Ca
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2a subunit ofvoltage-gated Ca
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2+ channels. CaMKII colocalizeswith

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2a in cardiomyocytes and also binds to a domain in

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2a that contains Thr498 and exhibits an aminoacid sequence similarity to the CaMKII autoinhibitory domain and to a CaMKII binding domain in theNMDA receptor NR2B subunit (Grueter, C. E. et al. (2
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Mol. Cell 23, 641). Here, we explore theselectivity of the actions of CaMKII among Ca
2+ channel

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1b,

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2a,

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3, and

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4 isoforms with similar initial rates and final stoichiometries of 6-12 mol of phosphateper mol of protein. However, activated/autophosphorylated CaMKII binds to

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1b and

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2a with a similarapparent affinity but does not bind to

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3 or

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4. Prephosphorylation of

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1b and

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2a by CaMKII substantiallyreduces the binding of autophosphorylated CaMKII. Residues surrounding Thr498 in

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2a are highlyconserved in

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1b but are different in

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3 and

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4. Site-directed mutagenesis of this domain in

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2a showedthat Thr498 phosphorylation promotes dissociation of CaMKII-

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2a complexes in vitro and reducesinteractions of CaMKII with

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2a in cells. Mutagenesis of Leu493 to Ala substantially reduces CaMKIIbinding in vitro and in intact cells but does not interfere with

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2a phosphorylation at Thr498. In combination,these data show that phosphorylation dynamically regulates the interactions of specific isoforms of theCa
2+ channel

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