title: Bridging the myoplasmic gap: recent developments in skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling.
abstract: Conformational coupling between the L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel (or 1,4-dihydropyridine receptor; DHPR) and the ryanodine-sensitive Ca(2+) release channel of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (RyR1) is the mechanistic basis for excitation-contraction (EC) coupling in skeletal muscle. In this article, recent findings regarding the roles of the individual cytoplasmic domains (the amino- and carboxyl-termini, cytoplasmic loops I-II, II-III, and III-IV) of the DHPR alpha(1S) subunit in bi-directional communication with RyR1 will be discussed.
authors: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, RC-1, North Tower, P18-7130, Mail Stop F8307, 12800 E. 19th St, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. roger.bannister@UCHSC.edu
authors: Roger A
authors: RA
authors: Bannister
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel