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Cacnb2 Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Cacnb2
calcium channel, voltage-dependent, beta 2 subunit
MGI:894644


Nomenclature History
Synonyms Cavbeta2, Cchb2
Genetic Map
Chromosome 2
14.5 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 13)

Sequence Map
Chr2:14525933-14909535 bp, + strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
VEGA ContigView | Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; chimpanzee; cattle; dog, domestic; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Cacnb2 ± 2 cM)
Protein SuperFamily: human voltage-dependent calcium channel beta chain
TreeFam: TF316195
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000011219 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 383603 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_023116 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 2970 C57BL/6
polypeptide Q8CC27 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 655 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(37)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(3) : Targeted, knock-out(2) Targeted, other(1)
Mice homozygous for a null allele exhibit lethality at E10.5 with growth retardation, abnormal yolk vasculature and abnormal cardiac development and function.
Polymorphisms RFLP(2) SNPs within 2kb(1127 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(17)
Process calcium ion transport, ion transport...
Component membrane, plasma membrane...
Function calcium channel activity, calcium ion binding...
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (4 records)
Data Summary: Assays (5)    Results (45)    Tissues (25)    Images (9)
Theiler Stages: 15,17,20,23,24,25,26,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RT-PCR 2   6
      RNA in situ 2   22
      Immunohistochemistry 1   17
cDNA source data(9)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(19) Genomic(2) cDNA(15) Primer pair(1) Other(1) Antibodies(1)
Microarray probesets(2)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000057914
DoTS DT.101172909, DT.481806, DT.484513, DT.97352848
DFCI TC1585900, TC1599395, TC1626718
NIA Mouse Gene Index U001410
Entrez Gene 12296
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000011219
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Cacnb2
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR000584 Voltage-dependent calcium channel, L-type, beta subunit
IPR001452 Src homology-3 domain
IPR005444 Voltage-dependent calcium channel, L-type, beta-2 subunit
IPR008145 Guanylate kinase/L-type calcium channel
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:25718 Massa E et al., "Comparison of fura-2 imaging and electrophysiological analysis of murine calcium channel alpha 1 subunits coexpressed with novel beta 2 subunit isoforms." Mol Pharmacol 1995 Apr;47(4):707-16
(Latest) J:152311 Neef J et al., "The Ca2+ channel subunit beta2 regulates Ca2+ channel abundance and function in inner hair cells and is required for hearing." J Neurosci 2009 Aug 26;29(34):10730-40
All references(23)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-24068, MGI:103200, MGI:2139283, MGI:3583767

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last database update
11/20/2009
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