title: Structural and functional characterization of Kv6.2 a new gamma-subunit of voltage-gated potassium channel.
abstract: We have cloned and functionally expressed Kv6.2, a new member of the Kv6 subfamily of voltage-gated potassium channel subunits. The human Kv6.2 (KCNF2) gene was mapped at 18q22-18q23. Kv6.2 mRNA is preferentially expressed in rat and human myocard. Rat and human Kv6.2 subunits appear to be unable to form functional Kv channels in a heterologous expression system, but, when coexpressed with Kv2.1 alpha subunits, heteromultimeric Kv channels were formed mediating voltage-activated delayed-rectifier type outward currents. Their kinetics and conductance-voltage relationship were different from those mediated by homomultimeric Kv2.1 channels. Yeast two-hybrid reporter assays indicated that Kv6.2 amino-termini are able to interact specifically with the Kv2.1 amino-terminus. It is proposed that this protein protein interaction underlies Kv2.1/Kv6.2 subunit assembly and the expression of functional heteromultimeric Kv2.1/Kv6.2 channels. The most resiliant feature of the Kv2.1/Kv6.2 channels was their submicromolar sensitivity to the antiarrhythmic drug propafenone. The data suggest that delayed-rectifier type channels containing Kv6.2 subunits may contribute to cardiac action potential repolarization.
authors.affiliation: Institut für neurale Signalverarbeitung, Zentrum für molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: X R
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Netzer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Böhlke
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pongs
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D051668:Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051669:Shab Potassium Channels; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D051668:Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels; C496988:KCNB1 protein, human; C496991:Kcnb1 protein, rat; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051669:Shab Potassium Channels