AAV with CamKII(0.4) promoter driven hChR2(E123T/H134R)-Venus

This AAV expresses hChR2(E123T/H134R)-Venus driven by a neuron CamKII(0.4) promoter.

This 0.4 Kb promoter is derived from murine α-Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII), a gene with expression restricted to excitatory neurons in the neocortex and hippocampus. It was shown that the promoter activity of CaMKII(0.4) is almost identical to that of CaMKII(1.3) in cortical neurons, Compared to CaMKII(1.3), this short promoter allows cloning of longer gene of interest into the AAV construct .

hChR2(E123T/H134R), also known as ChETA, is a channelrhodopsin-2 variant with faster deactivation kinetics.