potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily M regulatory beta subunit 2

potassium large conductance calcium-activated channel, subfamily M, beta member 2

potassium channel subfamily M regulatory beta subunit 2

BK channel beta subunit 2

MaxiK channel beta-subunit 2

big potassium channel beta subunit 2

Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta-2

BK channel subunit beta-2

Calcium-activated potassium channel, subfamily M subunit beta-2

Charybdotoxin receptor subunit beta-2

Hbeta3

K(VCA)beta-2

Maxi K channel subunit beta-2

Slo-beta-2

BKbeta2

Hbeta2

Calcium-activated potassium channel, beta subunit

MaxiK channels are large conductance, voltage and calcium-sensitive potassium channels which are fundamental to the control of smooth muscle tone and neuronal excitability. MaxiK channels can be formed by 2 subunits: the pore-forming alpha subunit and the modulatory beta subunit. The protein encoded by this gene is an auxiliary beta subunit which decreases the activation time of MaxiK alpha subunit currents. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants of this gene. Additional variants are discussed in the literature, but their full length nature has not been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2013].

Varaico: Literature-Extracted Genetic Variants

KCNMB2

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