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Designing a Western blot for Ryanodine receptor 2? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the RYR2 Western Blot GuideFacts about Ryanodine receptor 2.
In cardiac myocytes, calcium release is triggered by increased Ca(2+) levels because of stimulation of the L-type calcium channel CACNA1C. The calcium channel activity is modulated by creation of heterotetramers with RYR3.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | RYR2 |
| Uniprot: | Q92736 |
| Entrez: | 6262 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| ryanodine receptor (TC 1.A.3.1) family |

ARVC2arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 2; ARVD2; Cardiac muscle-type ryanodine receptor; hRYR-2; ryanodine receptor 2 (cardiac); ryanodine receptor 2; RyR2; RYR-2; VTSIPCardiac muscle ryanodine receptor-calcium release channel
Mass (kDA):
564.567 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q43 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (237042184..237833988) |
Detected in heart muscle (at protein level). Heart muscle, brain (cerebellum and hippocampus) and placenta.
Sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Sarcoplasmic reticulum. The number of predicted transmembrane domains varies between orthologs, but both N-terminus and C-terminus seem to be cytoplasmic.





PMID: 8809036 by Tunwell R.E.A., et al. The human cardiac muscle ryanodine receptor-calcium release channel: identification, primary structure and topological analysis.
PMID: 11159936 by Tiso N., et al. Identification of mutations in the cardiac ryanodine receptor gene in families affected with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 2 (ARVD2).