Biology:KCNT2

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

Generic protein structure example

Potassium channel subfamily T, member 2, also known as KCNT2 is a human gene that encodes the K_Na protein. KCNT2, also known as the Slick channel (sequence like an intermediate calcium channel) is an outwardly rectifying potassium channel activated by internal raises in sodium or chloride ions.

See also

• SK channel
• Voltage-gated potassium channel

Further reading

• "Slick (Slo2.1), a rapidly-gating sodium-activated potassium channel inhibited by ATP.". J. Neurosci. 23 (37): 11681–91. 2003. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-37-11681.2003. PMID 14684870. 
• "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. 2002. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932. Bibcode: 2002PNAS...9916899M. 
• "Opposite regulation of Slick and Slack K+ channels by neuromodulators". J. Neurosci. 26 (19): 5059–68. 2006. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3372-05.2006. PMID 16687497. 
• "International Union of Pharmacology. LII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of calcium-activated potassium channels". Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 463–72. 2005. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.9. PMID 16382103.