KV9.2 channels
| Channel name | KV9.21,2 |
| Description | Modifier/silencer |
| Other names | None |
| Molecular information | Human: 477aa, NM_020697, chr. 8q22,3 KCNS2, GeneID: 3788, PMID: 93058951 |
| Mouse: 477aa, NM_181317, chr. 15 | |
| Rat: 477 aa, NM_023966, chr. 7q22 | |
| Associated subunits | Coassembles with KV2 family channels |
| Functional assays | Voltage-clamp |
| Current | None established |
| Conductance | Not functional on its own |
| Ion selectivity | Not functional on its own |
| Activation | Not functional on its own |
| Inactivation | Not functional on its own |
| Activators | None |
| Gating inhibitors | None |
| Blockers | None |
| Radioligands | None |
| Channel distribution | Infant and adult brain, retina, spinal cord (in mouse brain, the distribution of KV9.2 is similar to KV9.1, with highest expression levels in the main olfactory bulb, cerebral cortex, hippocampal formation, habenula, basolateral amygdaloid nuclei, and cerebellum; KV9.1 and KV9.2 are colocalized with KV2.1 and/or KV2.2 α subunits in several regions; also found in the retina, spinal cord, and pulmonary artery) |
| Physiological functions | Regulation of membrane potential and action potential frequency by modulation of delayed rectifier potassium current; modulates the activity of KV2.1 and KV2.2 α subunits by changing kinetics and levels of expression and by shifting the half-inactivation potential to more polarized values; KV9.1 enhances the single-channel conductance of KV2.1 |
| Mutations and pathophysiology | Not established |
| Pharmacological significance | Not established |
aa, amino acids; chr., chromosome.
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