KCNJ3

KCNJ3
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesKCNJ3, GIRK1, KGA, KIR3.1, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 3, potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 3
External IDsOMIM: 601534; MGI: 104742; HomoloGene: 1687; GeneCards: KCNJ3; OMA:KCNJ3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002239
NM_001260508
NM_001260509
NM_001260510

NM_008426
NM_001304810
NM_001355118

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001247437
NP_001247438
NP_001247439
NP_002230

NP_001291739
NP_032452
NP_001342047

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 154.7 – 154.86 MbChr 2: 55.44 – 55.6 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 1 (GIRK-1) is encoded in the human by the gene KCNJ3.[5]

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 and plays an important role in regulating heartbeat. It associates with three other G-protein-activated potassium channels to form a hetero-tetrameric pore-forming complex.[5]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000162989Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000026824Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: KCNJ3 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 3".