background:
KCNF1 is a multi-pass membrane-bound protein that acts as an ion channel and is generally expressed as a heterotetramer of potassium channeling proteins. Formerly known as kH1, KCNF1 is usually found as a heteromer with three other potassium channel proteins, KCNG3, KV6.3 and KCNV2. As a potassium channel protein, KCNF1 plays a role in regulating apoptosis and proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle (PASM) cells. Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) restrict proliferation and can induce apoptosis in normal human PASM cells and will upregulate expression of KCNF1 in PASM cells in vitro. KCNF1 is expressed in heart, brain, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas.
Function:
Putative voltage-gated potassium channel.
Subunit:
Heteromultimer with KCNG3, KCNG4 and KCNV2. Interacts with DLG1.
Subcellular Location:
Membrane.
Tissue Specificity:
Detected in heart, brain, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas.
Similarity:
Belongs to the potassium channel family.
F (TC 1.A.1.2) subfamily. Kv5.1/KCNF1 sub-subfamily.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 3754 Human
Entrez Gene: 382571 Mouse
Omim: 603787 Human
SwissProt: Q9H3M0 Human
SwissProt: Q7TSH7 Mouse
Unigene: 23735 Human
Unigene: 40173 Mouse
Important Note:
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