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:The importance of Trp 800 in the calmodulin-binding site of myosin light chain kinase was investigated. Truncation mutants from Leu 447 to the C-terminus were expressed in E. coli and these were modified by point mutations of Trp 800 to Gly, Cys, Leu and Tyr. Trp at this position was more effective than any of the other residues. The Leu mutant was partially active and its Km for calmodulin decreased from about 10 nM to 175 nM. The Tyr mutant had detectable activity but the other two mutants were inactive and did not bind calmodulin. Thus Trp at position 800 is critical. The activity of the Leu mutant at high calmodulin concentrations was less than the wild-type mutant, about 20%. This suggests that the binding of calmodulin does not release inhibition in an all-or-none mechanism and that other intramolecular interactions are important.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Matsushima S,Huang YP,Dudas CV,Guerriero V Jr,Hartshorne DJdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1994.2076subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-08-15 00:00:00pages
1329-36issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(84)72076-6journal_volume
202pub_type
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