Cardiac specific expression of threonine 5 to alanine mutant sarcolipin results in structural remodeling and diastolic dysfunction.

The functional importance of threonine 5 (T5) in modulating the activity of sarcolipin (SLN), a key regulator of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) pump was studied using a transgenic mouse model with cardiac specific expression of threonine 5 to alanine mutant SLN (SLNT5A). In the...

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Main Authors: Mayilvahanan Shanmugam, Dan Li, Shumin Gao, Nadezhda Fefelova, Vikas Shah, Antanina Voit, Ronald Pachon, Ghassan Yehia, Lai-Hua Xie, Gopal J Babu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4324845?pdf=render