KCNJ6

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G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNJ6 gene. Mutation in KCNJ6 gene has been proposed to be the cause of Keppen-Lubinsky Syndrome (KPLBS).

Function

Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. The encoded protein, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, is controlled by G-proteins and may be involved in the regulation of insulin secretion by glucose. It associates with two other G-protein-activated potassium channels to form a heteromultimeric pore-forming complex.

Interactions

KCNJ6 has been shown to interact with KCNJ9 and DLG1.

See also

• G protein-coupled inwardly-rectifying potassium channel
• Inward-rectifier potassium ion channel

Further reading

• Patil N, Cox DR, Bhat D, Faham M, Myers RM, Peterson AS (1995). "A potassium channel mutation in weaver mice implicates membrane excitability in granule cell differentiation". Nat. Genet. 11 (2): 126–9. doi:10.1038/ng1095-126. PMID 7550338.
• Ferrer J, Nichols CG, Makhina EN, Salkoff L, Bernstein J, Gerhard D, Wasson J, Ramanadham S, Permutt A (1995). "Pancreatic islet cells express a family of inwardly rectifying K+ channel subunits which interact to form G-protein-activated channels". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (44): 26086–91. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.44.26086. PMID 7592809.
• Tsaur ML, Menzel S, Lai FP, Espinosa R, Concannon P, Spielman RS, Hanis CL, Cox NJ, Le Beau MM, German MS (1995). "Isolation of a cDNA clone encoding a KATP channel-like protein expressed in insulin-secreting cells, localization of the human gene to chromosome band 21q22.1, and linkage studies with NIDDM". Diabetes. 44 (5): 592–6. doi:10.2337/diabetes.44.5.592. PMID 7729621.
• Lesage F, Duprat F, Fink M, Guillemare E, Coppola T, Lazdunski M, Hugnot JP (1994). "Cloning provides evidence for a family of inward rectifier and G-protein coupled K+ channels in the brain". FEBS Lett. 353 (1): 37–42. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(94)01007-2. PMID 7926018.
• Liao YJ, Jan YN, Jan LY (1996). "Heteromultimerization of G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ channel proteins GIRK1 and GIRK2 and their altered expression in weaver brain". J. Neurosci. 16 (22): 7137–50. PMID 8929423.
• Signorini S, Liao YJ, Duncan SA, Jan LY, Stoffel M (1997). "Normal cerebellar development but susceptibility to seizures in mice lacking G protein-coupled, inwardly rectifying K+ channel GIRK2". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (3): 923–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.3.923. PMC 19615. PMID 9023358.
• Ohira M, Seki N, Nagase T, Suzuki E, Nomura N, Ohara O, Hattori M, Sakaki Y, Eki T, Murakami Y, Saito T, Ichikawa H, Ohki M (1997). "Gene identification in 1.6-Mb region of the Down syndrome region on chromosome 21". Genome Res. 7 (1): 47–58. doi:10.1101/gr.7.1.47. PMID 9037601.
• Huang CL, Jan YN, Jan LY (1997). "Binding of the G protein betagamma subunit to multiple regions of G protein-gated inward-rectifying K+ channels". FEBS Lett. 405 (3): 291–8. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00197-X. PMID 9108307.
• Dahmane N, Ghezala GA, Gosset P, Chamoun Z, Dufresne-Zacharia MC, Lopes C, Rabatel N, Gassanova-Maugenre S, Chettouh Z, Abramowski V, Fayet E, Yaspo ML, Korn B, Blouin JL, Lehrach H, Poutska A, Antonarakis SE, Sinet PM, Créau N, Delabar JM (1998). "Transcriptional map of the 2.5-Mb CBR-ERG region of chromosome 21 involved in Down syndrome". Genomics. 48 (1): 12–23. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5146. PMID 9503011.
• Inanobe A, Horio Y, Fujita A, Tanemoto M, Hibino H, Inageda K, Kurachi Y (2000). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel splicing variant of the Kir3.2 subunit predominantly expressed in mouse testis". J. Physiol. 521. Pt 1: 19–30. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00019.x. PMC 2269641. PMID 10562331.
• Hibino H, Inanobe A, Tanemoto M, Fujita A, Doi K, Kubo T, Hata Y, Takai Y, Kurachi Y (2000). "Anchoring proteins confer G protein sensitivity to an inward-rectifier K(+) channel through the GK domain". EMBO J. 19 (1): 78–83. doi:10.1093/emboj/19.1.78. PMC 1171779. PMID 10619846.
• Schoots O, Wilson JM, Ethier N, Bigras E, Hebert TE, Van Tol HH (2000). "Co-expression of human Kir3 subunits can yield channels with different functional properties". Cell. Signal. 11 (12): 871–83. doi:10.1016/S0898-6568(99)00059-5. PMID 10659995.
• Hattori M, Fujiyama A, Taylor TD, Watanabe H, Yada T, Park HS, Toyoda A, Ishii K, Totoki Y, Choi DK, Groner Y, Soeda E, Ohki M, Takagi T, Sakaki Y, Taudien S, Blechschmidt K, Polley A, Menzel U, Delabar J, Kumpf K, Lehmann R, Patterson D, Reichwald K, Rump A, Schillhabel M, Schudy A, Zimmermann W, Rosenthal A, Kudoh J, Schibuya K, Kawasaki K, Asakawa S, Shintani A, Sasaki T, Nagamine K, Mitsuyama S, Antonarakis SE, Minoshima S, Shimizu N, Nordsiek G, Hornischer K, Brant P, Scharfe M, Schon O, Desario A, Reichelt J, Kauer G, Blocker H, Ramser J, Beck A, Klages S, Hennig S, Riesselmann L, Dagand E, Haaf T, Wehrmeyer S, Borzym K, Gardiner K, Nizetic D, Francis F, Lehrach H, Reinhardt R, Yaspo ML (2000). "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 21". Nature. 405 (6784): 311–9. doi:10.1038/35012518. PMID 10830953.
• Jelacic TM, Kennedy ME, Wickman K, Clapham DE (2000). "Functional and biochemical evidence for G-protein-gated inwardly rectifying K+ (GIRK) channels composed of GIRK2 and GIRK3". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (46): 36211–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M007087200. PMID 10956667.
• Chen L, Kawano T, Bajic S, Kaziro Y, Itoh H, Art JJ, Nakajima Y, Nakajima S (2002). "A glutamate residue at the C terminus regulates activity of inward rectifier K+ channels: implication for Andersen's syndrome". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (12): 8430–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.122682899. PMC 123084. PMID 12034888.
• Lavine N, Ethier N, Oak JN, Pei L, Liu F, Trieu P, Rebois RV, Bouvier M, Hebert TE, Van Tol HH (2003). "G protein-coupled receptors form stable complexes with inwardly rectifying potassium channels and adenylyl cyclase". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (48): 46010–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M205035200. PMID 12297500.
• Ivanina T, Rishal I, Varon D, Mullner C, Frohnwieser-Steinecke B, Schreibmayer W, Dessauer CW, Dascal N (2003). "Mapping the Gbetagamma-binding sites in GIRK1 and GIRK2 subunits of the G protein-activated K+ channel". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (31): 29174–83. doi:10.1074/jbc.M304518200. PMID 12743112.

External links

• KCNJ6+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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