Article
Interactions between residues in the oncomodulin CD domain influence Ca2+ ion-binding affinity.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Jun 1991
Treviño C L, Boschi J M, Henzl M T
Abstract excerpt
Despite striking sequence homology with rat parvalbumin, oncomodulin exhibits much lower affinity for Ca2+ ion. We are attempting to identify the structural basis for this difference by systematically substituting the parvalbumin residue for the oncomodulin residue at points of nonidentity. In th...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Calcium
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Genetic Variation
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Kinetics
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Parvalbumins
- Protein Conformation
- Rats
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
