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Solution Structure of Calmodulin bound to the target peptide of Endothelial Nitrogen Oxide Synthase phosphorylated at Thr495

spinqualitylabelsall models 2mg5, 20 NMR models Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 2mg5 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Human. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. NonStd Res: TPO Gene: CALM1, CALM, CAM, CAM1, CALM2, CAM2, CAMB, CALM3, CALML2, CAM3, CAMC, CAMIII (HUMAN) Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) plays a major role in a number of key physiological and pathological processes, and it is important to understand how this enzyme is regulated. The small acidic calcium binding protein, calmodulin (CaM), is required to fully activate the enzyme. The exact mechanism of how CaM activates NOS is not fully understood at this time. Studies have shown CaM to act like a switch that causes a conformational change in NOS to allow for the transfer of an electron between the reductase and oxygenase domains through a process that is thought to be highly dynamic and at least in part controlled by several possible phosphorylation sites. We have determined the solution structure of CaM bound to a peptide that contains a phosphorylated threonine corresponding to Thr495 in full size endothelial NOS (eNOS) to investigate the structural and functional effects that the phosphorylation of this residue may have on nitric oxide production. Our biophysical studies show that phosphorylation of Thr495 introduces electrostatic repulsions between the target sequence and CaM as well as a diminished propensity for the peptide to form an alpha-helix. The calcium affinity of the CaM-target peptide complex is reduced because of phosphorylation, and this leads to weaker binding at low physiological calcium concentrations. This study provides an explanation for the reduced level of NO production by eNOS carrying a phosphorylated Thr495 residue. Solution structure of calmodulin bound to the target Peptide of endothelial nitric oxide synthase phosphorylated at thr495.,Piazza M, Taiakina V, Guillemette SR, Guillemette JG, Dieckmann T Biochemistry. 2014 Mar 4;53(8):1241-9. doi: 10.1021/bi401466s. Epub 2014 Feb 17. PMID:24495081 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Calmodulin

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