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FLASH GENE
Symbol KCNK3 contributors: npt/mct - updated : 28-02-2017
HGNC name potassium channel, subfamily K, member 3
HGNC id 6278
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • disruption of the TASK1 gene in mice resulted in an autonomous aldosterone production and caused a remarkable aberrant expression of aldosterone synthase in zona fasciculata cells that normally produce glucocorticoids
  • Task1-null mice, compared with their controls, became overweight, mainly because of an increase in white adipose tissue mass and BAT whitening