Ca+2 channel

Function

• ion channel through which Ca+2 current flows
• Ca+2 channels allow Ca+2 to flow into the cytoplasm from the extracellular space or intracellular compartment along the Ca+2 concentration gradient

More general terms

• ion channel

More specific terms

• cGMP-gated channel
• inositol triphosphate [IP3] receptor P400 (ITPR, IP3-R)
• kainate receptor
• polycystin-2; polycystic kidney disease 2 protein; autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease type II protein; polycystwin; R48321 (PKD2)
• ryanodine receptor (RyR)
• short transient receptor potential channel 4 (TrpC4, Trp-related protein 4, hTrp-4, hTrp4, TRPC4)
• short transient receptor potential channel 5 (TrpC5, Htrp-5, Htrp5, TRP5)
• short transient receptor potential channel 7 (TrpC7, TRP7 protein, TRP7)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 1 (long transient receptor potential channel 1, LTrpC1, melastatin-1, TRPM1, LTRPC1, MLSN, MLSN1)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 2 (TrpM2, long transient receptor potential channel 2, LTrpC2, LTrpC-2, transient receptor potential channel 7, TrpC7, estrogen-responsive element-associated gene 1 protein, EREG1, KNP3)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 3 (TrpM3, long transient receptor potential channel 3, LTrpC3, melastatin-2, MLSN2, KIAA1616)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 (TrpM8, transient receptor potential-p8, Trp-p8, long transient receptor potential channel 6, LTrpC6, TRPP8)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V (TRPV)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1; osm-9-like TRP channel 1; vanilloid receptor 1; VR1 capsaicin receptor (TRPV1, OTRPC1)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 2 (TrpV2, osm-9-like TRP channel 2, OTRPC2, vanilloid receptor-like protein 1, VRL-1, VRL)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 3 (TrpV3, vanilloid receptor-like 3, VRL-3)
• transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 4 (TrpV4, vanilloid receptor-like 2, VRL-2, osm-9-like TRP channel 4, OTRPC4, vanilloid receptor-related osmotically-activated channel, VR-OAC, transient receptor potential protein 12, TRP1...
• voltage-dependent Ca+2 channel