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Ryanodine
| Ryanodine |
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| Identifiers |
| CAS number |
15662-33-6 |
| PubChem |
5114 |
| MeSH |
Ryanodine |
| Properties |
| Molecular formula |
C25H35NO9 |
| Molar mass |
493.547 g/mol |
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox disclaimer and references |
Ryanodine is a poisonous alkaloid found in the South American plant Ryania speciosa.
The compound has extremely high affinity to the ryanodine receptor, a group of calcium channels found in skeletal and heart muscle cells. It binds with such high affinity to the receptor that it was used as a label for the first purification of that class of ion channels and gave its name to it.
At nanomolar concentrations, ryanodine locks the receptor in a half-open state, whereas it fully closes them at micromolar concentration. The effect of the nanomolar-level binding is that ryanodine causes release of calcium from calcium stores in the sarcoplasmic reticulum leading to massive muscular contractions.
References
- Bertil Hille, Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes, 2nd edition, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA, 01375, ISBN 0-87893-323-9
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