KCNG2

Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels represent the most complex class of voltage-gated ion channels from both functional and structural standpoints. Their diverse functions include regulating neurotransmitter release, heart rate, insulin secretion, neuronal excitability, epithelial electrolyte transport, smooth muscle contraction, and cell volume. This gene encodes a member of the potassium channel, voltage-gated, subfamily G. This member is a gamma subunit of the voltage-gated potassium channel. The delayed-rectifier type channels containing this subunit may contribute to cardiac action potential repolarization. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Potassium voltage-gated channel modifier subfamily G member 2

Tissue specificity

Tissue enriched (brain)

Predicted location

Membrane

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted membrane proteins
Voltage-gated ion channels

Chromosome

18 (79863668 - 79900184)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000178342  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Kcng2: ENSMUSG00000059852

UniProt

Q9UJ96

neXtProt

NX_Q9UJ96

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure