The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Calcium/calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II alpha across different species:

calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha (CAMK2A), calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha (Camk2a), calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase) II alpha (camk2a)

Other aliases include:

CAMKA, KIAA0968, CaMKII, R74975, mKIAA0968, PKCCD, PK2CDD, CAMK2A, MGC139375, MGC155201, MGC123320, zgc:112538, zgc:123320, DKFZp459L1326

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Calcium/calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II alpha:

calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha – CaMKIINalpha – CaMK-II alpha subunit – CaM-kinase II alpha chain – CaM kinase II alpha subunit – calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha-B subunit – calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II alpha chain – calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase) II alpha – CaMK II – alpha-CaMKII – OTTMUSP00000017498 – OTTMUSP00000017500 – alpha CaM kinase II – Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha – calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha subunit – calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II alpha – camk2a1 – calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIA – Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II alpha chain – calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha-like

Calcium/calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II alpha fulfills a number of functions:

ATP binding – calmodulin binding – calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activity – glutamate receptor binding – nucleotide binding – transferase activity – kinase activity – protein kinase activity – protein serine/threonine kinase activity

Calcium/calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II alpha is relevant to the following processes:

G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle – calcium ion transport – positive regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity – protein amino acid autophosphorylation – regulation of neuronal synaptic plasticity – regulation of neurotransmitter secretion – protein amino acid phosphorylation – ionotropic glutamate receptor signaling pathway

Locations for Calcium/calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II alpha:

cell junction – endocytic vesicle membrane – plasma membrane – presynaptic membrane – synapse – calcium- and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase complex – cytoplasm – membrane – dendrite – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology