FKBP12 activates the cardiac ryanodine receptor Ca2+-release channel and is antagonised by FKBP12.6.

Changes in FKBP12.6 binding to cardiac ryanodine receptors (RyR2) are implicated in mediating disturbances in Ca(2+)-homeostasis in heart failure but there is controversy over the functional effects of FKBP12.6 on RyR2 channel gating. We have therefore investigated the effects of FKBP12.6 and anothe...

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Main Authors: Elena Galfré, Samantha J Pitt, Elisa Venturi, Mano Sitsapesan, Nathan R Zaccai, Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova, Stephen O'Neill, Rebecca Sitsapesan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3283708?pdf=render