KCNT2

Potassium channel, subfamily T, member 2
Identifiers
Symbols	KCNT2; KCa4.2; MGC119610; MGC119611; MGC119612; MGC119613; SLICK; SLO2.1
External IDs	OMIM: 610044 MGI: 3036273 HomoloGene: 16121 IUPHAR: KCa4.2 GeneCards: KCNT2 Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • nucleotide binding • ion channel activity • voltage-gated potassium channel activity • ATP binding • calcium-activated potassium channel activity Cellular component • plasma membrane • voltage-gated potassium channel complex • integral to membrane Biological process • ion transport • potassium ion transport • potassium ion transmembrane transport Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	343450	240776
Ensembl	ENSG00000162687	ENSMUSG00000052726
UniProt	Q6UVM3	Q8BHX7
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_198503	NM_001081027.2
RefSeq (protein)	NP_940905	NP_001074496.2
Location (UCSC)	Chr 1: 196.19 – 196.58 Mb	Chr 1: 142.14 – 142.51 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Potassium channel subfamily T, member 2, also known as KCNT2 is a human gene that encodes the K_Ca4.2 protein. K_Ca4.2 is a member of the calcium-activated potassium channel protein family

See also

• SK channel
• Voltage-gated potassium channel

Further reading

• Bhattacharjee A, Joiner WJ, Wu M, et al. (2003). "Slick (Slo2.1), a rapidly-gating sodium-activated potassium channel inhibited by ATP.". J. Neurosci. 23 (37): 11681–91. PMID 14684870. 
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2002). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=139241. 
• Santi CM, Ferreira G, Yang B, et al. (2006). "Opposite regulation of Slick and Slack K+ channels by neuromodulators". J. Neurosci. 26 (19): 5059–68. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3372-05.2006. PMID 16687497. 
• Wei AD, Gutman GA, Aldrich R, et al. (2005). "International Union of Pharmacology. LII. Nomenclature and molecular relationships of calcium-activated potassium channels". Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 463–72. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.9. PMID 16382103.