CAMK2A

• Official Symbol: CAMK2A
• Official Name: calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II alpha
• Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
• Entrez ID: 815
• UniProt: Q9UQM7
• Interactions: BioGRID
• PubMed articles: Open PubMed
• OMIM: Open OMIM

• Entrez Summary: 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].
• UniProt Summary: CaM-kinase II (CAMK2) is a prominent kinase in the central nervous system that may function in long-term potentiation and neurotransmitter release. Member of the NMDAR signaling complex in excitatory synapses it may regulate NMDAR-dependent potentiation of the AMPAR and synaptic plasticity (By similarity). Phosphorylates transcription factor FOXO3 on 'Ser-298' (PubMed:23805378). Activates FOXO3 transcriptional activity (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P11275, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P11798, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23805378}.

Pfam Domains GO Terms

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

• Essentiality Rank: 11519
• Expression level (log2 read counts): 0.78

Expression Distribution

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CAMK2A Expression in NALM6 Cells: 0.78