KCNJ16
Potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 16 (KCNJ16) is a human gene encoding the Kir5.1 protein.[1]
Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. Kir5.1 is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. Kir5.1, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, can form heterodimers with two other inward-rectifier type potassium channels. It may be involved in the regulation of fluid and pH balance. Three transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.[1]
References
References
Further reading
Further reading
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- Pearson WL, Dourado M, Schreiber M, et al. (1999). “Expression of a functional Kir4 family inward rectifier K+ channel from a gene cloned from mouse liver”. J. Physiol. 514 ( Pt 3) (3): 639–53. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.639ad.x. PMC 2269105. PMID 9882736.
- Liu Y, McKenna E, Figueroa DJ, et al. (2000). “The human inward rectifier K(+) channel subunit kir5.1 (KCNJ16) maps to chromosome 17q25 and is expressed in kidney and pancreas”. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 90 (1–2): 60–3. doi:10.1159/000015662. PMID 11060447.
- Derst C, Karschin C, Wischmeyer E, et al. (2001). “Genetic and functional linkage of Kir5.1 and Kir2.1 channel subunits”. FEBS Lett. 491 (3): 305–11. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02202-5. PMID 11240146.
- Pessia M, Imbrici P, D’Adamo MC, et al. (2001). “Differential pH sensitivity of Kir4.1 and Kir4.2 potassium channels and their modulation by heteropolymerisation with Kir5.1”. J. Physiol. 532 (Pt 2): 359–67. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.0359f.x. PMC 2278540. PMID 11306656.
- Tanemoto M, Fujita A, Higashi K, Kurachi Y (2002). “PSD-95 mediates formation of a functional homomeric Kir5.1 channel in the brain”. Neuron. 34 (3): 387–97. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(02)00675-X. PMID 11988170.
- Konstas AA, Korbmacher C, Tucker SJ (2003). “Identification of domains that control the heteromeric assembly of Kir5.1/Kir4.0 potassium channels”. Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol. 284 (4): C910–7. doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00479.2002. PMID 12456399.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). “Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Casamassima M, D’Adamo MC, Pessia M, Tucker SJ (2003). “Identification of a heteromeric interaction that influences the rectification, gating, and pH sensitivity of Kir4.1/Kir5.1 potassium channels”. J. Biol. Chem. 278 (44): 43533–40. doi:10.1074/jbc.M306596200. PMID 12923169.
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