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  • Title: Changes in biological activity and folding of guanylate cyclase-activating protein 1 as a function of calcium.
    Author: Rudnicka-Nawrot M, Surgucheva I, Hulmes JD, Haeseleer F, Sokal I, Crabb JW, Baehr W, Palczewski K.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1998 Jan 06; 37(1):248-57. PubMed ID: 9425045.
    Abstract:
    Guanylate cyclase-activating protein 1 (GCAP1), a photoreceptor-specific Ca2+-binding protein, activates retinal guanylate cyclase 1 (GC1) during the recovery phase of phototransduction. In contrast to other Ca2+-binding proteins from the calmodulin superfamily, the Ca2+-free form of GCAP1 stimulates the effector enzyme. In this study, we analyzed the Ca2+-dependent changes in GCAP1 structure by limited proteolysis and mutagenesis in order to understand the mechanism of Ca2+-sensitive modulation of GC1 activity. The change from a Ca2+-bound to a Ca2+-free form of GCAP1 increased susceptibility of Ca2+-free GCAP1 to proteolysis by trypsin. Sequencing data revealed that in the Ca2+-bound form, only the N-terminus (myristoylated Gly2-Lys9) and C-terminus (171-205 fragment) of GCAP1 are removed by trypsin, while in the Ca2+-free form, GCAP1 is readily degraded to small fragments. Successive inactivation of each of the functional EF loops by site-directed mutagenesis showed that only EF3 and EF4 contribute to a Ca2+-dependent inactivation of GCAP1. GCAP1(E75D,E111D,E155D) mutant did not bind Ca2+ and stimulated GC1 in a [Ca2+]-independent manner. GCAP1 and GCAP2, but not S-100beta, a high [Ca2+]free activator of GC1, competed with the triple mutant at high [Ca2+]free, inhibiting GC1 with similar IC50's. These competition results are consistent with comparable affinities between GC1 and GCAPs. Our data suggest that GCAP1 undergoes major conformational changes during Ca2+ binding and that EF3 and EF4 motifs are responsible for changes in the GCAP1 structure that converts this protein from the activator to the inhibitor of GC1.
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