CACNA1B

ENSG00000148408
Target class
Ion channel
Chromosome
9
Approved drugs
9
Clinical candidates (approved and in development)
16

Approved drugs
9
ClinGen gene-disease validity
Moderate
Clinical candidates (approved and in development)
16

Chemical probe available
No

Target name
CACNA1B
Gene name
Calcium voltage-gated channel subunit alpha1 B
Gene symbol
CACNA1B
Previous gene symbols
  • CACNL1A5
Protein name
Voltage-dependent N-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1B (Brain calcium channel III) (BIII) (Calcium channel, L type, alpha-1 polypeptide isoform 5) (Voltage-gated calcium channel subunit alpha Cav2.2)

  • Cav2.2
  • CACNN

Gene biotype
Protein coding
Gene family
EF-hand domain containing|Calcium voltage-gated channel alpha1 subunits
Target class
Ion channel
Target type
Human gene

Tissues expressed in
15
Protein localisation evidence grade
Approved
Highest tissue expression
51.5
Tissue specificity (Gini)
0.822
Tissue specificity (tau)
0.932

KEGG gene identifiers
  • hsa:774
Reactome pathways
  • R-HSA-112308
Protein interaction confidence
0.828378
Protein interaction partners
45

End position
138124624
Start position
137877782
Chromosome
9
Strand
Forward

Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000148408
HGNC ID
NCBI Gene ID
774
UniProt ID
Q00975

  • Membrane
  • Multi-pass membrane protein .
  • Acrosome
  • Cytosol
  • Equatorial segment

Publication evidence

Tissue specificity (tau)
0.932021
Expression inequality (Gini)
0.821837

Expression in transcripts per million

Brain - Cerebellum
51.5
Brain - Cerebellar Hemisphere
45.97
Brain - Cortex
19.5
Brain - Frontal Cortex (BA9)
17.14
Pituitary
15.54

Expression in transcripts per million

  • Brain - Cerebellum51.5
  • Brain - Cerebellar Hemisphere45.97
  • Brain - Cortex19.5
  • Brain - Frontal Cortex (BA9)17.14
  • Pituitary15.54
  • Brain - Nucleus accumbens (basal ganglia)12.2
  • Testis11.99
  • Brain - Anterior cingulate cortex (BA24)10.55
  • Brain - Hypothalamus9.89
  • Brain - Caudate (basal ganglia)9.48
  • Brain - Putamen (basal ganglia)7.74
  • Brain - Spinal cord (cervical c-1)6.6
  • Brain - Amygdala5.33
  • Brain - Hippocampus5.08
  • Brain - Substantia nigra2.7
  • Colon - Sigmoid0.88
  • Prostate0.71
  • Thyroid0.49
  • Fallopian Tube0.44
  • Colon - Transverse0.36
  • Stomach0.32
  • Cervix - Endocervix0.22
  • Esophagus - Muscularis0.21
  • Vagina0.2
  • Esophagus - Gastroesophageal Junction0.17

And 29 more, listed on the interactive page.

Related records

Trials (1,273)

Drugs (18)