ATP-sensitive K+ channels

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potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 11
Identifiers
Symbol KCNJ11
HUGO 6257
Entrez 3767
OMIM 600937
RefSeq NM_000525
UniProt Q14654
Other data
Locus Chr. 11 p15.1

ATP-sensitive K+ channels is a type of potassium channel containing Kir6.2 and sulfonylurea receptors, along with additional subunits.[1]

It is usually closed in the heart; but when levels of ATP are reduced (as during ischemia), the channel opens.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Stephan D, Winkler M, Kühner P, Russ U, Quast U (2006). "Selectivity of repaglinide and glibenclamide for the pancreatic over the cardiovascular K(ATP) channels.". Diabetologia 49 (9): 2039-48. PMID 16865362. 

[edit] External links

  • "Functional analysis of six Kir6.2 (KCNJ11) mutations causing neonatal diabetes.". Pflugers Arch. PMID 17021801.