Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Activation and Inactivation Mechanisms of αCaMKII and Phospho-Thr286-αCaMKII
- 30 April 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 43 (20), 6270-6280
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi035449u
Abstract
Thr(286) autophosphorylation is important for the role of alphaCaMKII in learning and memory. Phospho-Thr(286)-alphaCaMKII has been described to have two types of activity: Ca(2+)-independent partial activity and Ca(2+)/calmodulin-activated full activity. We investigated the mechanism of switching between the two activities in order to relate them to the physiological functioning of alphaCaMKII. Using a fluorometric coupled enzyme assay and smooth muscle myosin light chain (MLC) as substrate, we found that (1) Ca(2+)-independent activity of phospho-Thr(286)-alphaCaMKII represents 5.0 (+/-3.7)% of the activity measured in the presence of optimal concentrations of Ca(2+) and calmodulin and (2) Ca(2+) in the presence of calmodulin activates the enzyme with a K(m) of 137 (+/-56) nM and a Hill coefficient n = 1.8 (+/-0.3). In contrast, unphosphorylated alphaCaMKII has a K(m) for Ca(2+) in the presence of calmodulin of 425 (+/-119) nM and a Hill coefficient n = 5.4 (+/-0.4). Thus, the activity of phospho-Thr(286)-alphaCaMKII is essentially Ca(2+)/calmodulin dependent with MLC as substrate. In physiological terms, our data suggest that alphaCaMKII is only activated in stimulated neurones whereas Ca(2+)/calmodulin activation of phospho-Thr(286)-alphaCaMKII can occur in resting cells (approximately 100 nM [Ca(2+)]). Stopped-flow experiments using Ca(2+)/TA-cal [Ca(2+)/2-chloro-(epsilon-amino-Lys(75))-[6-[4-(N,N-diethylamino)phenyl]-1,3,5-triazin-4-yl]calmodulin] showed that at 100 nM [Ca(2+)] partially Ca(2+)-saturated Ca(2+)/cal.phospho-Thr(286)-alphaCaMKII complexes existed. These are likely to account for the activity of the phospho-Thr(286)-alphaCaMKII enzyme at resting [Ca(2+)]. Ca(2+) dissociation measurements by a fluorescent Ca(2+) chelator revealed that the limiting Ca(2+) dissociation rate constants were 1.5 s(-1) from the Ca(2+)/cal.alphaCaMKII and 0.023 s(-1) from the Ca(2+)/cal.phospho-Thr(286)-alphaCaMKII complex, accounting for the differences in the Ca(2+) sensitivities of the Ca(2+)/cal.alphaCaMKII and Ca(2+)/cal.phospho-Thr(286)-alphaCaMKII enzymes.Keywords
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