CACNA2D1

Calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 2/delta subunit 1
Identifiers
Symbols CACNA2D1; CACNA2; CACNL2A; CCHL2A
External IDs OMIM114204 MGI88295 HomoloGene579 GeneCards: CACNA2D1 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 781 12293
Ensembl ENSG00000153956 ENSMUSG00000040118
UniProt P54289 Q8C6Y3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000722 NM_009784
RefSeq (protein) NP_000713 NP_033914
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
81.58 – 82.07 Mb
Chr 5:
15.44 – 15.88 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CACNA2D1 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the alpha-2/delta subunit family, a protein in the voltage-dependent calcium channel complex. Calcium channels mediate the influx of calcium ions into the cell upon membrane polarization and consist of a complex of alpha-1, alpha-2/delta, beta, and gamma subunits in a 1:1:1:1 ratio. Research on a highly similar protein in rabbit suggests the protein described in this record is cleaved into alpha-2 and delta subunits. Alternate transcriptional splice variants of this gene have been observed but have not been thoroughly characterized.[2]

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  1. ^ Powers PA, Scherer SW, Tsui LC, Gregg RG, Hogan K (Jun 1994). "Localization of the gene encoding the alpha 2/delta subunit (CACNL2A) of the human skeletal muscle voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel to chromosome 7q21-q22 by somatic cell hybrid analysis". Genomics 19 (1): 192–3. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1044. PMID 8188232. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: CACNA2D1 calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 2/delta subunit 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=781. 

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