Degradation half-life of rapidly degrading acetylcholine receptor (AChR) synthesized in denervated and aneural embryonic muscle

Range ~1 day
Organism vertebrates
Reference Xu R, Salpeter MM. Rate constants of acetylcholine receptor internalization and degradation in mouse muscles. J Cell Physiol. 1999 Oct181(1):107-12. p.107 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID10457358
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Comments p.107 left column bottom paragraph:"Two populations of AChRs, differing in their degradation rate and in their responses to stabilizing factors, exist in vertebrate muscle. These are the slowly degrading (Rs) and the rapidly degrading (Rr). Rs AChRs are synthesized in adult innervated muscles and inserted at the neuromuscular junction (nmj). As long as the muscle remains innervated, they degrade slowly with a half-life (t1/2) of ~8–10 days (reviewed in Salpeter and Loring, 1985). Rr AChRs are the predominant (~90%) receptor population synthesized in denervated and aneural embryonic muscle and normally degrade rapidly with a t1/2 of ~1 day (primary sources)."
Entered by Uri M
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