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CACNA2D4

The Cacna2d4 gene encodes an l-type calcium-channel auxiliary subunit of the alpha (2) delta type.

Retinal signal transmission depends on the activity of high voltage-gated l-type calcium channels in photoreceptor ribbon synapses.

Pathology

- germline mutations in autosomal recessive cone dystrophy.

References

- Wycisk KA, Zeitz C, Feil S, Wittmer M, Forster U, Neidhardt J, Wissinger B, Zrenner E, Wilke R, Kohl S, Berger W. Mutation in the auxiliary calcium-channel subunit CACNA2D4 causes autosomal recessive cone dystrophy. Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Nov;79(5):973-7. PMID: #17033974#