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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 287, Issue 1, Pages 504-513Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.292581
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 NS22625]
- Swedish Research Council [524-2010-913]
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CaV2.1 channels, which conduct P/Q-type Ca2+ currents, initiate synaptic transmission at most synapses in the central nervous system. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent facilitation and inactivation of these channels contributes to short-term facilitation and depression of synaptic transmission, respectively. Other calcium sensor proteins displace calmodulin (CaM) from its binding site, differentially regulate Ca(V)2.1 channels, and contribute to the diversity of short-term synaptic plasticity. The neuronal calcium sensor protein visinin-like protein 2 (VILIP-2) inhibits inactivation and enhances facilitation of Ca(V)2.1 channels. Here we examine the molecular determinants for differential regulation of Ca(V)2.1 channels by VILIP-2 and CaM by construction and functional analysis of chimeras in which the functional domains of VILIP-2 are substituted in CaM. Our results show that the N-terminal domain, including its myristoylation site, the central alpha-helix, and the C-terminal lobe containing EF-hands 3 and 4 of VILIP-2 are sufficient to transfer its regulatory properties to CaM. This regulation by VILIP-2 requires binding to the IQ-like domain of Ca(V)2.1 channels. Our results identify the essential molecular determinants of differential regulation of Ca(V)2.1 channels by VILIP-2 and define the molecular code that these proteins use to control short-term synaptic plasticity.
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