Kir3.4
Description: potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 5 Gene: Kcnj5 Alias: Kir3.4, Girk4, kcnj5
KCNJ5 (also known as CIR; GIRK4; KATP1; LQT13; KIR3.4) encodes Kir3.4, a potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 5. This integral membrane protein has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell and is controlled by G-proteins. It may associate with two other G-protein-activated potassium channels to form a heteromultimeric pore-forming complex. In contrast to the other mammalian GIRK family members, GIRK1 can not form functional channels by itself and has to assemble with GIRK2, 3 or 4 (Mark[199]).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/3762
Experimental data
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Gene
Transcript
| Species | NCBI accession | Length (nt) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human | NM_000890.5 | 6068 | |
| Mouse | NM_010605.5 | 4679 | |
| Rat | NM_017297.2 | 3335 |
Protein Isoforms
Isoforms
Post-Translational Modifications
Structure
Kir3.4 predicted AlphaFold size
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Kir3.1 is expressed in the heart and brain (Kubo [1000]), and is known to assemble with Kir3.4 in SAN and atrial myocytes in the heart and with Kir3.2 in the brain to form functional channels (Krapivinsky [998], Velimirovic [999]).
Kir3.1 and Kir3.4, expressed mainly in SAN and atrial myocytes in the heart, form heterotetrameric channels, which are coupled to m2 muscarinic receptor via G-protein bc subunits and carry the ACh-activated K+ current (IK,ACh) regulating the heart rate (Krapivinsky [998], Corey [1001]).
Mice deficient of Kir3.1 or 3.4 exhibit mild resting tachycardia (Bettahi [1005]) and impaired beat-to-beat control (Wickman [1006]).
Kir3.4 deficient mice were resistant to atrial fibrillation caused by vagal stimulation (Kovoor [1007]). Kir3.4 could be predisposing to or even protecting against atrial fibrillation (Calloe [997]).
Co-expression of Kir2.1 with Kir3.4 in Xenopus oocytes and HEK293T cells did not yield currents with distinguishable features. However, co-expression of a dominant-negative Kir2.1 with the wild-type Kir3.4 decreased the Kir3.4 current amplitude in Xenopus oocytes. The results indicate that Kir2.1 is capable of forming heteromultimeric channels with Kir3.4. (Ishihara [996])
Stimulation of the M2 receptor by ACh causes dissociation of the coupled G-protein and the Gbc-subunits activate the Kir3.1/3.4 channel by direct binding (Logothetis [1002]).
phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PIP2) is a requirement for Kir channels activity and a decrease in bound PIP2 strongly decreases the open probability of the Kir3.1/ 3.4 channels (Huang [1003], Sui [1004]).
GIRK1/4 channel current can be blocked by BaCl(2) and enhanced by increasing the driving force for K(+) across the cell membrane. (Walsh [995])
References
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Heteromeric assembly of inward rectifier channel subunit Kir2.1 with Kir3.1 and with Kir3.4.
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Characterizations of a loss-of-function mutation in the Kir3.4 channel subunit.
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The G-protein-gated atrial K+ channel IKACh is a heteromultimer of two inwardly rectifying K(+)-channel proteins.
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The K+ channel inward rectifier subunits form a channel similar to neuronal G protein-gated K+ channel.
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The beta gamma subunits of GTP-binding proteins activate the muscarinic K+ channel in heart.
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Huang CL
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Direct activation of inward rectifier potassium channels by PIP2 and its stabilization by Gbetagamma.
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Sui JL
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Na+ activation of the muscarinic K+ channel by a G-protein-independent mechanism.
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Bettahi I
et al.
Contribution of the Kir3.1 subunit to the muscarinic-gated atrial potassium channel IKACh.
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Wickman K
et al.
Abnormal heart rate regulation in GIRK4 knockout mice.
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Kovoor P
et al.
Evaluation of the role of I(KACh) in atrial fibrillation using a mouse knockout model.
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