Mg2+ and Ca2+ differentially regulate DNA binding and dimerization of DREAM
Mg2+ and Ca2+ differentially regulate DNA binding and dimerization of DREAM
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m500338200
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发表时间:
2005-05-06
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Ames, JB
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作者:
Osawa, M;Dace, A;Ames, JB
DREAM (calsenilin/KChIP3) is an EF-hand calcium-binding protein that represses transcription of prodynorphin and c-fos genes. Here we present structural and binding studies on single-site mutants of DREAM designed to disable Ca2+ binding to each of the functional EF-hands (EF-2: D150N; EF-3: E186Q; and EF-4: E234Q). Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) analysis of Ca2+ binding to the various mutants revealed that, in the absence of Mg2+, Ca2+ binds independently and sequentially to EF-3 (Delta H = - 2.4 kcal/mol), EF-4 (Delta H = +5.2 kcal/mol), and EF-2 (Delta H = + 1 kcal/mol). By contrast, only two Ca2+ bind to DREAM in the presence of physiological levels of Mg2+ for both wild-type and D150N, suggesting that EF-2 binds constitutively to Mg2+. ITC measurements demonstrate that one Mg2+ binds enthalpically with high affinity (K-d = 13 mu M and Delta H = - 0.79 kcal/mol) and two or more Mg2+ bind entropically in the millimolar range. Size-exclusion chromatography studies revealed that Mg2+ stabilizes DREAM as a monomer, whereas Ca2+ induces protein dimerization. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays indicated that Mg2+ is essential for sequence-specific binding of DREAM to DNA response elements (DREs) in prodynorphin and c-fos genes. The EF-hand mutants bind specifically to DRE, suggesting they are functionally intact. None of the EF-hand mutants bind DRE at saturating Ca2+ levels, suggesting that binding of a single Ca2+ at either EF-3 or EF-4 is sufficient to drive conformational changes that abolish DNA binding. NMR structural analysis indicates that metal-free DREAM adopts a folded yet flexible molten globule-like structure. Both Ca2+ and Mg2+ induce distinct conformational changes, which stabilize tertiary structure of DREAM. We propose that Mg2+ binding at EF-2 may structurally bridge DREAM to DNA targets and that Ca2+-induced protein dimerization disrupts DNA binding.