Full name: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily C member 1

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: EPM7; KV3.1; KV4; NGK2

Summary: This gene encodes a member of a family of integral membrane proteins that mediate the voltage-dependent potassium ion permeability of excitable membranes. Alternative splicing is thought to result in two transcript variants encoding isoforms that differ at their C-termini. These isoforms have had conflicting names in the literature: the longer isoform has been called both "b" and "alpha", while the shorter isoform has been called both "a" and "beta" (PMIDs 1432046, 12091563). [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014]

Expression: Biased expression in brain (RPKM 5.1) and testis (RPKM 0.7)

Gene size: 48277bp

Exon count: 6