Annotated protein:Voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-1 (Voltage-gated calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-1) [Cleaved into: Voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2-1; Voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit delta-1]. Gene symbol: CACNA2D1. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: O08532
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ CACNA2D1
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:anchored component of presynaptic active zone membrane (GO:0099029)
Synapse type(s):striatum, GABAergic
Annotated paper:Geisler S, et al. "Presynaptic alpha(2)delta-2 Calcium Channel Subunits Regulate Postsynaptic GABA(A) Receptor Abundance and Axonal Wiring" J Neurosci. 2019 Apr 3;39(14):2581-2605 PMID:30683685
Figure(s):Figure 6, 8
Annotation description:Figure 6: "live-cell labeling of MSNs cotransfected with HA-tagged CACNA2D subunits and soluble
eGFP revealed that all CACNA2D isoforms are expressed on the surface of presynaptic axonal varicosities and thus can in theory contribute to synaptic functions in GABAergic neurons"

Figure 8: presynaptic overexpression of CACNA2D1 (α2δ-1 Calcium Channel) was enriched at synaptic puncta

Davies A, et al. 2010 (PMID:20080692, Fig. 4G) showed CACNA2D subunits are most likely linked to the plasma membrane via GPI anchor, hence we selected "anchored component of ... membrane"
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Over-expression
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Super resolution
Annotator(s):Frank Koopmans (ORCID:0000-0002-4973-5732)
Guus Smit (ORCID:0000-0002-2286-1587)
Matthijs Verhage (ORCID:0000-0002-2514-0216)
Lab:Department of Functional Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Additional literature:Provides evidence that alpha_2 delta-1 is GPI anchored in the plasma membrane of cells.
alpha_2 delta-1 is expressed on the plasma membrane of DRGs in culture (Fig. 4E, immunofluorescence) and incubation with phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase C (PI-PLC) causes it to be cleaved from the surface of cells. Alpha_2 delta-1 from hippocampus also partitions into cholesterol-rich detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fractions - termed 'lipid rafts'. @ PMID:20080692
SynGO annotation ID:4778
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology