KIR5.1 Products

Description

Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. The encoded protein, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, can form heterodimers with two other inward-rectifier type potassium channels. It may be involved in the regulation of fluid and pH balance. Three transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	3773 Human
Uniprot	NP_061128 Human
Product By Gene ID	3773
Alternate Names	BIR9 Inward rectifier K(+) channel Kir5.1 inward rectifier K+ channel KIR5.1 inward rectifier potassium channel 16 Kir5.1 MGC33717 Potassium channel, inwardly rectifying subfamily J member 16 potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 16