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Symbol KCNJ3 contributors: mct/pgu - updated : 27-09-2017
HGNC name potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 3
HGNC id 6264
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • two membrane-spanning domains (2TM)
  • an amphipatic region pore, including the P domain with the K+ channel signature
  • an ATP-binding regulatory domain
  • Gbetagamma-interacting segments in the first half of the C terminus
  • mono polymer homomer , tetramer
    HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • inward rectifier-type potassium channel family
  • potassium channel subfamily J
  • CATEGORY transport channel
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
    basic FUNCTION
  • playing a crucial role in regulating the heartbeat
  • important functional effector of the P2Y(12) receptor in platelets
  • having a critical role for depotentiation, one form of excitatory synaptic plasticity
  • KCNJ3 channel is involved in the TLR4-mediated signal at an early event by facilitating the recruitment of TLR4 into lipid raft
  • potentially playing a crucial role in TLR4-mediated signaling, presumably by facilitating the formation of signaling complex in the lipid raft
  • KCNJ3 channel plays a crucial role in the activation of NFKB induced by TLR4 and is thereby involved in the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
  • KCNJ5 exists both as homotetramers and heterotetramers with KCNJ3 (KCNJ3 is inactive as a homotetramer)
  • INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • post-transcriptional regulation of GABBR1, GABBR2 and KCNJ3 channels by RTN4R
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s)
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    tumoral     --over  
    in breast carcinoma suggesting its involvement in proliferation and oncogenesis
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
    cancerreproductivebreast
    therapy target in breast carcinoma
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS