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CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 521-530Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.03.007
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [F32 GM067488-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS27177] Funding Source: Medline
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The binding interface of calmodulin and a calmodulin binding peptide were reengineered by computationally designing complementary bumps and holes. This redesign led to the development of sensitive and specific pairs of mutant proteins used to sense Ca2+ in a second generation of genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators (cameleons). These cameleons are no longer perturbed by large excesses of native calmodulin, and they display Ca2+ sensitivities tuned over a 100-fold range (0.6-160 mu M). Incorporation of circularly permuted Venus in place of Citrine results in a 3- to 5-fold increase in the dynamic range. These redesigned cameleons show significant improvements over previous versions in the ability to monitor Ca2+ in the cytoplasm as well as distinct subcellular localizations, such as the plasma membrane of neurons and the mitochondria.
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