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<strong>Calcium</strong>-43 NMR 227<br />

Fig. 6. 43 Ca NMR linewidth as a function of temperature in the absence (open<br />

circles) and presence (filled circles) of 20 mM Mg 2+ , pH 7.2 in 100 mM KCl. The<br />

upper-dashed curve shows the linewidth calculated using activation parameters from<br />

ref. 20. The lower dashed curve has been calculated with the same parameters with the<br />

population of free Ca 2+ adjusted to obtain the proper linewidth at 25°C. The best agreement<br />

with experimental linewidth, as shown by the solid curve was obtained using a<br />

quadrupolar coupling χ = 1.22 MHz and an off-rate at 25°C of 6600 s –1 (compared to<br />

500 s –1 for the upper curve).<br />

faster than the relaxation rate of the bound ions (19,35–37). It is thus possible<br />

to determine Ca 2+ off-rates from approx 10 s –1 to approx 10 5 s –1 . This means<br />

that 43 Ca NMR can determine rates 100 times faster than those that can be<br />

obtained from stopped-flow studies. We have, in Lund, used the scheme outlined<br />

above on several occasions to study the Ca 2+ exchange. Most recently, we<br />

have applied it in a study of the Ca–Mg competition for the calcium-binding<br />

sites in the N-terminal domain of calmodulin (25). As shown in Fig. 6, it was<br />

possible to show that the exchange rate of Ca 2+ from the Ca 1 Mg 1-form of<br />

TR 1C from calmodulin is much faster than from the Ca 2-form. This is completely<br />

in agreement with the strong cooperativity in calcium binding and the<br />

lack of cooperativity between calcium and magnesium.<br />

I hope that we have been able to show that 43 Ca NMR can be quite useful on<br />

many occasions when studying calcium-binding proteins. It is disappointing<br />

that so few groups have been considering the use of it to date. With the high<br />

sensitivity of modern NMR spectrometers, it should be possible to run 43 Ca

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