Biology:CACNB1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CACNB1 gene.[1][2][3]

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the calcium channel beta subunit family. It plays an important role in the calcium channel by modulating G protein inhibition, increasing peak calcium current, controlling the alpha-1 subunit membrane targeting and shifting the voltage dependence of activation and inactivation. Alternative splicing occurs at this locus and three transcript variants encoding three distinct isoforms have been identified.[3]

See also

  • Voltage-dependent calcium channel

References

  1. "Assignment of the human gene for the beta subunit of the voltage-dependent calcium channel (CACNLB1) to chromosome 17 using somatic cell hybrids and linkage mapping". Genomics 15 (1): 185–7. Mar 1993. doi:10.1006/geno.1993.1029. PMID 8381767. 
  2. "Genetic mapping of the beta 1- and gamma-subunits of the human skeletal muscle L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel on chromosome 17q and exclusion as candidate genes for malignant hyperthermia susceptibility". Hum Mol Genet 2 (7): 863–8. Oct 1993. doi:10.1093/hmg/2.7.863. PMID 8395940. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: CACNB1 calcium channel, voltage-dependent, beta 1 subunit". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=782. 

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