BTB (Broad-Complex, Tramtrack and Bric a brac)/POZ (poxvirus and zinc finger) domain found in potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily D member 1 (KCND1)
KCND1, also called voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv4.1, is a pore-forming subunit of voltage-gated rapidly inactivating A-type potassium channels. It may contribute to I (To) current in heart and I (Sa) current in neurons. Its properties are modulated by interactions with other alpha subunits and with regulatory subunits. 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. KCND1 is an alpha subunit that forms functional homo- or hetero-tetrameric channels (with other Kv4/KCND alpha subunits) through its BTB/POZ domain, also known as tetramerization (T1) domain, which is a versatile protein-protein interaction motif. It is modulated by cytoplasmic KChIPs/KCNIPs (Kv-channel interacting proteins), which are small calcium binding proteins with EF-hand-like domains.
Comment:based on the structure of Rattus norvegicus KCND2 with bound Zn2+ ion
Comment:Zn binding occur in a HX(5)CX(20)CC sequence motif that is highly conserved among all Shab, Shaw and Shal subfamily members, but is not found in Shaker subfamily members
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