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Crystal Structure of Recoverin with Calcium Ions Bound to Both Functional EF Hands.


ABSTRACT: Recoverin (Rv), a small Ca(2+)-binding protein that inhibits rhodopsin kinase (RK), has four EF hands, two of which are functional (EF2 and EF3). Activation requires Ca(2+) in both EF hands, but crystal structures have never been observed with Ca(2+) ions in both sites; all previous structures have Ca(2+) bound to only EF3. We suspected that this was due to an intermolecular crystal contact between T80 and a surface glutamate (E153) that precluded coordination of a Ca(2+) ion in EF2. We constructed the E153A mutant, determined its X-ray crystal structure to 1.2 Å resolution, and showed that two Ca(2+) ions are bound, one in EF3 and one in EF2. Additionally, several other residues are shown to adopt conformations in the 2Ca(2+) structure not seen previously and not seen in a second structure of the E153A mutant containing Na(+) instead of Ca(2+) in the EF2 site. The side-chain rearrangements in these residues form a 28 Å allosteric cascade along the surface of the protein connecting the Ca(2+)-binding site of EF2 with the active-site pocket responsible for binding RK.

SUBMITTER: Kumar RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4682395 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystal Structure of Recoverin with Calcium Ions Bound to Both Functional EF Hands.

Kumar Ramasamy P RP   Ranaghan Matthew J MJ   Ganjei Allen Y AY   Oprian Daniel D DD  

Biochemistry 20151203 49


Recoverin (Rv), a small Ca(2+)-binding protein that inhibits rhodopsin kinase (RK), has four EF hands, two of which are functional (EF2 and EF3). Activation requires Ca(2+) in both EF hands, but crystal structures have never been observed with Ca(2+) ions in both sites; all previous structures have Ca(2+) bound to only EF3. We suspected that this was due to an intermolecular crystal contact between T80 and a surface glutamate (E153) that precluded coordination of a Ca(2+) ion in EF2. We construc  ...[more]

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