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SCN4B

Sodium channel β-subunit 4, also known as SCN4B or Naβ4, is an auxiliary sodium channel subunit that can alter the kinetics of sodium channels. The protein is encoded by the SCN4B gene. Mutations in the SCN4B are associated with long QT syndrome.

Last revised
Jun 17, 2026
Read time
≈ 3 min
Length
652 w
Citations
13
Source
SCN4B
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesSCN4B, ATFB17, LQT10, Navbeta4, sodium voltage-gated channel beta subunit 4
External IDsOMIM: 608256; MGI: 2687406; HomoloGene: 18384; GeneCards: SCN4B; OMA:SCN4B - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001142348
NM_001142349
NM_174934

NM_001013390

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001135820
NP_001135821
NP_777594

NP_001013408

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 118.13 – 118.15 MbChr 9: 45.05 – 45.07 Mb
PubMed search34
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Sodium channel β-subunit 4, also known as SCN4B or Naβ4, is an auxiliary sodium channel subunit that can alter the kinetics of sodium channels.5 The protein is encoded by the SCN4B gene.6 Mutations in the SCN4B are associated with long QT syndrome.7

SCN4B might additionally function as a cell adhesion molecule.89

See also

See also

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000177098Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000046480Ensembl, 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. Lewis AH, Raman IM (2014-11-15). "Resurgent current of voltage-gated Na+ channels". The Journal of Physiology. 592 (22): 4825–4838. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2014.277582. ISSN 1469-7793. PMC 4259529. PMID 25172941.
  6. "Entrez Gene: sodium channel".
  7. Medeiros-Domingo A, Kaku T, Tester DJ, Iturralde-Torres P, Itty A, Ye B, et al. (July 2007). "SCN4B-encoded sodium channel beta4 subunit in congenital long-QT syndrome". Circulation. 116 (2): 134–142. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.659086. PMC 3332546. PMID 17592081.
  8. Shimizu H (2016). "Structure-based site-directed photo-crosslinking analyses of multimeric cell-adhesive interactions of voltage-gated sodium channel β subunits". Scientific Reports. 6 26618. Bibcode:2016NatSR...626618S. doi:10.1038/srep26618. PMC 4877568. PMID 27216889.
  9. Shimizu H (2017). "Parallel homodimer structures of the extracellular domains of the voltage-gated sodium channel β4 subunit explain its role in cell-cell adhesion". J Biol Chem. 27 (32): 13428–13440. doi:10.1074/jbc.M117.786509. PMC 5555201. PMID 28655765.
Further reading

Further reading

External links
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q8IWT1 (Human Sodium channel subunit beta-4 (SCN4B)) at the PDBe-KB.