T-type calcium channel

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calcium channel, voltage-dependent, T type, alpha 1G subunit
Symbol(s):	CACNA1G
Locus:	17 q22
EC number	[1]
EntrezGene	8913
OMIM	604065
RefSeq	NM_018896
UniProt	O43497

calcium channel, voltage-dependent, T type, alpha 1H subunit
Symbol(s):	CACNA1H
Locus:	16 p13.3
EC number	[2]
EntrezGene	8912
OMIM	607904
RefSeq	NM_001005407
UniProt	O95180

calcium channel, voltage-dependent, T type, alpha 1I subunit
Symbol(s):	CACNA1I
Locus:	22 q13.1
EC number	[3]
EntrezGene	8911
OMIM	608230
RefSeq	NM_001003406
UniProt	Q9P0X4

The T-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.

T-type calcium channel blockers are used primarily as antiepileptics.

[edit] See also

• Cardiac_action_potential#Major_currents

[edit] External links

• MeSH T-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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