inwardly-rectifying K+ channel J8; ATP-sensitive inward rectifier K+ channel 8; K+ channel, inwardly rectifying subfamily J member 8; inwardly rectifier K+ channel Kir6.1; uKATP-1 (KCNJ8)

Function

• inwardly-rectifying K+ channel controlled by G proteins
• can be blocked by external Ba+2 (putative)
• associates with the sulfonylurea receptor SUR1 (rat hippocampus)

Structure

• belongs to the inward rectifier-type K+ channel family

Compartment

membrane

More general terms

• inwardly-rectifying K+ channel subfamily J
• ATP-sensitive K+ channel (inwardly-rectifying K+ channel)
• phosphoprotein

Additional terms

• sulfonylurea receptor 1; ATP-binding cassette transporter sub-family C member 8; ATP-binding cassette C8 (ABCC8, HRINS, SUR SUR1)

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=3764
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3764
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600935
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q15842.html