INHIBITION OF MUTANT TROPONIN-C ACTIVITY BY AN INTRA-DOMAIN DISULFIDE BOND

被引:111
作者
GRABAREK, Z
TAN, RY
WANG, J
TAO, T
GERGELY, J
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT NEUROL,BOSTON,MA 02115
[2] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT BIOL CHEM & MOLEC PHARMACOL,BOSTON,MA 02115
[3] MASSACHUSETTS GEN HOSP,NEUROL SERV,BOSTON,MA 02114
关键词
D O I
10.1038/345132a0
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Triggering of contraction in striated muscles involves a conformational transition in the N-terminal domain of troponin C, the calcium-binding component of thin filaments. We have designed a mutant troponin C in which the key conformational transition and the calcium-regulatory activity are reversibly blocked by the formation of a disulphide bridge. Our results may be applicable to other proteins of the same family of calcium-binding proteins. © 1990 Nature Publishing Group.
引用
收藏
页码:132 / 135
页数:4
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] THEORETICAL ESTIMATION OF THE CALCIUM-BINDING CONSTANTS FOR PROTEINS FROM THE TROPONIN-C SUPERFAMILY BASED ON A SECONDARY STRUCTURE PREDICTION METHOD .2. APPLICATIONS
    BOGUTA, G
    STEPKOWSKI, D
    BIERZYNSKI, A
    [J]. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, 1988, 135 (01) : 63 - 73
  • [2] BRADFORD MM, 1976, ANAL BIOCHEM, V72, P248, DOI 10.1016/0003-2697(76)90527-3
  • [3] CALCIUM-DEPENDENT INHIBITORY REGION OF TROPONIN - A PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC-RESONANCE STUDY ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TROPONIN C AND THE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE N-ALPHA-ACETYL[FPHE106]TNI-(104-115) AMIDE
    CACHIA, PJ
    SYKES, BD
    HODGES, RS
    [J]. BIOCHEMISTRY, 1983, 22 (17) : 4145 - 4152
  • [4] CACHIA PJ, 1985, CALMODULIN ANTAGONIS, P63
  • [5] CLONING, SEQUENCING AND EXPRESSION OF A FULL-LENGTH RABBIT FAST SKELETAL TROPONIN-C CDNA
    CHEN, Q
    TALJANIDISZ, J
    SARKAR, S
    TAO, T
    GERGELY, J
    [J]. FEBS LETTERS, 1988, 228 (01) : 22 - 26
  • [6] CHEUNG H C, 1989, Biophysical Journal, V55, p122A
  • [7] CHONG PCS, 1982, J BIOL CHEM, V257, P2549
  • [8] CALMODULIN-FREE SKELETAL-MUSCLE TROPONIN-C PREPARED IN THE ABSENCE OF UREA
    COX, JA
    COMTE, M
    STEIN, EA
    [J]. BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 1981, 195 (01) : 205 - 211
  • [9] INTERACTION BETWEEN TROPONIN-I AND TROPONIN-C - DEFINITION OF THE TOPOGRAPHY BY PROTON MAGNETIC-RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY
    DALGARNO, DC
    GRAND, RJA
    LEVINE, BA
    MOIR, AJG
    SCOTT, GMM
    PERRY, SV
    [J]. FEBS LETTERS, 1982, 150 (01) : 54 - 58
  • [10] Fiske CH, 1925, J BIOL CHEM, V66, P375