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ArticleNature communications2013

Dynamic switching of calmodulin interactions underlies Ca2+ regulation of CaV1.3 channels.

Manu Ben Johny, Philemon S Yang, Hojjat Bazzazi, David T Yue

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Article in Nature communications, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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82citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manu Ben JohnyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Philemon S Yang
Hojjat Bazzazi
David T Yue
Johns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · US

Funding

Ca Regulation of Ca ChannelsR01MH065531 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNY, MANU BEN · 2002 to 2016
$5.7M
Mechanisms of Ca2+ and voltage-dependent inactivation Ca channelsF31MH088109 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNY, MANU BEN · 2009 to 2013
$167k
NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH088109NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH065531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calmodulin regulation of CaV channels is a prominent Ca(2+) feedback mechanism orchestrating vital adjustments of Ca(2+) entry. The long-held structural correlation of this regulation has been Ca(2+)-bound calmodulin, complexed alone with an IQ domain on the channel carboxy terminus. Here, however, systematic alanine mutagenesis of the entire carboxyl tail of an L-type CaV1.3 channel casts doubt on this paradigm. To identify the actual molecular states underlying channel regulation, we develop a structure-function approach relating the strength of regulation to the affinity of underlying calmodulin/channel interactions, by a Langmuir relation (individually transformed Langmuir analysis). Accordingly, we uncover frank exchange of Ca(2+)-calmodulin to interfaces beyond the IQ domain, initiating substantial rearrangements of the calmodulin/channel complex. The N-lobe of Ca(2+)-calmodulin binds an N-terminal spatial Ca(2+) transforming element module on the channel amino terminus, whereas the C-lobe binds an EF-hand region upstream of the IQ domain. This system of structural plasticity furnishes a next-generation blueprint for CaV channel modulation.

Indexed as

CalciumCalcium Channels, L-TypeCalmodulinHEK293 CellsHumansStructure-Activity RelationshipCACNA1D protein, humanCalciumCalcium Channels, L-TypeCalmodulin

Identifiers

PMID23591884
PMCPMC3856249
OpenAlexW2057269307

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