Description
Product Characteristics: Function: Pore-forming (alpha) subunit of voltage-gated inwardly rectifying potassium channel. Channel properties are modulated by cAMP and subunit assembly. Mediates the rapidly activating component of the delayed rectifying potassium current in heart (IKr). Subcellular location: Membrane, Multi-pass membrane protein Tissue specificity: Highly expressed in brain and testis, slightly less so in heart, adrenal, retina and thymus. Detected at lower levels in lung, soleus, tibialis, and at very low levels in cornea and lens. A shorter transcript is detected in skeletal muscle. Found in pituitary.,Voltage-gated,Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 2, Eag homolog, Ether-a-go-go-related gene potassium channel 1, ERG-1, Eag-related protein 1, Ether-a-go-go-related protein 1, Voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv11.1, ERG, ERG1, HERG
Target Information: This gene encodes a voltage-activated potassium channel belonging to the eag family. It shares sequence similarity with the Drosophila ether-a-go-go (eag) gene. Mutations in this gene can cause long QT syndrome type 2 (LQT2). Transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]