KCNE3

Potassium voltage-gated channel, Isk-related family, member 3
Identifiers
SymbolsKCNE3 ; HOKPP; HYPP; MiRP2
External IDsOMIM: 604433 MGI: 1891124 HomoloGene: 3994 GeneCards: KCNE3 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez1000857442
EnsemblENSG00000175538ENSMUSG00000035165
UniProtQ9Y6H6Q9WTW2
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_005472NM_001190869
RefSeq (protein)NP_005463NP_001177798
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
74.17 – 74.18 Mb
Chr 7:
100.18 – 100.18 Mb
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Potassium voltage-gated channel, Isk-related family, member 3, also known as KCNE3, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNE3 gene.[1][2]

Function

Voltage-gated potassium channels (Kv) represent the most complex class of voltage-gated ion channels from both functional and structural standpoints. Their diverse functions include regulating neurotransmitter release, heart rate, insulin secretion, neuronal excitability, epithelial electrolyte transport, smooth muscle contraction, and cell volume. This gene encodes a member of the potassium channel, voltage-gated, isk-related subfamily. This member is a type I membrane protein, and a beta subunit that assembles with a potassium channel alpha-subunit to modulate the gating kinetics and enhance stability of the multimeric complex. This gene is prominently expressed in the kidney. Mutations in this gene are associated with hypokalemic periodic paralysis[1] and Brugada syndrome.[3] KCNE3 is thought to be an accessory protein that serves to inhibit the fast inactivating Kv channel Kv4.3 (the A-current).[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: KCNE3 potassium voltage-gated channel, Isk-related family, member 3".
  2. Abbott GW, Sesti F, Splawski I, Buck ME, Lehmann MH, Timothy KW, Keating MT, Goldstein SA (April 1999). "MiRP1 forms IKr potassium channels with HERG and is associated with cardiac arrhythmia". Cell 97 (2): 175–87. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80728-X. PMID 10219239.
  3. Delpón E, Cordeiro JM, Núñez L, Thomsen PE, Guerchicoff A, Pollevick GD, Wu Y, Kanters JK, Larsen CT, Burashnikov E, Christiansen M, Antzelevitch C (2008). "Functional Effects of KCNE3 Mutation and its Role in the Development of Brugada Syndrome". Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 1 (3): 209–218. doi:10.1161/CIRCEP.107.748103. PMC 2585750. PMID 19122847.
  4. Lundby A, Olesen, SP (2006). "KCNE3 is an inhibitory subunit of the Kv4.3 potassium channel". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 346 (3): 958–967. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.004. PMID 16782062.

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