POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS OF CARDIAC RYANODINE RECEPTORS/CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNELS BY REACTIVE OXYGEN (ROS) AND REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES (RNS)

Ryanodine receptors have a central role as the calcium release channels of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In the heart, they allow the massive release of calcium that triggers heart muscle contraction. Ryanodine receptors are very sensitive to redox agents that produce reversible redox modifications, s...

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Autores: Donoso Laurent, Paulina, Hidalgo, Cecilia, Sanchez Vergara, Gina Luisa
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Chile
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.anid.cl:10533/164725
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10533/164725
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:Ryanodine receptors have a central role as the calcium release channels of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. In the heart, they allow the massive release of calcium that triggers heart muscle contraction. Ryanodine receptors are very sensitive to redox agents that produce reversible redox modifications, such as S-nitrosylation and S-glutathionylation of hyper-reactive cysteine residues. In this chapter, we will discuss the effects of some of these modifications and the available evidence for their physiological role and the possible enzymatic sources responsible for these modifications.