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Symbol KCNA7 contributors: mct - updated : 24-06-2014
HGNC name potassium voltage-gated channel, shaker-related subfamily, member 7
HGNC id 6226
EXPRESSION
Type restricted
constitutive of
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Cardiovascularheart   predominantly
Digestiveliver   lowly
Urinarykidney   predominantly
tissue
SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Muscularstriatumcardiac  
Muscularstriatumskeletal  
cells
SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Endocrineislet cell (alpha,beta...)
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • six putative membrane-spanning domains
  • an hydrophobic pore including the P domain with the K+ channel signature,flanked by
  • TM domains 5 and 6, sensitive to changes in membrane potential
  • mono polymer tetramer , complex
    HOMOLOGY
    interspecies ortholog to murine Kv1.7
    homolog to Drosophila shaker-related subfamily
    Homologene
    FAMILY potassium channel, voltage-gated, shaker-related subfamily
    CATEGORY transport channel
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
    basic FUNCTION regulating neurotransmitter release, heart rate, insulin secretion, neuronal excitability, epithelial electrolyte transport, smooth muscle contraction, and cell volume
    CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component tetramer forming a complex through its cytoplasmic segment T1 facing the membrane pore with four beta subunits forming the associated cytoplasmic auxiliary subunits
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein associating with the N terminus region of alpha subunit
    cell & other
    REGULATION
    activated by BMP2 that significantly (>2-fold) upregulated mRNA expression of KCNA7
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS