The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Calcium Channel alpha 1A across different species:

calcium channel, voltage-dependent, P/Q type, alpha 1A subunit (Cacna1a)

Other aliases include:

BccA1, rbA-1, Cav2.1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Calcium Channel alpha 1A:

calcium channel, alpha 1A subunit – brain class A – brain calcium channel 1 – calcium channel alpha 1A – calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 1A subunit – calcium channel, L type, alpha-1 polypeptide, isoform 4

Calcium Channel alpha 1A fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – high voltage-gated calcium channel activity – ion channel activity – protein binding – syntaxin binding – voltage-gated calcium channel activity – voltage-gated ion channel activity

Calcium Channel alpha 1A is relevant to the following processes:

adult walking behavior – behavioral response to pain – calcium ion transport – calcium ion-dependent exocytosis – calcium ion-dependent exocytosis of neurotransmitter – cell death – cell growth – cellular chloride ion homeostasis – central nervous system neuron differentiation – cerebellar Purkinje cell differentiation – cerebellar Purkinje cell layer development – cerebellar molecular layer development – cerebellum maturation – dendrite morphogenesis – elevation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration – gamma-aminobutyric acid secretion – gamma-aminobutyric acid signaling pathway – glucose metabolic process – hormone metabolic process – ion transport – membrane depolarization – musculoskeletal movement, spinal reflex action – negative regulation of hormone biosynthetic process – negative regulation of neuron apoptosis – nerve-nerve synaptic transmission – neurological system process – neuromuscular process – neuromuscular process controlling balance – neuromuscular synaptic transmission – neurotransmitter metabolic process – receptor clustering – regulation of acetylcholine secretion – regulation of axonogenesis – regulation of calcium ion-dependent exocytosis – regulation of membrane potential – response to pain – rhythmic synaptic transmission – spinal cord motor neuron differentiation – sulfur amino acid metabolic process – synapse assembly – synaptic transmission – synaptic transmission, GABAergic – synaptic transmission, glutamatergic – thyroid hormone metabolic process – transmission of nerve impulse – vestibular nucleus development

Locations for Calcium Channel alpha 1A:

cell projection – cell soma – cytoplasm – dendrite – integral to membrane – nucleus – perikaryon – plasma membrane – voltage-gated calcium channel complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology