Table 2

Subunits of G protein-regulated inward-rectifying K+channels

Name used in textKir classification2-aReferences (original name)
GIRK1Kir3.1 Kuboet al., 1993b (GIRK1)
Dascal et al., 1993 (KGA)
GIRK2AKir3.2a Lesage et al., 1994(GIRK2)
GIRK2BKir3.2b Isomoto et al., 1996(GIRK2B)
GIRK2CKir3.2c Lesage et al., 1995(GIRK2A)
Tsauer et al., 1995(KATP-2)
Stoffel et al., 1995(KATP-2)
Bond et al., 1995 (BIR1)
Ferrer et al., 1995 (GIRK2)
GIRK3Kir3.3 Lesage et al., 1994 (GIRK3)
GIRK4Kir3.4 Ashford et al., 1994(cKATP-1)
Krapivinsky et al., 1995a(CIR)
Chan et al., 1996 (KGP)
GIRK5Kir3.5 Hedin et al., 1996 (XIR)
  • 2-a The naming based on Doupnik et al., 1995a.