Description
Product Characteristics: This gene encodes a member of the potassium channel family of proteins. The encoded voltage-gated ion channel allows the outward flow of potassium ions during plasma membrane hyperpolarization in sperm. Opening of this channel may be regulated by calcium ion levels. Homozygous knockout mice that lack the related mouse gene exhibit male sterility. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.,KCNU1,KCNMC1,KCa5,KCa5.1,Kcnma3,Slo3,Cell Biology & Developmental Biology,Neuroscience,KCNU1
Target Information: Testis-specific potassium channel activated by both intracellular pH and membrane voltage that mediates export of K(+). May be involved in sperm capacitation and/or the acrosome reaction, essential steps in fertilization where changes in both intracellular pH and membrane potential are known to occur. In contrast to KCNMA1/SLO1, it is not activated by Ca(2+) or Mg(2+) (By similarity)