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Cav1.3 L-type Ca 2+ -channel function is regulated by a C-terminal automodulatory domain (CTM). It affects channel binding of calmodulin and thereby tunes channel activity by interfering with Ca 2+ - and voltage-dependent gating. Alternative splicing generates short C-terminal channel variants lacking the CTM resulting in enhanced Ca 2+ -dependent inactivation and stronger voltage-sensitivity upon heterologous expression. However, the role of this modulatory domain for channel function in its native environment is unkown. To determine its functional significance  in vivo , we interrupted the CTM with a hemagglutinin tag in mutant mice (Cav1.3DCRD HA/HA ). Using these mice we provide biochemical evidence for the existence of long (CTM-containing) and short (CTM-deficient) Cav1.3 α1-subunits in brain. The long (HA-labeled) Cav1.3 isoform was present in all ribbon synapses of cochlear inner hair cells. CTM-elimination impaired Ca 2+ -dependent inactivation of Ca 2+ -currents in hair cells but increased it in chromaffin cells, resulting in hyperpolarized resting potentials and reduced pacemaking. CTM disruption did not affect hearing thresholds. We show that the modulatory function of the CTM is affected by its native environment in different cells and thus occurs in a cell-type specific manner  in vivo . It stabilizes gating properties of Cav1.3 channels required for normal electrical excitability.

Cell-type-specific tuning of Cav1.3 Ca2+-channels by a C-terminal automodulatory domain