Abstract
CaVPT, a target protein of Ca2(+)-vector from amphioxus muscle, was purified from its complex with CaVP after dissociation by 6 M urea and chromatographies on DEAE-cellulose and calmodulin-Sepharose. The amino acid sequence of CaVPT has been determined. The protein is composed of 243 residues and possesses an unblocked N terminus. Its molecular weight is 26,621, distinctly lower than the apparent molecular weight deduced from electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate-containing gels. CaVPT contains a potential Asn-linked glycosylation site, four potential protein kinase C phosphorylation sites, and two casein kinase II phosphorylation sites. From the sequence the following three particular domains can be inferred: a collagen-like N-terminal segment, rich in Pro and Ala, that resembles the N-terminal segment of skeletal muscle myosin light chain kinase; next to it (from residues 33 to 50) is located a strongly amphiphilic and basic alpha-helical segment which likely binds the calcium vector protein since a proteolytic cut after Arg50, occurring occasionally during the purification of CaVPT, impairs the binding to immobilized calmodulin. This segment is followed by two immunoglobulin folds. The two immunoglobulin folds typically belong to the C2 subclass and particularly resemble those present in the neural cell surface adhesion molecules NCAM, L1, F11, MAG, TAG-1, fasciclin II, and amalgam. Recently, the presence of immunoglobulin folds of this type has been reported in some intracellular muscular proteins, namely in smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase, striated muscle C protein and titin, as well as in the nematode 600-kDa protein twitchin. From this structural study we can formulate the working hypothesis that CaVPT acts on the structure of the thick filament in muscle or regulates, perhaps via other immunoglobulin fold-containing proteins.
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