Unconjugated Rabbit anti-Human, Mouse, Rat CaMK2 alpha Polyclonal Antibody [IgG]

alpha CaMKII; Calcium / Calmodulin Dependent Protein Kinase II G; Calcium calmodulin dependent protein kinase CaM kinase II alpha; Calcium calmodulin dependent protein kinase II alpha-B subunit; Calcium calmodulin dependent protein kinase II; Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II alpha; Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase CaM kinase II alpha; Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II alpha; Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-alpha; Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit alpha; Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type IIA; CaM kinase II alpha chain; CaM kinase II alpha subunit; CaM kinase II subunit alpha; CAM2; CaMK II alpha subunit; CaMK-II subunit alpha; CAMK2A; CAMKA; CAMKB; CaMKII; CaMK 2a; CaMK2a; KCC2A_HUMAN.

The product of this gene belongs to the serine/threonine protein kinases family, and to the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases subfamily. Calcium signaling is crucial for several aspects of plasticity at glutamatergic synapses. This calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase is composed of four different chains: alpha, beta, gamma, and delta. The alpha chain encoded by this gene is required for hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) and spatial learning. In addition to its calcium-calmodulin (CaM)-dependent activity, this protein can undergo autophosphorylation, resulting in CaM-independent activity. Two transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2008].