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Ca2+‐dependent conformational changes in bovine GCAP‐2
Protein science, v 7(12), pp 2675-2680
Dec 1998
PMID: 9865963
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Abstract
GCAP‐2, a mammalian photoreceptor‐specific protein, is a Ca2+‐dependent regulator of the retinal membrane guanylyl cyclases (Ret‐GCs). Sensing the fall in intracellular free Ca2+ after photo‐excitation, GCAP‐2 stimulates the activity of Ret‐GC leading to cGMP production. Like other members of the recoverin superfamily, GCAP‐2 is a small N‐myristoylated protein containing four EF‐hand consensus motifs. In this study, we demonstrate that like recoverin and neurocalcin, GCAP‐2 alters its conformation in response to Ca2+‐binding as measured by a Ca2+‐dependent change in its far UV CD spectrum. Differences in the conformation of the Ca2+‐bound and Ca2+‐free forms of GCAP‐2 were also observed by examining their relative susceptibility to V8 protease. In contrast to recoverin, we do not observe proteolytic cleavage of the myristoylated N‐terminus of Ca2+‐bound GCAP‐2. NMR spectra also show that, in contrast to recoverin, the chemical environment of the N‐terminus of GCAP‐2 is not dramatically altered by Ca2+ binding. Despite the similarity of GCAP‐2 and recoverin, the structural consequences of Ca2+‐binding for these two proteins are significantly dissimilar.
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- Title
- Ca2+‐dependent conformational changes in bovine GCAP‐2
- Creators
- Robert E. Hughes - University of WashingtonJames B. Hurley - University of WashingtonPeter S. Brzovic - University of WashingtonAlexander M. Dizhoor - Wayne State UniversityRachel E. Klevit - University of Washington
- Publication Details
- Protein science, v 7(12), pp 2675-2680
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- NIH (EY06641; DK35187; EY11522) Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000077410900022
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0031593843
- Other Identifier
- 991022035258804721
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