Protein Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 5, 395-405,
May 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
Molecular modeling of single polypeptide chain of calcium-binding protein p26olf from dimeric S100B(ßß)
1 Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060–0810, 2 Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Machikane-yama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560–0043, 3 School of Medicine and 4 School of Health Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060–8556, Japan
P26olf from olfactory tissue of frog, which may be involved in olfactory transduction or adaptation, is a Ca2+-binding protein with 217 amino acids. The p26olf molecule contains two homologous parts consisting of the N-terminal half with amino acids 1–109 and the C-terminal half with amino acids 110–217. Each half resembles S100 protein with about 100 amino acids and contains two helix–loop–helix Ca2+-binding structural motifs known as EF-hands: a normal EF-hand at the C-terminus and a pseudo EF-hand at the N-terminus. Multiple alignment of the two S100-like domains of p26olf with 18 S100 proteins indicated that the C-terminal putative EF-hand of each domain contains a four-residue insertion when compared with the typical EF-hand motifs in the S100 protein, while the N-terminal EF-hand is homologous to its pseudo EF-hand. We constructed a three-dimensional model of the p26olf molecule based on results of the multiple alignment and NMR structures of dimeric S100B(ßß) in the Ca2+-free state. The predicted structure of the p26olf single polypeptide chain satisfactorily adopts a folding pattern remarkably similar to dimeric S100B(ßß). Each domain of p26olf consists of a unicornate-type four-helix bundle and they interact with each other in an antiparallel manner forming an X-type four-helix bundle between the two domains. The two S100-like domains of p26olf are linked by a loop with no steric hindrance, suggesting that this loop might play an important role in the function of p26olf. The circular dichroism spectral data support the predicted structure of p26olf and indicate that Ca2+-dependent conformational changes occur. Since the C-terminal putative EF-hand of each domain fully keeps the helix–loop–helix motif having a longer Ca2+-binding loop, regardless of the four-residue insertion, we propose that it is a new, novel EF-hand, although it is unclear whether this EF-hand binds Ca2+. P26olf is a new member of the S100 protein family.
Keywords: calcium-binding protein/EF-hand/molecular modeling/p26olf/S100B
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