KCNH8

KCNH8
Identifiers
Aliases	KCNH8, ELK, ELK1, Kv12.1, elk3, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 8
External IDs	MGI: 2445160 HomoloGene: 14332 GeneCards: KCNH8
Gene ontology Molecular function • voltage-gated potassium channel activity • ion channel activity • phosphorelay sensor kinase activity • potassium channel activity • voltage-gated ion channel activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • plasma membrane • intracellular • membrane • integral component of plasma membrane Biological process • phosphorelay signal transduction system • regulation of membrane potential • potassium ion transport • regulation of ion transmembrane transport • ion transport • transmembrane transport • signal transduction by protein phosphorylation • potassium ion transmembrane transport • transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	131096	211468
Ensembl	ENSG00000183960	ENSMUSG00000035580
UniProt	Q96L42	P59111
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_144633	NM_001031811
RefSeq (protein)	NP_653234.2	NP_001026981.2
Location (UCSC)	Chr 3: 19.15 – 19.54 Mb	Chr 17: 52.6 – 52.98 Mb
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Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNH8 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a voltage-gated potassium channel subunit.

Further reading

• Baxter DF, Kirk M, Garcia AF, et al. (2002). "A novel membrane potential-sensitive fluorescent dye improves cell-based assays for ion channels.". Journal of Biomolecular Screening. 7 (1): 79–85. doi:10.1089/108705702753520369. PMID 11897058. 
• Kiel DP, Demissie S, Dupuis J, et al. (2007). "Genome-wide association with bone mass and geometry in the Framingham Heart Study". BMC Med. Genet. 8 Suppl 1: S14. doi:10.1186/1471-2350-8-S1-S14. PMC 1995606. PMID 17903296. 
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2002). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932. 
• Zou A, Lin Z, Humble M, et al. (2003). "Distribution and functional properties of human KCNH8 (Elk1) potassium channels". Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol. 285 (6): C1356–66. doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00179.2003. PMID 12890647. 

External links

• Kv12.1 Potassium Channel at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• KCNH8 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)