Biology:CLIC6

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Chloride intracellular channel protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLIC6 gene.[1][2]

The CLIC6 gene encodes a member of the chloride intracellular channel family of proteins. The gene is part of a large triplicated region found on chromosomes 1, 6, and 21. An alternatively spliced transcript variant has been described, but its biological validity has not been determined.[2]

Interactions

CLIC6 has been shown to interact with Dopamine receptor D3.[3]

Function

CLIC6 has been shown to form chloride selective redox and pH regulated ion channels. It is predominantly expressed in the plasma membrane of lung epithelial cells.[4]

See also

References

  1. "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 21". Nature 405 (6784): 311–319. May 2000. doi:10.1038/35012518. PMID 10830953. Bibcode2000Natur.405..311H. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: CLIC6 chloride intracellular channel 6". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=54102. 
  3. "CLIC6, a member of the intracellular chloride channel family, interacts with dopamine D(2)-like receptors". Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research 117 (1): 47–57. September 2003. doi:10.1016/S0169-328X(03)00283-3. PMID 14499480. 
  4. "Biophysical characterization of chloride intracellular channel 6 (CLIC6)". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 299 (11). November 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105349. PMID 37838179. 

Further reading

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