IshmaelJanePharmacyIdentificationAtypicalCalcium(SupplementaryMaterial).pdf

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/1v53jz695

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Creator	Bajaj, Gaurav Hau, Andrew M. Hsu, Peter Gafken, Philip R. Schimerlik, Michael I. Ishmael, Jane E.
Abstract	N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are calcium-permeable ion channels assembled from four subunits that each have a common membrane topology. The intracellular carboxyl terminal domain (CTD) of each subunit varies in length, is least conserved between subunits, and binds multiple intracellular proteins. We defined a region of interest in the GluN2A CTD, downstream of well-characterized membraneproximal motifs, that shares only 29% sequence similarity with the equivalent region of GluN2B. GluN2A (amino acids 875-1029) was fused to GST and used as a bait to identify proteins from mouse brain with the potential to bind GluN2A as a function of calcium. Using mass spectrometry we identified calmodulin as a calcium-dependent GluN2A binding partner. Equilibrium fluorescence spectroscopy experiments indicate that Ca²⁺/calmodulin binds GluN2A with high affinity (5.2 ± 2.4 nM) in vitro. Direct interaction of Ca²⁺/calmodulin with GluN2A was not affected by disruption of classic sequence motifs associated with Ca²⁺/calmodulin target recognition, but was critically dependent upon Trp-1014. These findings provide new insight into the potential of Ca²⁺/calmodulin, previously considered a GluN1-binding partner, to influence NMDA receptors by direct association. Keywords: NMDA, Calcium, Glutamate, Calmodulin
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