Download MendeleyCrystal structure of a myristoylated CAP-23/NAP-22 N-terminal domain complexed with Ca2+/calmodulin
Matsubara, M., Nakatsu, T., Kato, H., Taniguchi, H.(2004) EMBO J 23: 712-718
- PubMed: 14765114
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7600093
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1L7Z - PubMed Abstract:
A variety of viral and signal transduction proteins are known to be myristoylated. Although the role of myristoylation in protein-lipid interaction is well established, the involvement of myristoylation in protein-protein interactions is less well understood. CAP-23/NAP-22 is a brain-specific protein kinase C substrate protein that is involved in axon regeneration. Although the protein lacks any canonical calmodulin (CaM)-binding domain, it binds CaM with high affinity. The binding of CAP-23/NAP-22 to CaM is myristoylation dependent and the N-terminal myristoyl group is directly involved in the protein-protein interaction. Here we show the crystal structure of Ca2+-CaM bound to a myristoylated peptide corresponding to the N-terminal domain of CAP-23/NAP-22. The myristoyl moiety of the peptide goes through a hydrophobic tunnel created by the hydrophobic pockets in the N- and C-terminal domains of CaM. In addition to the myristoyl group, several amino-acid residues in the peptide are important for CaM binding. This is a novel mode of binding and is very different from the mechanism of binding in other CaM-target complexes.
Organizational Affiliation:
Membrane Dynamics Project, Harima Institute at SPring-8, RIKEN, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan. mamoru.matsubara@carnabio.com
