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Mutated p.4894 RyR1 function related to malignant hyperthermia and congenital neuromuscular disease with uniform type 1 fiber (CNMDU1).
Anesthesia and analgesia - 1 Dec 2011
Haraki Toshiaki, Yasuda Toshimichi, Mukaida Keiko, Migita Takako, Hamada Hiroshi, Kawamoto Masashi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1) is a Ca(2+) release channel located in the sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane of skeletal muscle. More than 200 variants in RyR1 have been identified in DNA from patients with malignant hyperthermia (MH) and congenital myopathies; only 30 have been sufficiently studied so as to be identified as MH-causative mutations. The Ala4894Thr RyR1 variant was found in a Japanese patient...
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