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Symbol KCNE2 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 26-04-2017
HGNC name potassium voltage-gated channel, Isk-related family, member 2
HGNC id 6242
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s) LQT6 , ATFB5
related resource Gene Connection for the Heart - Long QT Syndrome database
Long QT Syndrome Database
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
constitutional     --over  
cardiac KCNE2 transcript levels are approximately 10-fold upregulated at the end of pregnancy
Susceptibility
  • to atrial fibrillation and arythmia
  • to antibiotic-induced cardiac arrhythmia
  • Variant & Polymorphism SNP
  • increasing the arrhythmia risk
  • potassium currents inhibited by sulfamethoxazole at therapeutic levels
  • Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target semispecific, reversible pharmacological targeting of the KCNQ1-KCNE2 complex to treat thyroid disease (Roepke 2009)
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
    Kcne2-deficient mice had hypothyroidism, dwarfism, alopecia, goiter and cardiac abnormalities including hypertrophy, fibrosis, and reduced fractional shortening (Roepke 2009)