Voltage-gated potassium channel that mediates transmembrane potassium transport in excitable membranes. Forms tetrameric potassium-selective channels through which potassium ions pass in accordance with their electrochemical gradient. The channel alternates between opened and closed conformations in response to the voltage difference across the membrane . Can form functional homotetrameric channels and heterotetrameric channels that contain variable proportions of KCNA1, KCNA2, KCNA4, KCNA5, and possibly other family members as well; channel properties depend on the type of alpha subunits that are part of the channel . Channel properties are modulated by cytoplasmic beta subunits that regulate the subcellular location of the alpha subunits and promote rapid inactivation. In vivo, membranes probably contain a mixture of heteromeric potassium channel complexes, making it difficult to assign currents observed in intact tissues to any particular potassium channel family member. Homotetrameric KCNA4 forms a potassium channel that opens in response to membrane depolarization, followed by rapid spontaneous channel closure . Likewise, a heterotetrameric channel formed by KCNA1 and KCNA4 shows rapid inactivation .

P22459

3739

Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A member 4, HPCN2, Voltage-gated K(+) channel HuKII, Voltage-gated potassium channel HBK4, Voltage-gated potassium channel HK1, Voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv14, KCNA4, KCNA4L

Human,Mouse,Rat,Bovine

WB

WB 1:1000

74 kD

Rabbit

Polyclonal

Rabbit IgG

This antibody is purified by peptide affinity purification.

PBS (pH7.4) with 0.09% (W/V) sodium azide.

Store at -20°C. Stable for 12 months from date of receipt.Do not aliquot the antibody.Avoid freeze / thaw cycle.