TABLE 1

KV channel families Gene names shown are those assigned by the IUPHAR (Catterall et al., 2002) and HGNC (http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk) in addition to some other commonly used names.

IUPHAR HGNC Other
Kv1.1 KCNA1 Shaker-related family
Kv1.2 KCNA2
Kv1.3 KCNA3
Kv1.4 KCNA4
Kv1.5 KCNA5
Kv1.6 KCNA6
Kv1.7 KCNA7
Kv1.8 KCNA10
Kv2.1 KCNB1 Shab-related family
Kv2.2 KCNB2
Kv3.1 KCNC1 Shaw-related family
Kv3.2 KCNC2
Kv3.3 KCNC3
Kv3.4 KCNC4
Kv4.1 KCND1 Shal-related family
Kv4.2 KCND2
Kv4.3 KCND3
Kv5.1 KCNF1 Modifier
Kv6.1 KCNG1 Modifiers
Kv6.2 KCNG2
Kv6.3 KCNG3
Kv6.4 KCNG4
Kv7.1 KCNQ1 KVLQT
Kv7.2 KCNQ2 KQT2
Kv7.3 KCNQ3
Kv7.4 KCNQ4
Kv7.5 KCNQ5
Kv8.1 KCNV1 Modifiers
Kv8.2 KCNV2
Kv9.1 KCNS1 Modifiers
Kv9.2 KCNS2
Kv9.3 KCNS3
Kv10.1 KCNH1 eag1
Kv10.2 KCNH5 eag2
Kv11.1 KCNH2 erg1
Kv11.2 KCNH6 erg2
Kv11.3 KCNH7 erg3
Kv12.1 KCNH8 elk1, elk3
Kv12.2 KCNH3 elk2
Kv12.3 KCNH4 elk1