Figure 1 of LoGiudice, Mol Vis 2006; 12:184-189.


Figure 1. Alignment of II-III linker amino acid sequences across subunits and species

The red regions highlight amino acid motifs that are highly conserved among Cav1.3a and Cav1.3b across species. The zebrafish α1 subunits Cav1.1, Cav1.2, Cav1.4, Cav2.1, and human Cav1.4 do not share the conserved motifs.

GfCav1.3a   --DAESLNTD  SDDKKKGDEN  EE--------  ----------
ZfCav1.3a   --DAESLNT-  -DDTKKPDEI  DE--------  ----------
GfCav1.3b   --DAESLNSA  QKEE-EKRNK  RKKSRSMSIY  KRDG------
ZfCav1.3b   --DAESLNSA  QKEE-EKRNK  RRKSRSMSIY  KRDG------
hCav1.3     --DAESLNTA  QKEEAEEKER  KKIARKESLE  NKKN-NKPEV
ZfCav1.4    -GGDGDNK--  ---KNEEK--  -KEGE-----  AEPA------
hCav1.4     SGDAGTAKDK  GGEKSNEKDL  PQENEGLVPG  VEKE------
ZfCav1.1    --EAESLAAA  QKERAEERAR  KKLMKPL-PE  KTEE-EKALM
ZfCav1.2    --DAESLTSA  QKEEEEEKER  KKLARTASPE  KRQNSEKPPL
ZfCav2.1    --NAQELTKD  EQEEEQAANK  KMALQTAKEV  AEVSPLSAAN

GfCav1.3a   ----------  ----------  ------NEED  AKAGDEDEKD
ZfCav1.3a   ----------  ----------  ------IEDE  AKAGEEDEKD
GfCav1.3b   ----------  ----------  ------DDGD  VKASGDQEGD
ZfCav1.3b   ----------  ----------  ------DDRE  LKAPDDQEAS
hCav1.3     NQIAN-----  ----------  -SDNKVTIDD  YR-EEDEDKD
ZfCav1.4    ----------  ----------  ------EEEN  GEVK-VDMDE
hCav1.4     ----------  ----------  ------EEEG  ARREGADMEE
ZfCav1.1    AKRLMESRQK  -----TEG-M  PTTAKLKIDE  FESNVNEVKD
ZfCav1.2    EDEKKEEKIE  LKSITSDGET  PTATKINIDE  YTGEDNEEKN
ZfCav2.1    LSIAAKEQQK  NHKG------  -CKSVWEQRT  SELRRQTLVN

GfCav1.3a   N--------A  EEDEDL----  ----PDVPAG  PRPM--
ZfCav1.3a   N--------A  EEDEEE----  ----PDVPAG  PRPK--
GfCav1.3b   QDQTEDVIDS  SEEDEE----  --DEPEVPSG  PRPPR-
ZfCav1.3b   RDPAEELADS  SEEEEE----  --EEPEVPSG  LRAQR-
hCav1.3     PYPPCDVPVG  EEEEEEE---  -EDEPEVPAG  PRPRR-
ZfCav1.4    EYE------E  EEEPEE----  ----GDDEE-  ------
hCav1.4     EEE------E  EEEEEE----  ----EEEEEG  AGGVEL
ZfCav1.1    PFPPADFP-G  DDEEEE----  ----PEIPIS  PRPRP-
ZfCav1.2    PYPVNDFPAG  EDDEEE----  ----PEMPVG  PRPRP-
ZfCav2.1    SREALYNELD  PEDRWKVSYS  RHIRPDMKTH  LDRPL-

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