CACNA1C

This gene encodes an alpha-1 subunit of a voltage-dependent calcium channel. Calcium channels mediate the influx of calcium ions into the cell upon membrane polarization. The alpha-1 subunit consists of 24 transmembrane segments and forms the pore through which ions pass into the cell. The calcium channel consists of a complex of alpha-1, alpha-2/delta, beta, and gamma subunits in a 1:1:1:1 ratio. There are multiple isoforms of each of these proteins, either encoded by different genes or the result of alternative splicing of transcripts. The protein encoded by this gene binds to and is inhibited by dihydropyridine. Alternative splicing results in many transcript variants encoding different proteins. Some of the predicted proteins may not produce functional ion channel subunits. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2012]

Description

Calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 C

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (endometrium , heart muscle, intestine)

Predicted location

Intracellular, Membrane

Protein family

Disease related genes
FDA approved drug targets
Human disease related genes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Predicted membrane proteins
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)
Transporters
Voltage-gated ion channels

Chromosome

12 (1970786 - 2697950)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000151067  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Cacna1c: ENSMUSG00000051331

UniProt

Q13936

neXtProt

NX_Q13936

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure