Biology:KCNC4

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

Generic protein structure example

Potassium voltage-gated channel, Shaw-related subfamily, member 4 (KCNC4), also known as K_v3.4, is a human gene.

The Shaker gene family of Drosophila encodes components of voltage-gated potassium channels and comprises four subfamilies. Based on sequence similarity, this gene is similar to the Shaw subfamily. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the delayed rectifier class of channel proteins and is an integral membrane protein that mediates the voltage-dependent potassium ion permeability of excitable membranes. It generates atypical voltage-dependent transient current that may be important for neuronal excitability. Several transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

See also

• Voltage-gated potassium channel

Further reading

• "International Union of Pharmacology. LIII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of voltage-gated potassium channels.". Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 473–508. 2006. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.10. PMID 16382104. 
• "Cloning of ShIII (Shaw-like) cDNAs encoding a novel high-voltage-activating, TEA-sensitive, type-A K+ channel.". Proc. Biol. Sci. 248 (1321): 9–18. 1992. doi:10.1098/rspb.1992.0036. PMID 1381835. Bibcode: 1992RSPSB.248....9V. 
• "Genomic organization, nucleotide sequence, and cellular distribution of a Shaw-related potassium channel gene, Kv3.3, and mapping of Kv3.3 and Kv3.4 to human chromosomes 19 and 1.". Genomics 12 (2): 190–6. 1992. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(92)90365-Y. PMID 1740329. 
• "Cloning of a human cDNA expressing a high voltage-activating, TEA-sensitive, type-A K+ channel which maps to chromosome 1 band p21.". J. Neurosci. Res. 29 (3): 401–12. 1991. doi:10.1002/jnr.490290316. PMID 1920536. 
• "Elimination of rapid potassium channel inactivation by phosphorylation of the inactivation gate.". Neuron 13 (6): 1403–12. 1995. doi:10.1016/0896-6273(94)90425-1. PMID 7993631. 
• "Interactions between multiple phosphorylation sites in the inactivation particle of a K+ channel. Insights into the molecular mechanism of protein kinase C action.". J. Gen. Physiol. 112 (1): 71–84. 1998. doi:10.1085/jgp.112.1.71. PMID 9649584. 
• "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. 2003. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932. Bibcode: 2002PNAS...9916899M. 
• "Up-regulation of the Kv3.4 potassium channel subunit in early stages of Alzheimer's disease.". J. Neurochem. 91 (3): 547–57. 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02771.x. PMID 15485486. 
• "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. 2004. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMID 15489334. 
• "Phosphorylation and protonation of neighboring MiRP2 sites: function and pathophysiology of MiRP2-Kv3.4 potassium channels in periodic paralysis.". FASEB J. 20 (2): 293–301. 2006. doi:10.1096/fj.05-5070com. PMID 16449802. https://escholarship.org/content/qt1bx6c0n7/qt1bx6c0n7.pdf?t=q6pzvy. 
• "The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1.". Nature 441 (7091): 315–21. 2006. doi:10.1038/nature04727. PMID 16710414. Bibcode: 2006Natur.441..315G. 

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