Description
Product Characteristics: FUNCTION: Calcium-dependent transcriptional repressor that binds to the DRE element of genes including PDYN and FOS. Affinity for DNA is reduced upon binding to calcium and enhanced by binding to magnesium. Seems to be involved in nociception. Regulatory subunit of Kv4/D (Shal)-type voltage-gated rapidly inactivating A-type potassium channels. Probably modulates channels density, inactivation kinetics and rate of recovery from inactivation in a calcium-dependent and isoform-specific manner. In vitro, modulates KCND2/Kv4.2 and KCND3/Kv4.3 currents. Involved in KCND2 and probably KCND3 trafficking to the cell surface. May play a role in the regulation of PSEN2 proteolytic processing and apoptosis. Together with PSEN2 involved in modulation of beta-amyloid formation. Mice deficient for Csen show a significant decrease of beta-amyloid protein 40 and beta-amyloid-protein 42, and display markedly reduced responses in models of acute thermal, mechanical, and visceral pain. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm. Cell membrane, Lipid-anchor. Endoplasmic reticulum. Golgi apparatus. Nucleus Probable. Note: Also membrane-bound, associated with the plasma membrane. In the presence of PSEN2 associated with the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in brain. Widely expressed at lower levels. Expression levels are elevated in brain cortex regions affected by Alzheimer disease.,Ion Channel Interacting,CSEN, A-type potassium channel modulatory protein 3, DRE-antagonist modulator, DREAM, Kv channel-interacting protein 3, KCNIP3, KCHIP3, Calsenilin
Target Information: This gene encodes a member of the family of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channel-interacting proteins, which belong to the recoverin branch of the EF-hand superfamily. Members of this family are small calcium binding proteins containing EF-hand-like domains. They are integral subunit components of native Kv4 channel complexes that may regulate A-type currents, and hence neuronal excitability, in response to changes in intracellular calcium. The encoded protein also functions as a calcium-regulated transcriptional repressor, and interacts with presenilins. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]