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calsequestrin-2; calsequestrin, cardiac muscle isoform (CASQ2)

Function: - high-capacity, moderate affinity, Ca+2-binding protein - acts as an internal Ca+2 store in muscle - release of Ca+2 bound to calsequestrin through a Ca+2 release channel triggers muscle contraction - binds 40-50 Ca+2 Structure: - monomer, homodimer & homooligomer. - mostly monomeric in the absence of Ca+2 - forms higher oligomers in a Ca+2-dependent manner - dimers associate to form tetramers, that then form linear homopolymer chains - belongs to the calsequestrin family Compartment: - sarcoplasmic reticulum lumen Pathology: - defects in CASQ2 are the cause of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia type 2

General

calsequestrin glycoprotein

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 399 aa MW = 46 kD COMPARTMENT: Ca+2 sequestering compartment MOTIF: signal sequence {1-19} N-glycosylation site {N335} acidic region {356-399} MOTIF: acidic residue (SEVERAL)

Database Correlations

OMIM correlations MORBIDMAP 114251 UniProt O14958 Pfam PF01216 Entrez Gene 845 Kegg hsa:845

References

  1. UniProt :accession O14958
  2. GeneReviews https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=CASQ2
  3. Wikipedia; Note: calsequestrin entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/calsequestrin
  4. OMIM :accession 114251
  5. Entrez Gene :accession 845