Ryanodine Receptor Structure: Progress and Challenges
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Ryanodine receptor structure: progress and challenges.
Ryanodine Receptors as Regulated Guardians of Intracellular Ca Stores Ryanodine-sensitive Ca2 release channels, also known as the ryanodine receptors (RyRs),2 are homotetramers of an 550-kDa subunit (Fig. 1) that are resident proteins of intracellular membranes such as the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum. RyRs are responsible for the regulated release of Ca2 from these lumenal stores. Over t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r800054200