Description
Product Characteristics: CACNA2D1, calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 2/delta subunit 1, CACNA2, CACNL2A, CCHL2A, MHS3, H_DJ0560O14.1, WUGSC:H_DJ0560O14.1, calcium channel, L type, alpha 2 polypeptide, dihydropyridine-sensitive L-type, calcium channel alpha-2/delta subunit
Target Information: 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]