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Protein Array

Entrez GeneID

GeneBank Accession#

Protein Accession#

Gene Name

CAMK2A

Gene Alias

CAMKA, KIAA0968

Gene Description

calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

The product of this gene belongs to the serine/threonine protein kinases family, and to the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases subfamily. Calcium signaling is crucial for several aspects of plasticity at glutamatergic synapses. This calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase is composed of four different chains: alpha, beta, gamma, and delta. The alpha chain encoded by this gene is required for hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) and spatial learning. In addition to its calcium-calmodulin (CaM)-dependent activity, this protein can undergo autophosphorylation, resulting in CaM-independent activity. Two transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

CaM kinase II alpha subunit|CaM-kinase II alpha chain|CaMK-II alpha subunit|CaMKIINalpha|OTTHUMP00000165787|OTTHUMP00000165788|calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase) II alpha|calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha-B subunit