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Conservation of regulatory function in calcium-binding proteins: human frequenin (neuronal calcium sensor-1) associates productively with yeast phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase isoform, Pik1.

Frequenin, also known as neuronal calcium sensor-1 ( NCS-1), is an N-myristoylated Ca2+-binding protein that has been conserved in both sequence and three-dimensional fold during evolution. We demonstrate using both genetic and biochemical approaches that the observed structural conservation between Saccharomyces cerevisiae frequenin (Frq1) and human NCS-1 is also reflected at the functional level. In yeast, the sole essential target of Frq1 is the phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase isoform, Pik1; both FRQ1 and PIK1 are indispensable for cell viability. Expression of human NCS-1 in yeast, but not a close relative (human KChIP2), rescues the inviability of frq1 cells. Furthermore, in vitro, Frq1 and NCS-1 (either N-myristoylated or unmyristoylated) compete for binding to a small 28-residue motif near the N terminus of Pik1. Site-directed mutagenesis indicates that the binding determinant in Pik1 is a hydrophobic alpha-helix and that frequenins bind to one side of this alpha-helix. We propose, therefore, that the function of NCS-1 in mammals may closely resemble that of Frq1 in S. cerevisiae and, hence, that frequenins in general may serve as regulators of certain isoforms of phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase.[1]

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