title: Regulation of the ROMK channel: interaction of the ROMK with associate proteins.
abstract: The ROMK channel plays an important role in K recycling in the thick ascending limb (TAL) and K secretion in the cortical collecting duct (CCD). A large body of evidence indicates that the ROMK channel is a key component of the native K secretory channel identified in the apical membrane of the TAL and the CCD. Although the ROMK channel shares several key regulatory mechanisms with the native K secretory channel in a variety of respects, differences in the channel modulatory mechanism are clearly present between the ROMK channel and the native K secretory channel. Therefore, it is possible that additional associate proteins are required to interact with the ROMK channel to assemble the native K secretory channel. This notion is supported by recent reports showing that cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and A kinase anchoring proteins (AKAP) interact with the ROMK channels to restore the response to ATP sensitivity and protein kinase A stimulation. This review is an attempt to summarize the up-to-date progress regarding the interaction between the ROMK channel and the associate proteins in forming the native K secretory channel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. wenhui_wang@nymc.edu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000502:physiology*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C505032:CFTR protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C086989:KCNJ1 protein, human; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases