T-type calcium channel
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The T-type calcium channel is a type of voltage-gated calcium channel. "T" stands for transient referring to the length of activation. As with other sub-types of voltage-gated calcium channel, the α1 subunit is the one that determines most of the channel's properties. T-type calcium channels may contain one of three α1 subunits, α1G (Cav3.1), α1H (Cav3.2) or α1I (Cav3.3)[1][2][3].
Along with sodium "funny current," the T-type calcium channel produces the pacemaker potential in the SA node of the heart.[4]
T-type calcium channel blockers are used primarily as antiepileptics.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Nilius B, Talavera K, Verkhratsky A (August 2006). [Expression error: Missing operand for > "T-type calcium channels: the never ending story"]. Cell Calcium 40 (2): 81–8. doi:. PMID 16797069.
- ↑ Perez-Reyes E, Lory P (December 2006). "Molecular biology of T-type calcium channels". CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets 5 (6): 605–9. PMID 17168745. http://www.bentham-direct.org/pages/content.php?CNSNDDT/2006/00000005/00000006/0004Z.SGM.
- ↑ Talavera K, Nilius B (August 2006). [Expression error: Missing operand for > "Biophysics and structure-function relationship of T-type Ca2+ channels"]. Cell Calcium 40 (2): 97–114. doi:. PMID 16777221.
- ↑ Mangoni ME, Couette B, Marger L, Bourinet E, Striessnig J, Nargeot J (2006). [Expression error: Missing operand for > "Voltage-dependent calcium channels and cardiac pacemaker activity: from ionic currents to genes"]. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 90 (1-3): 38–63. doi:. PMID 15979127.
- ↑ Lory P, Chemin J (May 2007). [Expression error: Missing operand for > "Towards the discovery of novel T-type calcium channel blockers"]. Expert Opin. Ther. Targets 11 (5): 717–22. doi:. PMID 17465728.
External links
- MeSH T-Type+Calcium+Channel
- "Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. http://www.iuphar-db.org/IC/FamilyMenuForward?familyId=11.
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