Calcium-release channels: structure and function of IP3 receptors and ryanodine receptors

KA Woll, F Van Petegem - Physiological Reviews, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Ca2+-release channels are giant membrane proteins that control the release of Ca2+ from
the endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum. The two members, ryanodine receptors …

The structural basis of ryanodine receptor ion channel function

G Meissner - Journal of General Physiology, 2017 - rupress.org
Large-conductance Ca2+ release channels known as ryanodine receptors (RyRs) mediate
the release of Ca2+ from an intracellular membrane compartment, the endo/sarcoplasmic …

Ryanodine receptors: allosteric ion channel giants

F Van Petegem - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) form major intracellular
Ca 2+ stores. Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are large tetrameric ion channels in the SR and …

Pathological conformations of disease mutant Ryanodine Receptors revealed by cryo-EM

KA Woll, O Haji-Ghassemi, F Van Petegem - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Ryanodine Receptors (RyRs) are massive channels that release Ca2+ from the
endoplasmic and sarcoplasmic reticulum. Hundreds of mutations are linked to malignant …

Sorcin is an early marker of neurodegeneration, Ca2+ dysregulation and endoplasmic reticulum stress associated to neurodegenerative diseases

I Genovese, F Giamogante, L Barazzuol… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Dysregulation of calcium signaling is emerging as a key feature in the pathogenesis of
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insights into endoplasmic reticulum stored calcium regulation by inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate and ryanodine receptors

MD Seo, M Enomoto, N Ishiyama… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
The two major calcium (Ca 2+) release channels on the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum
(SR/ER) are inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate and ryanodine receptors (IP 3 Rs and RyRs). They …

Arrhythmia mutations in calmodulin cause conformational changes that affect interactions with the cardiac voltage-gated calcium channel

K Wang, C Holt, J Lu, M Brohus… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Calmodulin (CaM) represents one of the most conserved proteins among eukaryotes and is
known to bind and modulate more than a 100 targets. Recently, several disease-associated …

Arrhythmogenic calmodulin mutations affect the activation and termination of cardiac ryanodine receptor-mediated Ca2+ release

MT Søndergaard, X Tian, Y Liu, R Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
The intracellular Ca 2+ sensor calmodulin (CaM) regulates the cardiac Ca 2+ release
channel/ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2), and mutations in CaM cause arrhythmias such as …

Calmodulin and STIM proteins: Two major calcium sensors in the cytoplasm and endoplasmic reticulum

CB Marshall, T Nishikawa, M Osawa… - Biochemical and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The calcium (Ca 2+) ion is a universal signalling messenger which plays vital
physiological roles in all eukaryotes. To decode highly regulated intracellular Ca 2+ signals …

Arrhythmia mutations in calmodulin can disrupt cooperativity of Ca2+ binding and cause misfolding

K Wang, M Brohus, C Holt, MT Overgaard… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Mutations in the calmodulin protein (CaM) are associated with arrhythmia
syndromes. This study focuses on understanding the structural characteristics of CaM …