CACNA2D1

Gene

calcium voltage-gated channel auxiliary subunit alpha2delta 1

HGNCHGNC:1399 EnsemblENSG00000153956 NCBI Gene781

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 7q21.11

Encodes

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The protein product this gene encodes, reached through the canonical GENE→PROTEIN (encodes) relation. Its biology, drugs, indications, trials and therapeutic evidence live on the protein's own page.

Voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-1P54289

Protein · therapeutic target

Clinically validated target · 9 approved medicines against this target

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Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asCACNL2A · CACNA2 · MHS3 · LINC01112 · lncRNA-N3 · alpha2delta-1

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Previous symbolsCACNL2A, CACNA2, MHS3, LINC01112

Alias symbolslncRNA-N3, alpha2delta-1

Previous nameslong intergenic non-protein coding RNA 1112, calcium channel, voltage-dependent, alpha 2/delta subunit 1

Associated diseases

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Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Epilepsy

Neuralgia

Anxiety Disorders

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 110

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Calcium voltage-gated channel auxiliary alpha2delta subunits

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.