The product of this gene belongs toThe serine/threonine protein kinase family and toThe Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase subfamily. Calcium signaling is crucial for several aspects of plasticity at glutamatergic synapses. In mammalian cells,The enzyme is composed of four different chains: alpha, beta, gamma, and delta.The product of this gene is a beta chain. It is possible that distinct isoforms of this chain have different cellular localizations and interact differently with calmodulin. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.
