pfam04547: Anoctamin (this model, PSSM-Id:398306 is obsolete and has been replaced by 461349)
Calcium-activated chloride channel
The family carries eight putative transmembrane domains, and, although it has no similarity to other known channel proteins, it is clearly a calcium-activated ionic channel. It is expressed in various secretory epithelia, the retina and sensory neurons, and mediates receptor-activated chloride currents in diverse physiological processes.