Description
Product Characteristics:
Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. The encoded protein, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, is controlled by G-proteins. It may associate with two other G-protein-activated potassium channels to form a heteromultimeric pore-forming complex. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
Subcellular location: Extracellular
Synonyms: inwardly rectying subfamily J member 5, Cardiac ATP sensitive potassium channel, Cardiac inward rectier, CIR, G protein activated inward rectier potassium channel 4, G protein-activated inward rectier potassium channel 4, GIRK 4, GIRK-4, GIRK4, Heart KATP channel, Inward rectier K+ channel Kir3.4, Inward rectier K+ channel KIR3.4, IRK-4, IRK5_HUMAN, KATP 1, KATP-1, KATP1, KCNJ 5, Kcnj5, KIR 3.4, KIR3.4, Potassium channel, Potassium channel inwardly rectying subfamily J member 5, Potassium inwardly rectying channel J5, Potassium inwardly rectying channel subfamily J member 5.
Target Information: Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. The encoded protein, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, is controlled by G-proteins. It may associate with two other G-protein-activated potassium channels to form a heteromultimeric pore-forming complex. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]