J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 255, Issue 24, 11688-11693, 12, 1980

The calcium and magnesium binding sites on cardiac troponin and their role in the regulation of myofibrillar adenosine triphosphatase

MJ Holroyde, SP Robertson, JD Johnson, RJ Solaro and JD Potter

The cardiac troponin (Tn) complex, consisting of a Ca2+-binding subunit (TnC), an inhibitory subunit (TnI), and a tropomyosin-binding subunit (TnT), has been reconstituted from purified troponin subunits isolated from bovine heart muscle. The Ca2+-binding properties of cardiac Tn were determined by equilibrium dialysis using either EGTA or EDTA to regulate the free Ca2+ concentration. Cardiac Tn binds 3 mol Ca2+/mol and contains two Ca2+-binding sites with a binding constant of 3 X 10(8) M-1 and one binding site with a binding constant of 2 X 10(6) M- 1. In the presence of 4 mM MgC12, the binding constant of the sites of higher affinity is reduced to 3 X 10(7) M-1, while Ca2+ binding to the site at the lower affinity is unaffected. The two high affinity Ca2+- binding sites of cardiac Tn are analogous to the two Ca2+-Mg2+ sites of skeletal Tn, while the single low affinity site is similar to the two Ca2+-specific sites of skeletal Tn (Potter, J. D., and Gergely, J. (1975) J. Biol. Chem. 250, 4625-5633). The Ca2+-binding properties of the complex of TnC and TnI (1:1 molar ratio) were similar to those of Tn. Cardiac TnC also binds 3 mol of Ca2+/mol and contains two sites with a binding constant of 1 X 10(7) M-1 and a single site with a binding constant of 2 X 10(5) M-1. Assuming competition between Mg2+ and Ca2+ for the high affinity sites of TnC and Tn, the binding constants for Mg2+ were 0.7 and 3.0 X 10(3) M-1, respectively. The Ca2+ dependence of cardiac myofibrillar ATPase activity was similar to that of an actomyosin preparation regulated by the reconstituted troponin complex. Comparison by the Ca2+-binding properties of cardiac Tn and the cardiac myofibrillar ATPase activity as a function of [Ca2+] and at millimolar [Mg2+] suggests that activation of the ATPase occurs over the same range of [Ca2+] where the Ca2+-specific site of cardiac Tn binds Ca2+.
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