KCNG2

Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily G member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNG2 gene.[5][6] The protein encoded by this gene is a voltage-gated potassium channel subunit.[5][6]

KCNG2
Identifiers
Aliases	KCNG2, KCNF2, KV6.2, potassium voltage-gated channel modifier subfamily G member 2
External IDs	OMIM: 605696 MGI: 3694646 HomoloGene: 8178 GeneCards: KCNG2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 18 (human)[1] Band 18q23 Start 79,863,668 bp[1] End 79,900,184 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 18 (mouse)[2] Band 18|18 E3 Start 80,294,546 bp[2] End 80,364,254 bp[2]
Gene ontology Molecular function • potassium channel activity • delayed rectifier potassium channel activity • voltage-gated ion channel activity • ion channel activity • voltage-gated potassium channel activity Cellular component • membrane • voltage-gated potassium channel complex • cell membrane • extracellular exosome • integral component of membrane Biological process • regulation of heart contraction • regulation of insulin secretion • regulation of ion transmembrane transport • ion transport • potassium ion transport • transmembrane transport • potassium ion transmembrane transport • protein homooligomerization • transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	26251	240444
Ensembl	ENSG00000178342	ENSMUSG00000059852
UniProt	Q9UJ96	n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_012283	NM_001190373
RefSeq (protein)	NP_036415	n/a
Location (UCSC)	Chr 18: 79.86 – 79.9 Mb	Chr 18: 80.29 – 80.36 Mb
PubMed search	[3]	[4]
Wikidata
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References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000178342 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000059852 - Ensembl, May 2017
3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
5. Zhu XR, Netzer R, Bohlke K, Liu Q, Pongs O (Dec 1999). "Structural and functional characterization of Kv6.2 a new gamma-subunit of voltage-gated potassium channel". Receptors Channels. 6 (5): 337–50. PMID 10551266.
6. Gutman GA, Chandy KG, Grissmer S, Lazdunski M, McKinnon D, Pardo LA, Robertson GA, Rudy B, Sanguinetti MC, Stuhmer W, Wang X (Dec 2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. LIII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of voltage-gated potassium channels". Pharmacol Rev. 57 (4): 473–508. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.10. PMID 16382104. S2CID 219195192.

External links

• Kv6.2+Potassium+Channel at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• KCNB2+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)