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potassium voltage-gated channel, shaker-related subfamily, member 1 (episodic ataxia with myokymia)
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | KCNA1 |
| Alt. Symbols | Kv1.1, RBK1, HUK1, MBK1, AEMK |
| Entrez | 3736 |
| HUGO | 6218 |
| OMIM | 176260 |
| RefSeq | NM_000217 |
| UniProt | Q09470 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 12 p13 |
Kv1.1 is a shaker related voltage-gated potassium channel encoded by the KCNA1 gene.[1][2][3] The Isaacs syndrome is a result of an autoimmune reaction against the Kv1.1 ion channel .[4]
References
- ^ Curran ME, Landes GM, Keating MT (1992). "Molecular cloning, characterization, and genomic localization of a human potassium channel gene". Genomics 12 (4): 729–37. doi:. PMID 1349297.
- ^ Albrecht B, Weber K, Pongs O (1995). "Characterization of a voltage-activated K-channel gene cluster on human chromosome 12p13". Recept. Channels 3 (3): 213–20. PMID 8821794.
- ^ Gutman GA, Chandy KG, Grissmer S, Lazdunski M, McKinnon D, Pardo LA, Robertson GA, Rudy B, Sanguinetti MC, Stühmer W, Wang X (2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. LIII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of voltage-gated potassium channels". Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 473–508. doi:. PMID 16382104.
- ^ Newsom-Davis J (1997). "Autoimmune neuromyotonia (Isaacs' syndrome): an antibody-mediated potassium channelopathy". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 835: 111–9. PMID 9616766.
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