Potassium channel, subfamily U, member 1, also known as KCNU1, is a gene encoding the KCa5.1 protein.[4]

KCNU1
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesKCNU1, KCNMC1, KCa5, KCa5.1, Kcnma3, Slo3, potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily U member 1
External IDsOMIM: 615215; MGI: 1202300; HomoloGene: 7392; GeneCards: KCNU1; OMA:KCNU1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001031836

NM_008432

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001027006

NP_032458

Location (UCSC)n/aChr 8: 26.34 – 26.43 Mb
PubMed search[2][3]
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Although this channel is structurally related to the calcium-activated potassium channels, it cannot be classified as such since it is activated by high intracellular pH and relatively insensitive to changes in calcium concentrations.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000031576Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ Schreiber M, Wei A, Yuan A, Gaut J, Saito M, Salkoff L (February 1998). "Slo3, a novel pH-sensitive K+ channel from mammalian spermatocytes". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (6): 3509–16. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.6.3509. PMID 9452476.
  5. ^ Wei AD, Gutman GA, Aldrich R, Chandy KG, Grissmer S, Wulff H (2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. LII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of calcium-activated potassium channels". Pharmacol Rev. 57 (4): 463–72. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.9. PMID 16382103. S2CID 8290401.
  6. ^ Zhang X, Zeng X, Xia XM, Lingle CJ (September 2006). "pH-regulated Slo3 K+ channels: properties of unitary currents". J. Gen. Physiol. 128 (3): 301–15. doi:10.1085/jgp.200609551. PMC 2151565. PMID 16940554.
  7. ^ Zhang X, Zeng X, Lingle CJ (September 2006). "Slo3 K+ channels: voltage and pH dependence of macroscopic currents". J. Gen. Physiol. 128 (3): 317–36. doi:10.1085/jgp.200609552. PMC 2151566. PMID 16940555.

Celia M. Santi, Alice Butler, Julia Kuhn, Aguan Wei, Lawrence Salkoff. Bovine and mouse SLO3 K+ channels: Evolutionary divergence points to a RCK1 region of critical function. J Biol Chem.284: 21589-98 (2009).

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  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: A8MYU2 (Potassium channel subfamily U member 1) at the PDBe-KB.

Further reading

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Celia M. Santi, Alice Butler, Julia Kuhn, Aguan Wei, Lawrence Salkoff. Bovine and mouse SLO3 K+ channels: Evolutionary divergence points to a RCK1 region of critical function. J Biol Chem.284: 21589-98 (2009).