ABSTRACT Neuronal K V 7 channels, important regulators of cell excitability, are among the most sensitive proteins to reactive oxygen species. The S2S3 linker of the voltage sensor was reported as a site mediating redox modulation of the channels. Recent structural insights reveal potential interactions between this linker and the Ca 2+ -binding loop of the third EF-hand of calmodulin (CaM), which embraces an antiparallel fork formed by the C-terminal helices A and B. We found that precluding Ca 2+ binding to the EF3 hand, but not to EF1, EF2 or EF4 hands, abolishes oxidation-induced enhancement of K v 7.4 currents. Monitoring FRET between helices A and B tagged with fluorescent proteins, we observed that S2S3 peptides cause a reversal of the signal in the presence of Ca 2+ , but have no effect in the absence of this cation or if the peptide is oxidized. The capacity of loading EF3 with Ca 2+ is essential for this reversal of the FRET signal, whereas the consequences of obliterating Ca 2+ binding to EF1, EF2 or EF4 are negligible. Furthermore, we show that EF3 is necessary and sufficient to translate Ca 2+ signals to reorient the AB fork. Our data is consistent with the proposal that oxidation of cysteine residues in the S2S3 loop relieves K v 7 channels from a constitutive inhibition imposed by interactions between the EF3 hand of CaM which is necessary and sufficient for this signaling. Significance Oxidation-dependent enhancement of the K V 7/M-channels plays a cytoprotective role in neurons. Here, we show that calmodulin (CaM), the main protein that conveys information from transient intracellular Ca 2+ oscillations, plays a critical role in oxidative signal transduction. The prevailing view is that the main role of the EF-hands is to respond to Ca 2+ and that the two EF-hands of CaM in each lobe act in coordination during signaling. We find that EF3 by itself is sufficient and necessary for the oxidative response of K v 7 channel complex and for gating the Calcium Responsive Domain of K v 7 channels. In addition, the direction of EF3-dependent signaling can be reversed by protein-protein interactions with solvent exposed regions outside the target binding groove between EF-hands.