BTB (Broad-Complex, Tramtrack and Bric a brac)/POZ (poxvirus and zinc finger) domain found in potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A member 5 (KCNA5)
KCNA5, also called HPCN1, voltage-gated potassium channel HK2, or voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv1.5, mediates transmembrane potassium transport in excitable membranes. Assuming opened or closed conformations in response to the voltage difference across the membrane, the protein forms a tetrameric potassium-selective channel through which potassium ions may pass in accordance with their electrochemical gradient. KCNA5 may play a role in regulating the secretion of insulin in normal pancreatic islets. Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels are composed of alpha subunits, which form the actual conductance pore, and cytoplasmic beta subunits, which are auxiliary proteins that associate with alpha subunits to modulate the activity of the Kv channel. KCNA5 is an alpha subunit that forms functional homo- or hetero-tetrameric channels (with other Kv1/KCNA alpha subunits) through its BTB/POZ domain, also known as tetramerization (T1) domain, which is a versatile protein-protein interaction motif.
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