Calcium- and sodium-activated potassium channels (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Richard Aldrich; K. George Chandy; Stephan Grissmer; George A. Gutman; Leonard K. Kaczmarek; Aguan D. Wei; Heike Wulff

doi:10.2218/gtopdb/F69/2019.4

Calcium- and sodium-activated potassium channels (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Richard Aldrich Stanford University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7254-5876
K. George Chandy University of California Irvine
Stephan Grissmer Ulm University
George A. Gutman University of California Irvine
Leonard K. Kaczmarek Yale University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5128-6326
Aguan D. Wei Washington University
Heike Wulff University of California Davis

Abstract

Calcium- and sodium- activated potassium channels are members of the 6TM family of K channels which comprises the voltage-gated K_Vsubfamilies, including the KCNQ subfamily, the EAG subfamily (which includes herg channels), the Ca²⁺-activated Slo subfamily (actually with 6 or 7TM) and the Ca²⁺- and Na⁺-activated SK subfamily (nomenclature as agreed by the NC-IUPHAR Subcommittee on Calcium- and sodium-activated potassium channels [124]). As for the 2TM family, the pore-forming a subunits form tetramers and heteromeric channels may be formed within subfamilies (e.g. K_V1.1 with K_V1.2; KCNQ2 with KCNQ3).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/gtopdb/F69/2019.4

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16-Sep-2019

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Aldrich, R., Chandy, K. G., Grissmer, S., Gutman, G. A., Kaczmarek, L. K., Wei, A. D. and Wulff, H. (2019) “Calcium- and sodium-activated potassium channels (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database”, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, 2019(4). doi: 10.2218/gtopdb/F69/2019.4.

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Vol 2019 No 4 (2019)

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