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    Cardiac muscle thin filaments are composed of actin, tropomyosin, and troponin that change conformation in response to Ca2+ binding, triggering muscle contraction. Human cardiac troponin C (cTnC) is the Ca2+-sensing component of the thin filament. It contains structural sites (III/IV) that bind both Ca2+ and Mg2+ and a regulatory site (II) that has been thought to bind only Ca2+. Binding of Ca2+ at this site initiates a series of conformational changes that culminate in force production. However, the mechanisms that underpin the regulation of binding at site II remain unclear. Here, we have quantified the interaction between site II and Ca2+/Mg2+ through isothermal titration calorimetry and thermodynamic integration simulations. Direct and competitive binding titrations with WT N-terminal cTnC and full-length cTnC indicate that physiologically relevant concentrations of both Ca2+/Mg2+ interacted with the same locus. Moreover, the D67A/D73A N-terminal cTnC construct in which two coordinating residues within site II were removed was found to have significantly reduced affinity for both cations. In addition, 1 mM Mg2+ caused a 1.4-fold lower affinity for Ca2+. These experiments strongly suggest that cytosolic-free Mg2+ occupies a significant population of the available site II. Interaction of Mg2+ with site II of cTnC likely has important functional consequences for the heart both at baseline as well as in diseased states that decrease or increase the availability of Mg2+, such as secondary hyperparathyroidism or ischemia, respectively. Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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    Kaveh Rayani, Justin Seffernick, Alison Yueh Li, Jonathan P Davis, Anne Marie Spuches, Filip Van Petegem, R John Solaro, Steffen Lindert, Glen F Tibbits. Binding of calcium and magnesium to human cardiac troponin C. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2021 Jan-Jun;296:100350

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    PMID: 33548225

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