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. 1994 Dec;3(12):2311–2321. doi: 10.1002/pro.5560031216

Two domains of interaction with calcium binding proteins can be mapped using fragments of calponin.

F L Wills 1, W D McCubbin 1, M Gimona 1, P Strasser 1, C M Kay 1
PMCID: PMC2142774  PMID: 7756987

Abstract

Native calponin is able to bind 2 mol of calcium binding protein (CaBP) per mole calponin. This study extends this observation to define the 2 domains of interaction, one of which is near the actin binding site, and the other in the amino-terminal region of calponin. Also, the first evidence for a differentiation in the response of calponin to interaction with caltropin versus calmodulin is demonstrated. The binding of caltropin to cleavage and recombinant fragments of calponin was determined by 3 techniques: tryptophan fluorescence of the fragments, CD measurements to determine secondary structure changes, and analytical ultracentrifugation. In order to delineate the sites of interaction, 3 fragments of calponin have been studied. From a cyanogen bromide cleavage of calponin, residues 2-51 were isolated. This fragment is shown to bind to CaBPs and the affinity for caltropin is slightly higher than that for calmodulin. A carboxyl-terminal truncated mutant of calponin comprising residues 1-228 (CP 1-228) has been produced by recombinant techniques. Analytical ultracentrifugation has shown that CP 1-228, like the parent calponin, is able to bind 2 mol of caltropin per mol of 1-228 in a Ca(2+)-dependent fashion, indicating that there is a second site of interaction between residues 52-228. Temperature denaturation of the carboxyl-terminal truncated fragment compared with whole calponin show that the carboxyl-terminal region does not change the temperature at which calponin melts; however, there is greater residual secondary structure with whole calponin versus the fragment. A second mutant produced through recombinant techniques comprises residues 45-228 and is also able to bind caltropin, thus mapping the location of the second site of interaction to near the actin binding site.

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