Protein Domain : IPR005406

Type:  Family Name:  Potassium channel subfamily K member 3
Description:  TASK is a member of the TWIK-related (two P-domain) K+channel family identified in human tissues []. It is widely distributed, being particularly abundant in the pancreas and placenta, but it is also found inthe brain, heart, lung and kidney. Its amino acid identity to TWIK-1 and TREK-1 is rather low, being about 25-28%. However, it is thought to share the same topology of four TM segments, with two P-domains. TASK is very sensitive to variations in extracellular pH in the physiological range, changing from fully-open to closed in approximately 0.5 pH units around pH 7.4. Thus, it may well be a biological sensor of external pH variations.Potassium channel subfamily K member 3 (KCNK3, also known as TASK-1) was the first member of the TASK family to be cloned. It is widely distributed, being particularly abundant in the pancreas and placenta, but is also found in the brain, heart, lung and kidney. In addition to the maintenance of the resting membrane potential, it is also involved in K+ transport associated with recycling/secretion and the modulation of electrical activity of excitable cells []. Short Name:  KCNK3

0 Child Features

1 Contains

DB identifier Type Name
IPR013099 Domain Potassium channel domain

1 Cross References

Identifier
PR01584

0 Found In

3 GO Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0005252 IPR005406
GO:0071805 IPR005406
GO:0016021 IPR005406

3 Ontology Annotations

GO Term Gene Name
GO:0005252 IPR005406
GO:0071805 IPR005406
GO:0016021 IPR005406

1 Parent Features

DB identifier Type Name
IPR003092 Family Two pore domain potassium channel, TASK family

0 Proteins

2 Publications

First Author Title Year Journal Volume Pages PubMed ID
            9312005
            11053038