Authors
Mingjie Zhang, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Mitsuhiko Ikura
Publication date
1995/9/1
Journal
Nature structural biology
Volume
2
Issue
9
Pages
758-767
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
The solution structure of Ca2+-free calmodulin has been determined by NMR spectroscopy, and is compared to the previously reported structure of the Ca2+-saturated form. The removal of Ca2+ causes the interhelical angles of four EF-hand motifs to increase by 36°–44°. This leads to major changes in surface properties, including the closure of the deep hydrophobic cavity essential for target protein recognition. Concerted movements of helices A and D with respect to B and C, and of helices E and H with respect to F and G are likely responsible for the cooperative Ca2+-binding property observed between two adjacent EF-hand sites in the amino- and carboxy-terminal domains.
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M Zhang, T Tanaka, M Ikura - Nature structural biology, 1995