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Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 5

UniProt Q9NR82 Organism Homo sapiens Gene KCNQ5

Also known as: KCNQ5

Function

Pore-forming subunit of the voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channel broadly expressed in brain and involved in the regulation of neuronal excitability. Associates with KCNQ3/Kv7.3 pore-forming subunit to form a potassium channel which contributes to M-type current, a slowly activating and deactivating potassium conductance which plays a critical role in determining the subthreshold electrical excitability of neurons. Contributes, with other potassium channels, to the molecular diversity of a heterogeneous population of M-channels, varying in kinetic and pharmacological properties, which underlie this physiologically important current. Also forms a functional channel with KCNQ1/Kv7.1 subunit that may contribute to vasoconstriction and hypertension. Channel may be selectively permeable in vitro to other cations besides potassium, in decreasing order of affinity K(+) = Rb(+) > Cs(+) > Na(+). Similar to the native M-channel, KCNQ3-KCNQ5 potassium channel is suppressed by activation of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor CHRM1.

Classification

Family (Pfam)
PF00520 Ion_trans, PF03520 KCNQ_channel
InterPro
Ion_trans_dom, K_chnl_volt-dep_KCNQ, K_chnl_volt-dep_KCNQ_C
Functional cluster
Homeobox & Zinc-Finger Transcription Factors

Experimental structures · PDB · 5

A predicted model is available from AlphaFold.

Gene Ontology · 5

Disease associations

Drugs targeting this protein · 8

Related proteins · sequence + function similarity

Co-cited proteins · studied together in the literature

Literature · 11 cited papers

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