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Here we show that, as a consequence of binding the drug trifluoperazine, a major conformational movement occurs in Ca(2+)-calmodulin (CaM). The tertiary structure changes from an elongated dumb-bell, with exposed hydrophobic surfaces, to a compact globular form which can no longer interact with its target enzymes. It is likely that inactivation of Ca(2+)-CaM by trifluoperazine is due to this major tertiary-structural alteration in Ca(2+)-CaM, which is initiated and stabilized by drug binding. This conformational change is similar to that which occurs on the binding of Ca(2+)-CaM to target peptides. Two hydrophobic binding pockets, created by amino acid residues adjacent to Ca(2+)-coordinating residues, form the key recognition sites on Ca(2+)-CaM for both inhibitors and target enzymes.

1LIN is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bos_taurus Bos taurus] with <scene name='pdbligand=CA:'>CA</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=TFP:'>TFP</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1LIN OCA].  

[[Category: Delbaere, L T.J.]]

[[Category: Hickie, R A.]]

[[Category: Quail, J W.]]

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