Abstract
IQGAPs are cytoskeletal scaffolding proteins which link signalling pathways to the reorganisation of actin and microtubules. Human IQGAP1 has four IQ motifs each of which binds to calmodulin. The same region has been implicated in binding to two calmodulin-like proteins, the myosin essential light chain Mlc1sa and the calcium and zinc ion binding protein S100B. Using synthetic peptides corresponding to the four IQ motifs of human IQGAP1, we showed by native gel electrophoresis that only the first IQ motif interacts with Mlc1sa. This IQ motif, and also the fourth, interacts with the budding yeast myosin essential light chain Mlc1p. The first and second IQ motifs interact with S100B in the presence of calcium ions. This clearly establishes that S100B can interact with its targets through IQ motifs in addition to interacting via previously reported sequences. These results are discussed in terms of the function of IQGAP1 and IQ motif recognition.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Motifs
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Myosin Light Chains / isolation & purification
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Myosin Light Chains / metabolism*
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Nerve Growth Factors / isolation & purification
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Nerve Growth Factors / metabolism*
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Peptides / metabolism
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Protein Binding
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S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit
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S100 Proteins / isolation & purification
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S100 Proteins / metabolism*
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism
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Sequence Alignment
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Structure-Activity Relationship
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ras GTPase-Activating Proteins / chemistry*
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ras GTPase-Activating Proteins / metabolism*
Substances
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IQ motif containing GTPase activating protein 1
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MLC1 protein, S cerevisiae
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Myosin Light Chains
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Nerve Growth Factors
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Peptides
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S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit
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S100 Proteins
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S100B protein, human
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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myosin light chain I
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ras GTPase-Activating Proteins