Mine Disruption Phenotype

Gene Info

  • Species: Mouse (Mus musculus)
  • GeneID: 76376
  • Symbol: Slc24a2
  • Description: solute carrier family 24 (sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger), member 2
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Gene ID Entry Entry Name Protein Name Type Information
76376 Q8BUN9 NCKX2_MOUSE Sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger 2 (Na(+)/K(+)/Ca(2+)-exchange protein 2) (Retinal cone Na-Ca+K exchanger) (Solute carrier family 24 member 2) DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE Mice display a significan reduction in Ca(2+) flux in cortical neurons, leading to a profound loss of long term potentiation and an increase in long term depression at hippocampal Schaffer/CA1 synapses, and clear deficits in specific tests of motor learning and spatial working memory (PubMed:16407245). Mice do not show any obvious loss of photoreceptor function in cones (PubMed:16407245). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16407245}.