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Facts about Calsequestrin-2.
Can bind around 60 Ca(2+) ions. Regulates the discharge of lumenal Ca(2+) through the calcium release channel RYR2; this plays an important role in triggering muscle contraction.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CASQ2 |
| Uniprot: | O14958 |
| Entrez: | 845 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| calsequestrin family |

calsequestrin 2 (cardiac muscle); calsequestrin 2, fast-twitch, cardiac muscle; Calsequestrin, cardiac muscle isoform; calsequestrin-2; FLJ26321; FLJ93514; PDIB2
Mass (kDA):
46.436 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1p13.1 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (115700021..115768714, complement) |
Sarcoplasmic reticulum lumen. This isoform of calsequestrin occurs in the sarcoplasmic reticulum's terminal cisternae luminal spaces of cardiac and slow skeletal muscle cells.




PMID: 21416293 by Sanchez E.J., et al. Phosphorylation of human calsequestrin: implications for calcium regulation.
PMID: 17881003 by Kim E., et al. Characterization of human cardiac calsequestrin and its deleterious mutants.