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SCN1B

Introduction

Sodium channel subunit beta-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCN1B gene.[1][2]

Voltage-gated sodium channels are essential for the generation and propagation of action potentials in striated muscle and neuronal tissues. Biochemically, they consist of a large alpha subunit and 1 or 2 smaller beta subunits, such as SCN1B. The alpha subunit alone can exhibit all the functional attributes of a voltage-gated Na+ channel, but requires a beta-1 subunit for normal inactivation kinetics.[supplied by OMIM][2]

Clinical significance

Clinical significance

Mutation in the SCN1B gene are associated with disorders such as Brugada syndrome and GEFS.

See also

See also

References

References

  1. ↑ McClatchey AI, Cannon SC, Slaugenhaupt SA, Gusella JF (Sep 1993). “The cloning and expression of a sodium channel beta 1-subunit cDNA from human brain”. Hum Mol Genet. 2 (6): 745–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/2.6.745. PMID 8394762.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: SCN1B sodium channel, voltage-gated, type I, beta”.
Further reading

Further reading

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.