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Cacna1a Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Cacna1a
calcium channel, voltage-dependent, P/Q type, alpha 1A subunit
MGI:109482


Nomenclature History
Synonyms alpha1A, Cacnl1a4, Ccha1a, nmf352, SCA6
Genetic Map
Chromosome 8
38.5 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 17)

Sequence Map
Chr8:86912339-87164145 bp, + strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
VEGA ContigView | Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; cattle; rabbit, European; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Cacna1a ± 2 cM)
Protein SuperFamily: voltage-gated calcium channel
TreeFam: TF312805
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000031448 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 251807 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_007578 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 7929 C57BL/6
polypeptide P97445 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 2368 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(37)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(45) : Targeted, knock-out(3) Targeted, other(10) Gene trapped(23) Spontaneous(6) Chemically induced(3)
Homozygotes for different mutant alleles are characterized by variably severe wobbly gait beginning prior to weaning, ataxia, episodic dyskinesia, cerebellar atrophy, and absence epilepsy.
Associated Human Diseases (1)   Alleles Annotated to Human Diseases (2)  
Polymorphisms All PCR and RFLP(4) : PCR(3) RFLP(1) SNPs within 2kb(1331 from dbSNP Build 128)   SNPs within 2kb including multiple locations(1337)
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(103)
Process adult walking behavior, behavioral response to pain...
Component cell soma, dendrite...
Function calcium channel activity, calcium ion binding...
This is a GO Consortium Reference Genome Project gene.
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (4 records)
Data Summary: Assays (5)    Results (51)    Tissues (12)
Theiler Stages: 17,20,22,24,25,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RT-PCR 1   3
      Northern blot 4   48
cDNA source data(29)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(39) Genomic(4) cDNA(30) Primer pair(4) Other(1)
Microarray probesets(2)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000034656
DoTS DT.101283505, DT.101316080, DT.527675, DT.91367001, DT.97382846
UniGene 334658
DFCI TC1578602, TC1592447, TC1596750
NIA Mouse Gene Index U009570
Entrez Gene 12286
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000031448
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Cacna1a
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR002077 Voltage-dependent calcium channel, alpha-1 subunit
IPR005448 Voltage-dependent calcium channel, P/Q-type, alpha-1 subunit
IPR005821 Ion transport
IPR014873 Voltage-dependent calcium channel, alpha-1 subunit, IQ domain
IPR017956 AT hook, DNA-binding motif
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:262 GREEN MC et al., "Tottering--a neuromusclar mutation in the mouse. And its linkage with oligosyndacylism." J Hered 1962 Sep-Oct;53():233-7
(Latest) J:151450 Takahashi E et al., "Age-related spatial and nonspatial short-term memory in Cav2.1alpha1 mutant mice, Rolling Nagoya." Behav Brain Res 2009 Dec 1;204(1):241-5
All references(173)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-11727, MGD-MRK-15048, MGD-MRK-35757, MGD-MRK-39481, MGI:1890949, MGI:3588957

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last database update
11/20/2009
MGI_4.31
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