Biology:KCNMB3

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

Generic protein structure example

Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNMB3 gene.

MaxiK channels are large conductance, voltage and calcium-sensitive potassium channels which are fundamental to the control of smooth muscle tone and neuronal excitability. MaxiK channels can be formed by 2 subunits: the pore-forming alpha subunit and the modulatory beta subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is an auxiliary beta subunit which may partially inactivate or slightly decrease the activation time of MaxiK alpha subunit currents. At least four transcript variants encoding four different isoforms have been found for this gene.

See also

• BK channel
• Voltage-gated potassium channel

Further reading

• "New disguises for an old channel: MaxiK channel beta-subunits.". News Physiol. Sci. 17 (4): 156–61. 2002. doi:10.1152/nips.01387.2002. PMID 12136044. 
• "Cloning and functional characterization of novel large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel beta subunits, hKCNMB3 and hKCNMB4.". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (9): 6453–61. 2000. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.9.6453. PMID 10692449. 
• "HIV-1 gp120 and chemokines activate ion channels in primary macrophages through CCR5 and CXCR4 stimulation.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (9): 4832–7. 2000. doi:10.1073/pnas.090521697. PMID 10758170. Bibcode: 2000PNAS...97.4832L. 
• "Cloning and functional expression of two families of beta-subunits of the large conductance calcium-activated K+ channel.". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (30): 23211–8. 2000. doi:10.1074/jbc.M910187199. PMID 10766764. 
• "A neuronal beta subunit (KCNMB4) makes the large conductance, voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ channel resistant to charybdotoxin and iberiotoxin.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (10): 5562–7. 2000. doi:10.1073/pnas.100118597. PMID 10792058. Bibcode: 2000PNAS...97.5562M. 
• "hKCNMB3 and hKCNMB4, cloning and characterization of two members of the large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel beta subunit family.". FEBS Lett. 474 (1): 99–106. 2000. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01584-2. PMID 10828459. 
• "Rectification and rapid activation at low Ca2+ of Ca2+-activated, voltage-dependent BK currents: consequences of rapid inactivation by a novel beta subunit.". J. Neurosci. 20 (13): 4890–903. 2000. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.20-13-04890.2000. PMID 10864947. 
• "Inactivation of BK channels mediated by the NH(2) terminus of the beta3b auxiliary subunit involves a two-step mechanism: possible separation of binding and blockade.". J. Gen. Physiol. 117 (6): 583–606. 2001. doi:10.1085/jgp.117.6.583. PMID 11382808. 
• "Gating properties conferred on BK channels by the beta3b auxiliary subunit in the absence of its NH(2)- and COOH termini.". J. Gen. Physiol. 117 (6): 607–28. 2001. doi:10.1085/jgp.117.6.607. PMID 11382809. 
• "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. 
• "Redox-sensitive extracellular gates formed by auxiliary beta subunits of calcium-activated potassium channels.". Nat. Struct. Biol. 10 (6): 448–54. 2003. doi:10.1038/nsb932. PMID 12740608. 
• "Variants of the KCNMB3 regulatory subunit of maxi BK channels affect channel inactivation.". Physiol. Genomics 15 (3): 191–8. 2003. doi:10.1152/physiolgenomics.00110.2003. PMID 14612589. 
• "Allelic association of a truncation mutation of the KCNMB3 gene with idiopathic generalized epilepsy.". Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet. 144 (1): 10–3. 2007. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.30369. PMID 16958040. 

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