Primary Identifier | MGI:1336175 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 14 | NCBI Gene Number | 16529 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables voltage-gated potassium channel activity. Acts upstream of or within potassium ion import across plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in brain; brain meninges; and heart. Orthologous to human KCNK5 (potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 5). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for disruptions in this gene are smaller than normal and display varying amounts of prenatal lethality depending on genetic background. Otherwise, the mice are viable and fertile. Other targeted mice display aberrations in respiratory physiology. [provided by MGI curators] |