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Facts about Sodium leak channel non-selective protein.
In addition to its own baseline activity, NALCN activity is enhanced/modulated by numerous GPCRs. Required for normal respiratory rhythm and neonatal survival.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | NALCN |
| Uniprot: | Q8IZF0 |
| Entrez: | 259232 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| cation-nonselective channel family |

bA430M15.1; CanIonFLJ44659; FLJ23913; FLJ44764; four repeat voltage-gated ion channel; MGC74524; sodium leak channel non-selective protein; sodium leak channel, non-selective; VGCNL1; voltage gated channel like 1; Voltage gated channel-like protein 1
Mass (kDA):
200.331 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 13q32.3-q33.1 |
| Sequence: | 13; NC_000013.11 (101053774..101417206, complement) |
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.





PMID: 12364586 by Chumakov I., et al. Genetic and physiological data implicating the new human gene G72 and the gene for D-amino acid oxidase in schizophrenia.
PMID: 17448995 by Lu B., et al. The neuronal channel NALCN contributes resting sodium permeability and is required for normal respiratory rhythm.