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. 1989 Feb 1;257(3):839–843. doi: 10.1042/bj2570839

Ca2+-calmodulin binding to caldesmon and the caldesmon-actin-tropomyosin complex. Its role in Ca2+ regulation of the activity of synthetic smooth-muscle thin filaments.

K Pritchard 1, S B Marston 1
PMCID: PMC1135664  PMID: 2930490

Abstract

We measured the concentration of calmodulin required to reverse inhibition by caldesmon of actin-activated myosin MgATPase activity, in a model smooth-muscle thin-filament system, reconstituted in vitro from purified vascular smooth-muscle actin, tropomyosin and caldesmon. At 37 degrees C in buffer containing 120 mM-KCl, 4 microM-Ca2+-calmodulin produced a half-maximal reversal of caldesmon inhibition, but more than 300 microM-Ca2+-calmodulin was necessary at 25 degrees C in buffer containing 60 mM-KCl. The binding affinity (K) of caldesmon for Ca2+-calmodulin was measured by a fluorescence-polarization method: K = 2.7 x 10(6) M-1 at 25 degrees C (60 mM-KCl); K = 1.4 x 10(6) M-1 at 37 degrees C in 70 mM-KCl-containing buffer; K = 0.35 x 10(6) M-1 at 37 degrees C in 120 mM-KCl- containing buffer (pH 7.0). At 37 degrees C/120 mM-KCl, but not at 25 degrees C/60 mM-KCl, Ca2+-calmodulin bound to caldesmon bound to actin-tropomyosin (K = 2.9 x 10(6) M-1). Ca2+ regulation in this system does not depend on a simple competition between Ca2+-calmodulin and actin for binding to caldesmon. Under conditions (37 degrees C/120 mM-KCl) where physiologically realistic concentrations of calmodulin can Ca2+-regulate synthetic thin filaments, Ca2+-calmodulin reverses caldesmon inhibition of actomyosin ATPase by forming a non-inhibited complex of Ca2+-calmodulin-caldesmon-(actin-tropomyosin).

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