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CACNA1G
Introduction
Calcium channel, voltage-dependent, T type, alpha 1G subunit, also known as CACNA1G or Cav3.1 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CACNA1G gene.[1][2][3]
Function
Function
Voltage-dependent calcium channels can be distinguished based on their voltage-dependence, deactivation, and single-channel conductance. Low-voltage-activated calcium channels are referred to as ‘T’ type because their currents are both transient, owing to fast inactivation, and tiny, owing to small conductance. T-type channels are thought to be involved in pacemaker activity, low-threshold calcium spikes, neuronal oscillations and resonance, and rebound burst firing.[1]
Interactive pathway map
Interactive pathway map
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- ↑ The interactive pathway map can be edited at WikiPathways: “NicotineActivityonChromaffinCells_WP1603”.
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: CACNA1H calcium channel, voltage-dependent, T type, alpha 1H subunit”.
- ↑ Perez-Reyes E, Cribbs LL, Daud A, Lacerda AE, Barclay J, Williamson MP, Fox M, Rees M, Lee JH (February 1998). “Molecular characterization of a neuronal low-voltage-activated T-type calcium channel”. Nature. 391 (6670): 896–900. doi:10.1038/36110. PMID 9495342.
- ↑ Catterall WA, Perez-Reyes E, Snutch TP, Striessnig J (December 2005). “International Union of Pharmacology. XLVIII. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of voltage-gated calcium channels”. Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 411–25. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.5. PMID 16382099.
External links
External links
- CACNA1G+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Human CACNA1G genome location and CACNA1G gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.