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Kcnk4 - potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 4 (Norway rat)

Gene
Symbol
Dates
  • Create:
    2016-09-14
  • Modify:
    2025-01-18
Description
Enables mechanosensitive potassium channel activity; potassium ion leak channel activity; and temperature-gated cation channel activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to alkaline pH; cellular response to temperature stimulus; and detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of touch. Located in node of Ranvier and plasma membrane. Orthologous to human KCNK4 (potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 4).

1 Names and Identifiers

1.1 Synonyms

  • KT4.1
  • TRAAK
  • potassium channel subfamily K member 4
  • TWIK-related arachidonic acid-stimulated potassium channel protein
  • potassium channel, two pore domain subfamily K, member 4
  • potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily K, member 4

1.2 Other Identifiers

1.2.1 Ensembl ID

1.2.2 Alliance Gene ID

1.2.3 Bgee Gene ID

1.2.4 RGD ID

1.2.5 Wikidata

3 Proteins

3.1 Protein Function

K(+) channel that conducts voltage-dependent outward rectifying currents upon membrane depolarization. Voltage sensing is coupled to K(+) electrochemical gradient in an 'ion flux gating' mode where outward but not inward ion flow opens the gate. Converts to voltage-independent 'leak' conductance mode upon stimulation by various stimuli including mechanical membrane stretch, basic pH, heat and lipids (PMID: 11374070, PMID: 31630908). Homo- and heterodimerizes to form functional channels with distinct regulatory and gating properties (By similarity). At trigeminal A-beta afferent nerves, the heterodimer of KCNK2/TREK-1 and KCNK4/TRAAK is mostly coexpressed at nodes of Ranvier where it conducts voltage-independent mechanosensitive and thermosensitive currents, allowing rapid action potential repolarization, high speed and high frequence saltatory conduction on myelinated nerves to ensure prompt sensory responses (PMID: 31630908). Permeable to other monovalent cations such as Rb(+) and Cs(+) (By similarity).

3.2 Protein 3D Structures

3.2.1 AlphaFold Structures

Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold. Nature. 2021 Aug;596(7873):583-589. DOI:10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2. PMID:34265844; PMCID:PMC8371605

3.3 Protein Targets

4 Chemicals and Bioactivities

4.1 Tested Compounds

5 BioAssays

5.1 Small-Molecule BioAssays

6 Interactions and Pathways

6.1 Chemical-Gene Interactions

6.2 Interactions

6.3 Pathways

7 Biochemical Reactions

8 Expression

9 Literature

9.1 Consolidated References

9.2 Gene-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

9.3 Gene-Gene Co-Occurrences in Literature

9.4 Gene-Disease Co-Occurrences in Literature

10 Patents

10.1 Gene-Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.2 Gene-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.3 Gene-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

11 Classification

11.1 Gene Ontology: Biological Process

11.2 Gene Ontology: Cellular Component

11.3 Gene Ontology: Molecular Function

11.4 IUPHAR / BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY Target Classification

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  6. Rat Genome Database (RGD)
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  7. STRING: functional protein association networks
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