PMID- 10075657 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990415 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 274 IP - 12 DP - 1999 Mar 19 TI - Interactions between neurogranin and calmodulin in vivo. PG - 7689-94 AB - Neurogranin is a neural-specific, calmodulin (CaM)-binding protein that is phosphorylated by protein kinase C (PKC) within its IQ domain at serine 36. Since CaM binds to neurogranin through the IQ domain, PKC phosphorylation and CaM binding are mutually exclusive. Consequently, we hypothesize that neurogranin may function to concentrate CaM at specific sites in neurons and release free CaM in response to increased Ca2+ and PKC activation. However, it has not been established that neurogranin interacts with CaM in vivo. In this study, we examined this question using yeast two-hybrid methodology. We also searched for additional proteins that might interact with neurogranin by screening brain cDNA libraries. Our data illustrate that CaM binds to neurogranin in vivo and that CaM is the only neurogranin-interacting protein isolated from brain cDNA libraries. Single amino acid mutagenesis indicated that residues within the IQ domain are important for CaM binding to neurogranin in vivo. The Ile-33 --> Gln point mutant completely inhibited and Arg-38 --> Gln and Ser-36 --> Asp point mutants reduced neurogranin/CaM interactions. These data demonstrate that CaM is the major protein that interacts with neurogranin in vivo and support the hypothesis that phosphorylation of neurogranin at Ser-36 regulates its binding to CaM. FAU - Prichard, L AU - Prichard L AD - Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. FAU - Deloulme, J C AU - Deloulme JC FAU - Storm, D R AU - Storm DR LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Calmodulin) RN - 0 (Calmodulin-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (NRGN protein, human) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Nrgn protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Nrgn protein, rat) RN - 132654-77-4 (Neurogranin) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors MH - Amino Acid Substitution MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Calmodulin/*metabolism MH - Calmodulin-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/*metabolism MH - Neurogranin MH - Phosphorylation MH - Point Mutation MH - Protein Kinase C/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Serine/metabolism EDAT- 1999/03/13 00:00 MHDA- 1999/03/13 00:01 CRDT- 1999/03/13 00:00 PHST- 1999/03/13 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/03/13 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/03/13 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1074/jbc.274.12.7689 [doi] AID - S0021-9258(19)87460-4 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1999 Mar 19;274(12):7689-94. doi: 10.1074/jbc.274.12.7689.