ca2+ activation of a cell. Thus, calbindin D28k displays several properties that would be expected for a protein involved in Ca2+ -induced signal transmission and hence may function not only as a Ca2+ buffer, but also as a Ca2+ sensor. Digestion patterns resulting from limited proteolysis of the protein suggest that the loop of EF-hand 2, a variant site that does not bind Ca2+, becomes exposed upon Ca2+ binding. (Less)
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Spectrum Analysis, Animal, Amino Acid Sequence, Calcium/*metabolism, Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin D-Dependent/*chemistry, Cattle, Circular Dichroism, Human, Magnesium/metabolism, Models, Statistical, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Recombinant Proteins/metabolism, Signal Transduction, Fluorescence, Spectrometry, Mass, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Trypsin/pharmacology, Ultraviolet Rays
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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277
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19
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16662 - 16672
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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1083-351X
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10.1074/jbc.M200415200
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  author       = {{Berggård, Tord and Miron, Simona and Önnerfjord, Patrik and Thulin, Eva and Akerfeldt, Karin S and Enghild, Jan J and Akke, Mikael and Linse, Sara}},
  issn         = {{1083-351X}},
  keywords     = {{Spectrum Analysis; Animal; Amino Acid Sequence; Calcium/*metabolism; Calcium-Binding Protein; Vitamin D-Dependent/*chemistry; Cattle; Circular Dichroism; Human; Magnesium/metabolism; Models; Statistical; Molecular Sequence Data; Protein Binding; Protein Conformation; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism; Signal Transduction; Fluorescence; Spectrometry; Mass; Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; U.S. Gov't; Non-P.H.S.; Trypsin/pharmacology; Ultraviolet Rays}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{19}},
  pages        = {{16662--16672}},
  publisher    = {{American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology}},
  series       = {{Journal of Biological Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Calbindin D28k exhibits properties characteristic of a Ca2+ sensor.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M200415200}},
  doi          = {{10.1074/jbc.M200415200}},
  volume       = {{277}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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