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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. 2011 Jul 6;31(27):10101–10114. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0521-11.2011

Table 2.

Comparison of Calyx Proteins to Proteins in Nodes of Ranvier and Initial Segments

Calyx Domain Protein Class Protein Family Isoform Other Localization
1 Inner face/ postsynaptic KV channel M-like KCNQ2 AIS1,2, nodes1
KCNQ4 hair cells3, arterial smooth muscle4
KCNQ5 brain, sympathetic ganglia5; vestibular type I hair cells3
Dendrotoxin-sensitive KV1.1, KV1.2 AIS2, juxtaparanode6,7
NaV channel NaV1 pan-NaV AIS2, nodes6,7
TTX-insensitive NaV1.5 cardiac muscle8, embryonic DRG neurons9, vestibular hair cells 10
CAM KV channel-associated Caspr1 paranode6,7
contactin paranode6,7
ECM NaV channel-associated tenascin-C hippocampal synapses11; vestibular type I hair cells12
Scaffolding protein NaV channel-associated pan-dystrophin nodes13, neuromuscular junctions14

2 Apex KV channel Ether-a-go-go-related (Erg) Erg1 cardiac cells15, vestibular hair cells16
Erg2
CAM KV channel-associated Caspr2 AIS2, juxtaparanode6,7
Scaffolding protein NaV channel-associated βIV spectrin nodes13

3 Outer face/ initial segment KV channel M-like K channel KCNQ3 AIS1, nodes1
NaV channel NaV1 pan-NaV AIS1, nodes1
Scaffolding protein KV channel-associated AnkyrinB paranodes17
NaV channel-associated pan-dystrophin nodes13, neuromuscular junctions14

4 Heminode KV channel M-like K channel KCNQ3 AIS2, nodes1
KCNQ4 hair cells3, arterial smooth muscle4
NaV channel NaV1 pan-NaV AIS2, nodes6,7
TTX-sensitive NaV1.6 AIS2, nodes 18,19,20
TTX-insensitive NaV1.5 cardiac muscle7, embryonic DRG neurons8, vestibular hair cells 9
Scaffolding protein NaV channel-associated βIV spectrin AIS2, nodes19,20
NF186 AIS2, nodes7
ezrin nodes13,18
pan-dystrophin nodes13, neuromuscular junctions 14
ankyrinG nodes1,6,7

Paraheminode CAM KV channel-associated contactin paranodes6,7
Caspr1 paranodes6,7
Scaffolding protein KV channel ankyrinB paranodes17

Juxtaparaheminode KV channel Dendrotoxin KV1.1, KV1.2 juxtaparanodes6,7
CAM KV channel Caspr2 juxtaparanodes6,7

Axon Structural protein of myelin myelin basic protein Internodes6