Abstract
Calmodulin regulation of CaV channels is a prominent Ca2+ feedback mechanism orchestrating vital adjustments of Ca2+ entry. The long-held structural correlate of this regulation has been Ca2+-bound calmodulin complexed alone with an IQ domain on the channel carboxy terminus. Here, however, systematic alanine mutagenesis of the entire carboxyl tail of an L-type CaV1.3 channel casts doubt on this paradigm. To identify the actual molecular states underlying channel regulation, we develop a structure-function approach relating the strength of regulation to the affinity of underlying calmodulin/channel interactions, by a Langmuir relation (iTL analysis). Accordingly, we uncover frank exchange of Ca2+-calmodulin to interfaces beyond the IQ domain, initiating substantial rearrangements of the calmodulin/channel complex. The N-lobe of Ca2+-calmodulin binds an NSCaTE module on the channel amino terminus, while the C-lobe binds an EF-hand region upstream of the IQ domain. This system of structural plasticity furnishes a next-generation blueprint for CaV channel modulation.
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