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Proteolytic Modification Of The Ca²-Release Mechanism Of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum In Skeletal Muscle, Ute Goerke
Proteolytic Modification Of The Ca²-Release Mechanism Of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum In Skeletal Muscle, Ute Goerke
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Calcium ions are important mediators in the mechanism of contraction and relaxation of muscle fibers. Depolarization of sarcolemma and transverse tubule causes an increase of myoplasmic ca2+ concentration which induces contraction of the myofibrils. In skeletal muscle fibers, the intracellular Ca2+ concentraton is regulated by an extensive membrane system, the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Ca2+-release from SR is initiated by depolarization of the transverse tubule via a process referred to as excitation-contraction coupling. The Ca2+ - release channel located in the junctional SR plays an important role in this mechanism.