In this issue of Structure, Melville and colleagues used cryo-EM to study the binding of ryanodine receptors to Rycals, compounds with the potential to treat skeletal and cardiac muscle disorders. Unexpectedly, they found that Rycal packs against an ATP in a peripheral pocket, which stabilizes the closed channel state. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Raika Pancaroglu, Filip Van Petegem. It takes two to tango: Rycals and ATP snuggle up to bind ryanodine receptors. Structure (London, England : 1993). 2022 Jul 07;30(7):919-921
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