Kir2.1
The Kir2.1 inward-rectifier potassium ion channel is encoded by the KCNJ2 gene.
Clinical significance
A defect in this gene is associated with Andersen-Tawil syndrome.
A mutation in the KCNJ2 gene has also been shown to cause short QT syndrome.
In research
A trafficking sequence from Kir2.1 has been added to halorhodopsin to improve its membrane localization. The resulting protein eNpHR3.0 is used in optogenetic research to inhibit neurons with light.
Interactions
Kir2.1 has been shown to interact with:
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Car 54
by: Suburban LegendsSometimes when I'm alone I always get this way,
I just think about how everyone is lame.
Jealousy and greed run rampant every day,
I think I'll forget this stuff, I'll go and run away.
Gohan
Where are you?
Gohan
Where are you?
Just run away.
What really gets to me is this mass stupidity,
Oh well I forgot I live in the land of the free.
Just remember not to hate nor to turn to apathy,
Than maybe we can change this really messed up society.
Gohan
Where are you?
Gohan
Where are you?
Just run away.
Every night around eight thirty my parents yell at me,
They say I'm stupid 'cause I watch my MTV.
When I looked in the miror I swear I saw someone else,
So I cut my hair, got a job and joined a really cool band.
Gohan
Where are you?
Gohan
Where are you?
Just run away.