KCNJ16

Potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 16 (KCNJ16) is a human gene encoding the Kir5.1 protein.[5]

KCNJ16
Identifiers
AliasesKCNJ16, BIR9, KIR5.1, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 16, potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 16
External IDsOMIM: 605722 MGI: 1314842 HomoloGene: 23112 GeneCards: KCNJ16
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 17 (human)[1]
Band17q24.3Start70,053,429 bp[1]
End70,135,608 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3773

16517

Ensembl

ENSG00000153822

ENSMUSG00000051497

UniProt

Q9NPI9

Q9Z307

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001252207
NM_001252208
NM_001252209
NM_001252210
NM_010604

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001239136
NP_001239137
NP_001239138
NP_001239139
NP_034734

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 70.05 – 70.14 MbChr 11: 110.97 – 111.03 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. Kir5.1 is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. Kir5.1, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, can form heterodimers with two other inward-rectifier type potassium channels. It may be involved in the regulation of fluid and pH balance. Three transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.[5]

See also

  • Inward-rectifier potassium ion channel

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000153822 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000051497 - Ensembl, 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. "Entrez Gene: KCNJ16 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 16".

Further reading

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