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16533 Ensembl ENSG00000145936 ENSMUSG00000020155 UniProt Q16558 Q8CAE3 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004137 NM_031169 RefSeq (protein) NP_004128 NP_112446 Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 170.37 – 170.39 Mb Chr 11: 33.91 – 33.92 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNMB1 gene. Function MaxiK ...
The sodium–potassium pump a critical enzyme for regulating sodium and potassium levels in cells. Potassium is the main intracellular ion for all types of cells, while having a major role in maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance. [1] [2] Potassium is necessary for the function of all living cells and is thus present in all plant and ...
Potassium-chloride transporter member 5 (aka: KCC2 and SLC12A5) is a neuron-specific chloride potassium symporter responsible for establishing the chloride ion gradient in neurons through the maintenance of low intracellular chloride concentrations. [5]
Voltage-gated potassium (K v) channels represent the most complex class of voltage-gated ion channels from both functional and structural standpoints.Their diverse functions include regulating neurotransmitter release, heart rate, insulin secretion, neuronal excitability, epithelial electrolyte transport, smooth muscle contraction, and cell volume.
Potassium channel subfamily K member 2, also known as TREK-1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNK2 gene. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] This gene encodes K 2P 2.1, a lipid-gated ion channel belonging to the two-pore-domain background potassium channel protein family.
Potassium channels function to conduct potassium ions down their electrochemical gradient, doing so both rapidly (up to the diffusion rate of K + ions in bulk water) and selectively (excluding, most notably, sodium despite the sub-angstrom difference in ionic radius). [4] Biologically, these channels act to set or reset the resting potential in ...
BK channels (big potassium), are large conductance calcium-activated potassium channels, [1] also known as Maxi-K, slo1, or Kca1.1. BK channels are voltage-gated potassium channels that conduct large amounts of potassium ions (K + ) across the cell membrane , hence their name, big potassium .
Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1 also known as large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel, subfamily M, alpha member 1 (K Ca 1.1), or BK channel alpha subunit, [5] is a voltage gated potassium channel encoded by the KCNMA1 gene and characterized by their large conductance of potassium ions (K+) through cell membranes.