Confinement Alters the Structure and Function of Calmodulin

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• 作者：Dr. Guohua Xu ; Kai Cheng ; Qiong Wu ; Prof. Dr. Maili Liu and Prof. Dr. Conggang Li
• 刊名：Angewandte Chemie International Edition
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 9, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：56
• 期：2
• 页码：530-534
• 全文大小：2118K
• ISSN：1521-3773

文摘

Many cellular reactions involving proteins, including their biosynthesis, misfolding, and transport, occur in confined compartments. Despite its importance, a structural basis of understanding of how confined environments alter protein function is still lacking. Herein, we explore structure–function correlations of calmodulin (CaM), a multidomain protein involved in many calcium-mediated signaling pathways, in reverse micelles. Confinement dramatically alters CaM structure and function. The protein forms an extended structure in bulk water, but becomes compacted in reverse micelles. In addition, confinement changes the function of CaM. Specifically, the protein binds the MLCK, AcN19, and somatostatin peptides in dilute buffer, but binds only the MLCK and AcN19 peptides in reverse micelles. In summary, we determined a new CaM structure in reverse micelles and demonstrate that confinement can modulate both protein structure and function.