Article
Calcium binding, structural stability and guanylate cyclase activation in GCAP1 variants associated with human cone dystrophy.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Mar 2010
Dell'Orco Daniele, Behnen Petra, Linse Sara, Koch Karl-Wilhelm
Abstract excerpt
Guanylate cyclase activating protein 1 (GCAP1) is a neuronal Ca(2+) sensor (NCS) that regulates the activation of rod outer segment guanylate cyclases (ROS-GCs) in photoreceptors. In this study, we investigated the Ca(2+)-induced effects on the conformation and the thermal stability of four GCAP1 variants associated with hereditary human cone dystrophies. Ca(2+) binding stabilized the conformation of all the...
Topics
- Binding Sites
- Calcium
- Genetic Variation
- Guanylate Cyclase
- Guanylate Cyclase-Activating Proteins
- Humans
- Models, Molecular
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Stability
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
