FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as KCNQ2_HUMAN, KCNQ2. Associates with KCNQ3 to form a potassium channel with essentially identical properties to the channel underlying the native M-current, a slowly activating and deactivating potassium conductance which plays a critical role in determining the subthreshold electrical excitability of neurons as well as the responsiveness to synaptic inputs. Therefore, it is important in the regulation of neuronal excitability. KCNQ2/KCNQ3 current is blocked by linopirdine and XE991, and activated by the anticonvulsant retigabine (PubMed:9836639, PubMed:11572947, PubMed:14534157, PubMed:12742592, PubMed:17872363). As the native M-channel, the potassium channel composed of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 is also suppressed by activation of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor CHRM1 (PubMed:10684873). Heterotetramer with KCNQ3; form the heterotetrameric M potassium channel (PubMed:9836639, PubMed:27564677). Interacts with calmodulin; the interaction is calcium-independent, constitutive and participates in the proper assembly of a functional heterotetrameric M channel (PubMed:27564677). May associate with KCNE2 (PubMed:11034315). Interacts with IQCJ-SCHIP1 (By similarity).

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KCNQ2

Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 2

KCNQ2

Molecular Synopsis