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KCNA6

Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A member 6 also known as Kv1.6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNA6 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a voltage-gated potassium channel subunit.

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KCNA6
Identifiers
AliasesKCNA6, HBK2, KV1.6, PPP1R96, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A member 6
External IDsOMIM: 176257; MGI: 96663; HomoloGene: 1684; GeneCards: KCNA6; OMA:KCNA6 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002235

NM_013568

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002226

NP_038596

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 4.81 – 4.81 MbChr 6: 126.69 – 126.72 Mb
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Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A member 6 also known as Kv1.6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNA6 gene.5 The protein encoded by this gene is a voltage-gated potassium channel subunit.

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000151079Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000038077Ensembl, 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. 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" (PDF). Pharmacol Rev. 57 (4): 473–508. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.10. PMID 16382104. S2CID 219195192. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
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