Potassium channel, subfamily K, member 7, also known as KCNK7 or K2P7.1 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the KCNK7gene. K2P7.1 is a potassium channel containing two pore-forming P domains.[1][2][3] Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[4]
This gene encodes a member of the superfamily of potassium channel proteins containing two pore-forming P domains. The product of this gene has not been shown to be a functional channel; It may require other non-pore-forming proteins for activity.[4]
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Goldstein SA, Bockenhauer D, O'Kelly I, Zilberberg N (2001). "Potassium leak channels and the KCNK family of two-P-domain subunits". Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2 (3): 175–84. doi:10.1038/35058574. PMID11256078.
Salinas M, Reyes R, Lesage F, et al. (1999). "Cloning of a new mouse two-P domain channel subunit and a human homologue with a unique pore structure". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (17): 11751–60. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.17.11751. PMID10206991.
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