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ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYSIOLOGY, VOL 81
Volume 81, Issue -, Pages 113-137Publisher
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DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-022516-034038
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BK channels; Ca2+ - and voltage-dependent K+ channels; auxiliary subunits; KCa1.1; beta subunits; gamma subunits; KCNMB; LRRC26
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R35 GM118114] Funding Source: Medline
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Ca2+- and voltage-gated K+ channels of large conductance (BK channels) are expressed in a diverse variety of both excitable and inexcitable cells, with functional properties presumably uniquely calibrated for the cells in which they are found. Although some diversity in BK channel function, localization, and regulation apparently arises from cell-specific alternative splice variants of the single poreforming alpha subunit (KCa1.1, Kcnma1, Slo1) gene, two families of regulatory subunits, beta and gamma, define BK channels that span a diverse range of functional properties. We are just beginning to unravel the cell-specific, physiological roles served by BK channels of different subunit composition.
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