KCNA6

Potassium channel, voltage gated shaker related subfamily A, member 6
Identifiers
Symbols	KCNA6 ; HBK2; KV1.6; PPP1R96
External IDs	OMIM: 176257 MGI: 96663 HomoloGene: 1684 IUPHAR: 543 ChEMBL: 5279 GeneCards: KCNA6 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • voltage-gated potassium channel activity • delayed rectifier potassium channel activity Cellular component • plasma membrane • integral component of plasma membrane • voltage-gated potassium channel complex • potassium channel complex • axon terminus Biological process • potassium ion transport • synaptic transmission • regulation of ion transmembrane transport • protein homooligomerization • potassium ion transmembrane transport Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	3742	16494
Ensembl	ENSG00000130035	ENSMUSG00000038077
UniProt	P17658	Q61923
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_002235	NM_013568
RefSeq (protein)	NP_002226	NP_038596
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 4.81 – 4.81 Mb	Chr 6: 126.71 – 126.74 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A member 6 also known as K_v1.6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNA6 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a voltage-gated potassium channel subunit.

External links

• Kv1.6 Potassium Channel at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• KCNA6 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)