Calcium channel

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A Calcium channel is an ion channel which displays selective permeabiltiy to calcium ions.

Examples include:


Calcium channel blockers are used to treat hypertension.

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  1. ^ Walter F., PhD. Boron. Medical Physiology: A Cellular And Molecular Approaoch. Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 1-4160-2328-3.  Page 479

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Membrane transport protein: ion channels
Ca2+: Calcium channel Voltage-dependent calcium channel (L-type/Cav1.2, Cav2.1, N-type, P-type, Q-type, R-type, T-type) - Inositol triphosphate receptor - Ryanodine receptor - Cation channels of sperm - Two-pore channel
Na+: Sodium channel Nav1.4 - Nav1.5 - Nav1.7- Nav1.9 - Epithelial sodium channel
K+: Potassium channel Voltage-gated (Kv1.1, KvLQT1, KvLQT2, KvLQT3, HERG, Shaker gene, KCNE1) - Calcium-activated (BK channel, SK channel, SK3) - Inward-rectifier (ROMK, Kir2.1, KCNJ11) - Tandem pore domain
Cl-: Chloride channel Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Porin Aquaporin (1, 2, 3, 4) - Voltage-dependent anion channel
Cations: TRP TRPA - TRPC (TRPC6) - TRPM (TRPM6) - TRPML (Mucolipin-1) - TRPP - TRPV (TRPV1, TRPV6)
Other/general Voltage-gated ion channel - Ligand-gated ion channel - Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel - Stretch-activated ion channel
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