Calcium binding, structural stability and guanylate cyclase activation in GCAP1 variants associated with human cone dystrophy |
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Authors: | Daniele Dell’Orco Petra Behnen Sara Linse Karl-Wilhelm Koch |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Biochemistry Group, University of Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany;(2) Department of Biochemistry, Chemical Centre, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; |
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Abstract: | Guanylate cyclase activating protein 1 (GCAP1) is a neuronal Ca2+ sensor (NCS) that regulates the activation of rod outer segment guanylate cyclases (ROS-GCs) in photoreceptors. In this study, we investigated the Ca2+-induced effects on the conformation and the thermal stability of four GCAP1 variants associated with hereditary human cone dystrophies. Ca2+ binding stabilized the conformation of all the GCAP1 variants independent of myristoylation. The myristoylated wild-type GCAP1 was found to have the highest Ca2+ affinity and thermal stability, whereas all the mutants showed decreased Ca2+ affinity and significantly lower thermal stability in both apo and Ca2+-loaded forms. No apparent cooperativity of Ca2+ binding was detected for any variant. Finally, the nonmyristoylated mutants were still capable of activating ROS-GC1, but the measured cyclase activity was shifted toward high, nonphysiological Ca2+ concentrations. Thus, we conclude that distorted Ca2+-sensor properties could lead to cone dysfunction. |
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