title: Cloning and expression of two brain-specific inwardly rectifying potassium channels.
abstract: We have cloned two inwardly rectifying K+ channels that occur selectively in neurons in the brain and are designated BIRK (brain inwardly rectifying K+) channels. BIRK1 mRNA is extremely abundant and is enriched in specific brainstem nuclei, BIRK1 displays a consensus phosphate-binding loop, and expression in Xenopus oocytes has shown that its conductance is inhibited by ATP and adenosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate. BIRK2 is far less abundant and is selectively localized in telencephalic neurons. BIRK2 has a consensus sequence for cAMP-dependent phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bredt
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Guggino
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000737:chemistry*; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000737:chemistry*; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011188:Potassium