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Facts about Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily V member 1.
Can down-regulate the channel activity of KCNB1, KCNB2, KCNC4 and KCND1, maybe by trapping them in intracellular membranes. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | KCNV1 |
| Uniprot: | Q6PIU1 |
| Entrez: | 27012 |

| Belongs to: |
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| potassium channel family |

HNKA; KCNB3; KV2.3; KV8.1; Neuronal potassium channel alpha subunit HNKA; potassium channel Kv8.1; potassium channel, subfamily V, member 1; potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily V member 1; Voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv8.1
Mass (kDA):
56.304 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8q23.2 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (109963636..109975771, complement) |
Detected in brain.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Has to be associated with another potassium channel subunit to get inserted in the plasma membrane. Remains intracellular in the absence of KCNB2.




PMID: 8670833 by Hugnot J.-P., et al. Kv8.1, a new neuronal potassium channel subunit with specific inhibitory properties towards Shab and Shaw channels.
PMID: 12383276 by Sano A., et al. Positional candidate approach for the gene responsible for benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy.