Primary Identifier | MGI:104755 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 9 | NCBI Gene Number | 16521 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Contributes to G-protein activated inward rectifier potassium channel activity. Predicted to be involved in cardiac conduction; potassium ion import across plasma membrane; and regulation of monoatomic ion transmembrane transport. Predicted to be located in T-tubule and external side of plasma membrane. Predicted to be part of I(KACh) inward rectifier potassium channel complex. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; genitourinary system; heart; intestine; and liver lobe. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in atrial fibrillation; long QT syndrome 13; and primary hyperaldosteronism. Orthologous to human KCNJ5 (potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 5). PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit mild resting tachycardias and reduced muscarinic-gated atrial potassium channel responses to pharmacological stimulation. [provided by MGI curators] |