Article
Equilibrium unfolding of neuronal calcium sensor-1: N-terminal myristoylation influences unfolding and reduces protein stiffening in the presence of calcium.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 22 Apr 2005
Muralidhar Dasari, Jobby Maroor K, Krishnan Kannan, Annapurna Vallabhaneni, Chary Kandala V R, Jeromin Andreas, Sharma Yogendra
Abstract excerpt
Neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS-1), a Ca(2+)-binding protein of the calcium sensor family, modulates various functions in intracellular signaling pathways. The N-terminal glycine in this protein is myristoylated, which is presumably necessary for its physiological functions. In order to understand the structural role of myristoylation and calcium on conformational stability, we have investigated the equilibrium...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Calcium
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Guanidine
- Mutation
- Myristic Acid
- Neuronal Calcium-Sensor Proteins
- Neuropeptides
- Protein Denaturation
