Protein Details: Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 8
Protein ID
ICDB_Pro_1603
Protein Name
Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 8
Gene Name
Kcnh8; Elk1; Elk3
Organism
Rattus norvegicus (Rat)
Length
1102 amino acids
AlphaFoldDB
AF-Q9QWS8-F1-model_v4.pdb
Function
Pore-forming (alpha) subunit of voltage-gated potassium channel. Elicits a slowly activating; outward rectifying current. Channel properties may be modulated by cAMP and subunit assembly
Sequence
PDB Structures
Ligand Binding
Binding Site
551..668
Disease
Location
Detected in superior cervical; mesenteric and coeliac ganglia. Expressed in brain (piriform cortex; olfactory tubercle; cerebral cortex; hippocampus pyramidial cells and dentate gyrus and basal ganglia of caudate/putamen and accumbens nucleus). Expressed in pituitary.
DOI ID
10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.675bg.x; 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.647ba.x; 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00447.x; 10.1523/jneurosci.21-13-04609.2001
RefSeq
NP_659563.1