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Characterization of the interaction of ophiobolin A and calmodulin
P C Leung1, L M Graves, C L Tipton
1Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA 92037.
The International Journal of Biochemistry
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
1. The fungal toxin ophiobolin A reacts with the epsilon-amino group of lysine to give a conjugated enamine produce with lambda max at 272 nm and a molar extinction of 19,200 per M/cm. 2. Bovine brain calmodulin reacts with ophiobolin A to give a lambda max at 272 nm. 3. One mol of calmodulin reacts with two moles of ophiobolin A. Reaction of 1 mol of ophiobolin A inactivates 1 mol of calmodulin. 4. Ophiobolin A-treated calmodulin is resistant to tryptic cleavage at lysine 77. 5. Ophiobolin A also inhibits Dictyostelium calmodulin which has glutamine instead of lysine at residue 77.