KCNH8

Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) 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. This gene encodes a member of the potassium channel, voltage-gated, subfamily H. This member is a pore-forming (alpha) subunit. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 8

Tissue specificity

Tissue enhanced (brain, pituitary gland)

Subcell location

Plasma membrane

Predicted location

Membrane

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted membrane proteins
Voltage-gated ion channels

Chromosome

3 (19148510 - 19535642)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000183960  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Kcnh8: ENSMUSG00000035580

UniProt

Q96L42

neXtProt

NX_Q96L42

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure