KCNU1

Potassium channel, subfamily U, member 1

Identifiers

KCNU1; KCNMC1; KCa5; KCa5.1; Kcnma3; Slo3

External IDs

MGI: 1202300 HomoloGene: 7392 IUPHAR: K_Ca5.1 GeneCards: KCNU1 Gene

Gene Ontology
Molecular function	• voltage-gated ion channel activity • voltage-gated potassium channel activity • binding • large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel activity
Cellular component	• voltage-gated potassium channel complex • membrane • integral to membrane
Biological process	• ion transport • potassium ion transport • transmembrane transport • potassium ion transmembrane transport
Sources: Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

RefSeq (mRNA)

RefSeq (protein)

Location (UCSC)

Chr 8:
36.64 – 36.79 Mb

Chr 8:
26.96 – 27.05 Mb

PubMed search

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Potassium channel, subfamily U, member 1, also known as KCNU1, is a gene encoding the K_Ca5.1 protein.^[1].

Although this channel is structurally related to the calcium-activated potassium channels, it cannot be classified as such since it is activated by high intracellular pH and relatively insensitive to changes in calcium concentrations.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ Schreiber M, Wei A, Yuan A, Gaut J, Saito M, Salkoff L (February 1998). "Slo3, a novel pH-sensitive K⁺ channel from mammalian spermatocytes". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (6): 3509–16. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.6.3509. PMID 9452476.
^ Wei AD, Gutman GA, Aldrich R, Chandy KG, Grissmer S, Wulff H (2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. LII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of calcium-activated potassium channels.". Pharmacol Rev 57 (4): 463–72. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.9. PMID 16382103.
^ Zhang X, Zeng X, Xia XM, Lingle CJ (September 2006). "pH-regulated Slo3 K⁺ channels: properties of unitary currents". J. Gen. Physiol. 128 (3): 301–15. doi:10.1085/jgp.200609551. PMC 2151565. PMID 16940554. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2151565.
^ Zhang X, Zeng X, Lingle CJ (September 2006). "Slo3 K⁺ channels: voltage and pH dependence of macroscopic currents". J. Gen. Physiol. 128 (3): 317–36. doi:10.1085/jgp.200609552. PMC 2151566. PMID 16940555. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2151566.

Celia M. Santi, Alice Butler, Julia Kuhn, Aguan Wei, Lawrence Salkoff. Bovine and mouse SLO3 K+ channels: Evolutionary divergence points to a RCK1 region of critical function. J Biol Chem.284: 21589-98 (2009).

Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2002). "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. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=139241.
Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes.". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1356129.
Schreiber M, Wei A, Yuan A, et al. (1998). "Slo3, a novel pH-sensitive K+ channel from mammalian spermatocytes.". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (6): 3509–16. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.6.3509. PMID 9452476.
Nusbaum C, Mikkelsen TS, Zody MC, et al. (2006). "DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 8.". Nature 439 (7074): 331–5. doi:10.1038/nature04406. PMID 16421571.
Wei AD, Gutman GA, Aldrich R, et al. (2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. LII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of calcium-activated potassium channels.". Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 463–72. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.9. PMID 16382103.

Membrane transport protein: ion channels (TC 1A)

Ca²⁺: Calcium channel

Voltage-gated	L-type/Ca_vα (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4) · N-type/Ca_vα2.2 · P-type/Ca_vα(2.1) · Q-type/Ca_vα2.1 · R-type/Ca_vα2.3 · T-type/Ca_vα(3.1, 3.2, 3.3) α₂δ-subunits (1, 2) · β-subunits (β1, β2, β3, β4) · γ-subunits (γ1, γ2, γ3, γ4) Cation channels of sperm (1, 2, 3, 4) · Two-pore channel (1, 2)

Ligand-gated	Inositol trisphosphate receptor (1, 2, 3) · Ryanodine receptor (1, 2, 3)

Na⁺: Sodium channel

Constitutively active	Epithelial sodium channel (α, β, γ, δ)

Proton gated	Amiloride-sensitive cation channel (1, 2, 3, 4)

Voltage-gated	Na_vα (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 7A) · Na_vβ (1, 2, 3, 4)

K⁺: Potassium channel

Voltage-gated	K_vα1-6 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8) · (2.1, 2.2) · (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4) · (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) · (5.1) · (6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4) K_vα7-12 (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5) · (8.1, 8.2) · (9.1, 9.2, 9.3) · (10.1, 10.2) · (11.1/hERG, 11.2, 11.3) · (12.1, 12.2, 12.3) K_vβ (1, 2, 3) · KCNIP (1, 2, 3, 4) · minK/ISK · minK/ISK-like · MiRP (1, 2, 3) · Shaker gene

Calcium-activated	BK channel (α1, β1, β2, β3, β4) · SK channel (SK1, SK2, SK3, SK4) · K_Ca (1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1)

Inward-rectifier	K_ATP · K_ir (1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6) · GIRK/K_ir (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4) · K_ir (4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1)

Tandem pore domain	K2P (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)

Other

Cl^-: Chloride channel	ANO1 · Bestrophin (1, 2) · CFTR · CLCA (1, 2, 3, 4) · CLCN (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, KA, KB) · CLIC (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, L1) · CLNS (1A, 1B)

H⁺: Voltage-gated	HVCN1

M⁺: TRP cation channel	TRPA (1) · TRPC (1, 2, 3, 4, 4AP, 5, 6, 7) · TRPM (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) · TRPML (1, 2, 3) · TRPN · TRPP (1, 2) · TRPV (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Cyclic nucleotide-gated (FC)	α (1, 2, 3, 4) · β (1, 2, 3) · HCN (1, 2, 3, 4)

Porin	Aquaporin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9) · Voltage-dependent anion channel (1, 2, 3) · General bacterial porin family

Gap junction	Connexin: A (GJA1, GJA3, GJA4, GJA5, GJA8, GJA9, GJA10) · B (GJB1, GJB2, GJB3, GJB4, GJB5, GJB6, GJB7) · C (GJC1, GJC2, GJC3) · D (GJD2, GJD3, GJD4)) Innexin

General	Ligand-gated ion channel · Voltage-gated ion channel · Stretch-activated ion channel

see also disorders
B memb: cead, trns (1A, 1C, 1F, 2A, 3A1, 3A2-3, 3D), othr

KCNU1

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