title: Genomic localization of the human gene for KCNA10, a cGMP-activated K channel.
abstract: Potassium (K) channels are important components of virtually all cells, and they play critical roles in many cellular functions. KCNA10 represents a new class of K channel specifically regulated by cGMP and postulated to mediate the effects of substances that increase intracellular cGMP. Since KCNA10 has the potential to be useful in candidate gene analysis of inherited diseases, the human gene for KCNA10 was characterized. Fluorescence in situ hybridization indicates that human KCNA10 maps to chromosome 1 at p13.1-->p22.1. Finer mapping of the gene was achieved by PCR of a set of CEPH YAC clones that spanned the region of interest. We found that YAC 818b9 contains human KCNA10. These data indicate human KCNA10 maps to 1p13.1 and resides within the genetic interval defined by microsatellite loci D1S2809 and D1S2726. That region of chromosome 1 contains another K channel gene, KCNA3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orias
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bray-Ward
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Curran
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Keating
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Desir
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast / Q000235:genetics; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D051637:Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; C460019:KCNA10 protein, human; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D051637:Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels; D006152:Cyclic GMP