Summary and Discussion:
- RYR1 is
- the calcium-2+ release channel that triggers muscle contraction
- very large protein with 20,000 amino acids in quartenary structure
- protein linked to malignant hyperthermia, triggered by some anesthetics
- more research needed
- to find more mutations linked to diseases (such as MH)
- to discover a non-invasive simple testing for MH
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