======= SLC8A2 =======
== Gene Information ==
* **Official Symbol**: SLC8A2
* **Official Name**: solute carrier family 8 member A2
* **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A
* **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=6543|6543]]
* **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UPR5|Q9UPR5]]
* **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=SLC8A2&organism=9606|BioGRID]]
* **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20SLC8A2|Open PubMed]]
* **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/601901|Open OMIM]]
== Function Summary ==
* **Entrez Summary**: N/A
* **UniProt Summary**: Mediates the electrogenic exchange of Ca(2+) against Na(+) ions across the cell membrane, and thereby contributes to the regulation of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) levels and Ca(2+)-dependent cellular processes. Contributes to cellular Ca(2+) homeostasis in excitable cells. Contributes to the rapid decrease of cytoplasmic Ca(2+) levels back to baseline after neuronal activation, and thereby contributes to modulate synaptic plasticity, learning and memory. Plays a role in regulating urinary Ca(2+) and Na(+) excretion. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8K596}.
|Calx-beta|
|Na Ca ex|
|calcium:sodium antiporter activity|
|regulation of short-term neuronal synaptic plasticity|
|long-term synaptic potentiation|
|regulation of neuronal synaptic plasticity|
|regulation of cardiac conduction|
|sodium ion transmembrane transport|
|memory|
|perikaryon|
|learning|
|dendritic spine|
|positive regulation of synaptic transmission|
|sodium ion transport|
|regulation of synaptic plasticity|
|basolateral plasma membrane|
|calcium ion transmembrane transport|
|calmodulin binding|
|regulation of heart contraction|
|calcium ion transport|
|learning or memory|
|regulation of blood circulation|
|divalent metal ion transport|
|cognition|
|divalent inorganic cation transport|
|monovalent inorganic cation transport|
|cellular calcium ion homeostasis|
|modulation of chemical synaptic transmission|
|regulation of trans-synaptic signaling|
|calcium ion homeostasis|
|cellular divalent inorganic cation homeostasis|
|divalent inorganic cation homeostasis|
|cellular metal ion homeostasis|
|inorganic cation transmembrane transport|
|behavior|
|regulation of system process|
|cation transmembrane transport|
|metal ion homeostasis|
|cellular cation homeostasis|
|metal ion transport|
|cellular ion homeostasis|
|inorganic ion transmembrane transport|
|cation homeostasis|
|inorganic ion homeostasis|
|cellular chemical homeostasis|
|ion homeostasis|
|cation transport|
|cellular homeostasis|
|ion transmembrane transport|
|chemical homeostasis|
|transmembrane transport|
|ion transport|
|nervous system process|
|integral component of plasma membrane|
|homeostatic process|
|positive regulation of cell communication|
|positive regulation of signaling|
|system process|
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=== CRISPR Data ===
No hits were found.
No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics.
Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739
^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^
|1290807.0|0/1|
|909776.0|0/1|
|bile duct|0/28|
|blood|0/28|
|bone|0/26|
|breast|0/33|
|central nervous system|0/56|
|cervix|0/4|
|colorectal|0/17|
|esophagus|0/13|
|fibroblast|0/1|
|gastric|0/16|
|kidney|0/21|
|liver|0/20|
|lung|0/75|
|lymphocyte|0/16|
|ovary|0/26|
|pancreas|0/24|
|peripheral nervous system|0/16|
|plasma cell|0/15|
|prostate|0/1|
|skin|0/24|
|soft tissue|0/9|
|thyroid|0/2|
|upper aerodigestive|0/22|
|urinary tract|0/29|
|uterus|0/5|
== Essentiality in NALM6 ==
* **Essentiality Rank**: 11626
* **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -1.27
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