L-type calcium channel

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The L-type calcium channel is a type of voltage-dependent calcium channel. Like the others of this class, the α1 subunit is the one that determines most of the channel's properties.

L-type calcium channel blockers are used as antiarrhythmics or antihypertensives, depending on whether the drugs has higher affinity to the heart (like verapamil) or to the vessels (nifedipine).

L-type channels are selectively blocked by dihydropyridines.

Contents 1 See also 2 Genes 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] See also

• Cardiac_action_potential#Major_currents

[edit] Genes

• CACNA1C, CACNA1D, CACNA1S, CACNA1F

[edit] See also

• CACNA1C

[edit] External links

• MeSH L-Type+Calcium+Channel

This box: view • talk • edit Membrane transport protein: ion channels
Ca	Voltage-dependent calcium channel (L-type/CACNA1C, N-type, P-type, Q-type, R-type, T-type) - Inositol triphosphate receptor - Ryanodine receptor - Cation channels of sperm
Na: Sodium channel	Nav1.4 - Nav1.5 - Nav1.7 - Epithelial sodium channel
K: Potassium channel	Voltage-gated (KvLQT1, KvLQT2, KvLQT3, HERG, Shaker gene, KCNE1) - Calcium-activated (BK channel, SK channel) - Inward-rectifier (ROMK, KCNJ2) - Tandem pore domain
Cl: Chloride channel	Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Porin	Aquaporin (1, 2, 3, 4)
Transient receptor potential	TRPA - TRPC (TRPC6) - TRPM (TRPM6) - TRPML (Mucolipin-1) - TRPP - TRPV (TRPV1, TRPV6)
Other/general	Gap junction - Stretch-activated ion channel - Ligand-gated ion channel - Voltage-gated ion channel - Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel - Two-pore channel

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