Calmodulin methyltransferase is an evolutionarily conserved enzyme that trimethylates Lys-115 in calmodulin

Roberta Magnani; Lynnette M.A. Dirk; Raymond C. Trievel; Robert L. Houtz

doi:10.1038/ncomms1044

Calmodulin methyltransferase is an evolutionarily conserved enzyme that trimethylates Lys-115 in calmodulin

Roberta Magnani
, Lynnette M.A. Dirk
, Raymond C. Trievel
, Robert L. Houtz

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Abstract

Calmodulin (CaM) is a key mediator of calcium-dependent signalling and is subject to regulatory post-translational modifications, including trimethylation of Lys-115. In this paper, we identify a class I, non-SET domain protein methyltransferase, calmodulin-lysine N-methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.60). A polypeptide chosen from a fraction enriched in calmodulin methyltransferase activity was trypsinized and analysed by tandem mass spectrometry. The amino-acid sequence obtained identified conserved, homologous proteins of unknown function across a wide range of species, thus implicating a broad role for lysine methylation in calcium-dependent signalling. Encoded by c2orf34, the human homologue is a component of two related multigene deletion syndromes in humans. Human, rat, frog, insect and plant homologues were cloned and Escherichia coli-recombinant proteins catalysed the formation of a trimethyllysyl residue at position 115 in CaM, as verified by product analyses and mass spectrometry.

Original language	English
Article number	43
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	1
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1044
State	Published - 2010

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Mass spectrometric analyses were performed by Dr C.M. Beach at the University of Kentucky, Center for Structural Biology Protein Core Facility. This core facility is supported in part by funds from the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Grant P20 RR020171. The research reported here was supported by Department of Energy Grant DE-FG02-92ER20075 and Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation Grant KSEF-1526-RDE-010 to R.L.H., and by NIH Grant R01 GM073839 to R.C.T. We are grateful to Dr R.E. Zielinski for providing the AtCaM2 clone and to Drs S.R. Palli and A.B. Downie for the cDNAs from Tribolium castaneum and Arabidopsis thaliana, respectively.

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Mass spectrometric analyses were performed by Dr C.M. Beach at the University of Kentucky, Center for Structural Biology Protein Core Facility. This core facility is supported in part by funds from the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Grant P20 RR020171. The research reported here was supported by Department of Energy Grant DE-FG02-92ER20075 and Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation Grant KSEF-1526-RDE-010 to R.L.H., and by NIH Grant R01 GM073839 to R.C.T. We are grateful to Dr R.E. Zielinski for providing the AtCaM2 clone and to Drs S.R. Palli and A.B. Downie for the cDNAs from Tribolium castaneum and Arabidopsis thaliana, respectively.

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NIH National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Department of Energy	DE-FG02-92ER20075
National Institute of General Medical Sciences DP2GM119177 Sophie Dumont National Institute of General Medical Sciences	R01GM073839
National Center for Research Resources	P20 RR020171
Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation	KSEF-1526-RDE-010

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