Kir2.6

potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 18
Identifiers
SymbolKCNJ18
NCBI gene100134444
HGNC39080
OMIM613236
RefSeqNM_001194958
UniProtB7U540
Other data
LocusChr. 17 p11.2
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StructuresSwiss-model
DomainsInterPro

The Kir2.6 also known as inward rectifier potassium channel 18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNJ18 gene.[1] Kir2.6 is an inward-rectifier potassium ion channel.

  1. ^ Ryan DP, da Silva MR, Soong TW, et al. (January 2010). "Mutations in potassium channel Kir2.6 cause susceptibility to thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis". Cell. 140 (1): 88–98. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.12.024. PMC 2885139. PMID 20074522.