title: Structure and targeting of RyR1: implications from fusion of green fluorescent protein at the amino-terminal.
abstract: In skeletal muscle, an anterograde signal from the dihydropyridine receptor (DHPR) to the ryanodine receptor (RyR1) is required for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling and a retrograde signal from RyR1 to the DHPR regulates the magnitude of the calcium current carried by the DHPR. As a tool for studying biosynthesis and targeting, we constructed a cDNA encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP) fused to the amino terminal of RyR1 and expressed it in dyspedic myotubes. The GFP-RyR1 was present in a restricted domain near the nucleus injected with cDNA and was fully functional, which places constraints on the location of the amino terminal in the folded structure of RyR1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Lorenzon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grabner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Beam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D002118:Calcium