期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 435, 期 -, 页码 391-399出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101771
关键词
calcium-binding protein; calsequestrin; catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT); metal ion; molecular dynamics; protein folding; proteolysis
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 HL64014]
- American Physiological Society
- American Heart Association
- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
CASQ (calsequestrin) is a Ca2+-buffering protein localized in the muscle SR (sarcoplasmic reticulum); however, it is unknown whether Ca2+ binding to CASQ2 is due to its location inside the SR rich in Ca2+ or due to its preference for Ca2+ over other ions. Therefore a major aim of the present study was to determine how CASQ2 selects Ca2+ over other metal ions by studying monomer folding and subsequent aggregation upon exposure to alkali (monovalent), alkaline earth (divalent) and transition (polyvalent) metals. We additionally investigated how CPVI (catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia) mutations affect CASQ2 structure and its molecular behaviour when exposed to different metal ions. Our results show that alkali and alkaline earth metals can initiate similar molecular compaction (folding), but only Ca2+ can promote CASQ2 to aggregate, suggesting that CASQ2 has a preferential binding to Ca2+ over all other metals. We additionally found that transition metals (having higher co-ordinated bonding ability than Ca2+) can also initiate folding and promote aggregation of CASQ2. These studies led us to suggest that folding and formation of higher-order structures depends on cationic properties such as co-ordinate bonding ability and ionic radius. Among the CPVT mutants studied, the L167H mutation disrupts the Ca2+-dependent folding and, when folding is achieved by Mn2+, L167H can undergo aggregation in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Interestingly, domain III mutants (D307H and P308L) lost their selectivity to Ca2+ and could be aggregated in the presence of Mg2+. In conclusion, these studies suggest that CPVT mutations modify CASQ2 behaviour, including folding, aggregation/polymerization and selectivity towards Ca2+.
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