Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables voltage-gated calcium channel activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including behavioral fear response; regulation of peptide hormone secretion; and visual learning. Part of voltage-gated calcium channel complex. Is active in postsynaptic membrane and presynaptic membrane. Is expressed in central nervous system; dorsal root ganglion; heart; and lower jaw molar. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 69. Orthologous to human CACNA1E (calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 E).