title: Primary structure and distribution of a novel ryanodine receptor/calcium release channel from rabbit brain.
abstract: The complete amino acid sequence of a novel ryanodine receptor/calcium release channel from rabbit brain has been deduced by cloning and sequence analysis of the cDNA. This protein is composed of 4872 amino acids and shares characteristic structural features with the skeletal muscle and cardiac ryanodine receptors. RNA blot hybridization analysis shows that the brain ryanodine receptor is abundantly expressed in corpus striatum, thalamus and hippocampus, whereas the cardiac ryanodine receptor is more uniformly expressed in the brain. The brain ryanodine receptor gene is transcribed also in smooth muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hakamata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeshima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics; D011817:Rabbits; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D004247:DNA; D002118:Calcium