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The Ryanodine Receptor/Calcium Release Channel and its Interaction Partners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

Terry Wagenknecht  and
Montserrat Samso
Terry Wagenknecht
Affiliation:
Wadsworth Center and SUNY Albany School of Public Health, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY12201
Montserrat Samso
Affiliation:
Wadsworth Center and SUNY Albany School of Public Health, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY12201
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Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) function as the major intracellular calcium release channels in striated muscle, where they also play a central role in excitation-contraction (e-c) coupling, the signal transduction process by which neuron-induced depolarization of the muscle plasma membrane leads to release of Ca from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Structurally, RyRs are the largest ion channels known, being composed of 4 identical large subunits (565 kDa). In situ, RyRs interact with numerous proteins that are essential for e-c coupling or regulation thereof. Some of these ligands include calmodulin, a 12-kDa FK506-binding protein (FKBP, an immunophi1 in), calsequestrin, triadin, and the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR).

Detergent-solubilized, purified RyRs appear to retain their native structure as assessed by electron cryo-microscopy, and are amenable to three-dimensional reconstruction by single-particle image processing techniques. In Fig. 1, a solid-body representation of the reconstructed skeletal muscle RyR shows the structural complexity that is revealed at moderate resolutions (3-4 nm).

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Chambers and Channels: Functional Connections in Multiprotein Complexes Studied by Single Chambers and Channels
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 4 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '98, Microscopy Society of America 56th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia July 12-16, 1998 , July 1998 , pp. 968 - 969
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