KCNRG

Potassium channel regulator
Identifiers
SymbolsKCNRG ; DLTET
External IDsOMIM: 607947 MGI: 2685591 HomoloGene: 35259 GeneCards: KCNRG Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez283518328424
EnsemblENSG00000198553ENSMUSG00000046168
UniProtQ8N5I3Q2TUM3
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_173605NM_001039105
RefSeq (protein)NP_775876NP_001034194
Location (UCSC)Chr 13:
50.59 – 50.6 Mb
Chr 14:
61.61 – 61.61 Mb
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Potassium channel regulator, also known as KCNRG, is a protein which in humans is encoded by theKCNRG gene.[1][2]

Function

KCNRG is a soluble protein with characteristics suggesting it forms hetero-tetramers with voltage-gated K+ channels and inhibits their function.[1]

Clinical significance

KCNRG has been found to be predominantly expressed in lung tissue. Additionally, KCNRG transcripts are also found in liver and some other tissues, but in lower extent. Researchers at Uppsala University have found that KCNRG is found in the lower lung and constitutes an autoantigen in a rare disorder named autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS1). As a subset of patients with APS1 suffer from respiratory disease, an autoimmune reaction against KCNRG may explain the respiratory disease in these patients. KCNRG may also be connected to common nonfatal diseases like asthma and chronic bronchitis.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: KCNRG potassium channel regulator".
  2. Ivanov DV, Tyazhelova TV, Lemonnier L, Kononenko N, Pestova AA, Nikitin EA, Prevarskaya N, Skryma R, Panchin YV, Yankovsky NK, Baranova AV (March 2003). "A new human gene KCNRG encoding potassium channel regulating protein is a cancer suppressor gene candidate located in 13q14.3". FEBS Lett. 539 (1–3): 156–60. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00211-4. PMID 12650944.
  3. Alimohammadi M, Dubois N, Sköldberg F, Hallgren A, Tardivel I, Hedstrand H, Haavik J, Husebye ES, Gustafsson J, Rorsman F, Meloni A, Janson C, Vialettes B, Kajosaari M, Egner W, Sargur R, Pontén F, Amoura Z, Grimfeld A, De Luca F, Betterle C, Perheentupa J, Kämpe O, Carel JC (February 2009). "Pulmonary autoimmunity as a feature of autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 and identification of KCNRG as a bronchial autoantigen". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106 (11): 4396–401. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809986106. PMC 2648890. PMID 19251657.

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