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Facts about Ryanodine receptor 2.
In cardiac myocytes, calcium release is triggered by increased Ca(2+) levels because of stimulation of the L-type calcium channel CACNA1C. The calcium channel activity is modulated by creation of heterotetramers with RYR3.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | RYR2 |
Uniprot: | Q92736 |
Entrez: | 6262 |
Belongs to: |
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ryanodine receptor (TC 1.A.3.1) family |
ARVC2arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 2; ARVD2; Cardiac muscle-type ryanodine receptor; hRYR-2; ryanodine receptor 2 (cardiac); ryanodine receptor 2; RyR2; RYR-2; VTSIPCardiac muscle ryanodine receptor-calcium release channel
Mass (kDA):
564.567 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1q43 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (237042184..237833988) |
Detected in heart muscle (at protein level). Heart muscle, brain (cerebellum and hippocampus) and placenta.
Sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Sarcoplasmic reticulum. The number of predicted transmembrane domains varies between orthologs, but both N-terminus and C-terminus seem to be cytoplasmic.
PMID: 8809036 by Tunwell R.E.A., et al. The human cardiac muscle ryanodine receptor-calcium release channel: identification, primary structure and topological analysis.
PMID: 11159936 by Tiso N., et al. Identification of mutations in the cardiac ryanodine receptor gene in families affected with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 2 (ARVD2).
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