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T-tubules (transverse tubules) are extensions of the cell membrane that penetrate into the center of skeletal and cardiac muscle cells.With membranes that contain large concentrations of ion channels, transporters, and pumps, T-tubules permit rapid transmission of the action potential into the cell, and also play an important role in regulating cellular calcium concentration.
The ER is made up of flattened sacs and branching tubules that are thought to interconnect, so that the ER membrane forms a continuous sheet enclosing a single internal space. This highly convoluted space is called the ER lumen and is also referred to as the ER cisternal space. The lumen takes up about ten percent of the entire cell volume.
The ER is an extremely dynamic membrane organelle which consists of the nuclear envelope and the peripheral ER. It is organized into a netlike labyrinth of branching tubules and flattened sheets that extends throughout the cytosol. These tubules and sheets are interconnected and their membrane is continuous with the outer nuclear membrane.
The transitional ER gets its name because it contains ER exit sites. These are areas where the transport vesicles which contain lipids and proteins made in the ER, detach from the ER and start moving to the Golgi apparatus. Specialized cells can have a lot of smooth endoplasmic reticulum and in these cells the smooth ER has many functions. [6]
The desmotubule (DM) is shown as a continuation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), with various membrane proteins linking it to the plasma membrane (PM). A desmotubule is an endomembrane derived structure of the plasmodesmata that connects the endoplasmic reticulum of two adjacent plant cells.
Exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) is the breakdown of muscle from extreme physical exertion. It is one of many types of rhabdomyolysis that can occur, and because of this, the exact prevalence and incidence are unclear.
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This compartment mediates transport between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi complex, facilitating the sorting of cargo. [1] The cluster was first identified in 1988 using an antibody to the protein that has since been named ERGIC-53. [2] It is also referred to as the vesicular-tubular cluster (VTC) or, originally, tubulo-vesicular ...