Biology:HCN2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Potassium/sodium hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HCN2 gene.[1][2][3][4]

Interactions

HCN2 has been shown to interact with HCN1[5][6] and HCN4.[5]

Function

The function of the channel is not known although its activation by hyperpolarization alludes to the funny channels in the sinoatrial node of the heart (which form the basis of spontaneous generation of electrical rhythm). These channels have recently been associated with chronic pain and blocking the gene is associated with resolution of neuropathic episodes of pain.[7]

See also

  • Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel

References

  1. "Interactive cloning with the SH3 domain of N-src identifies a new brain specific ion channel protein, with homology to eag and cyclic nucleotide-gated channels". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 94 (26): 14815–20. Dec 1997. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.26.14815. PMID 9405696. Bibcode1997PNAS...9414815S. 
  2. "Identification of a gene encoding a hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker channel of brain". Cell 93 (5): 717–29. May 1998. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81434-8. PMID 9630217. 
  3. "International Union of Pharmacology. LI. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of cyclic nucleotide-regulated channels". Pharmacological Reviews 57 (4): 455–62. Dec 2005. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.8. PMID 16382102. 
  4. "Entrez Gene: HCN2 hyperpolarization activated cyclic nucleotide-gated potassium channel 2". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=610. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Role of subunit heteromerization and N-linked glycosylation in the formation of functional hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (44): 43781–6. Oct 2003. doi:10.1074/jbc.M306958200. PMID 12928435. 
  6. "Different roles for the cyclic nucleotide binding domain and amino terminus in assembly and expression of hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-gated channels". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (33): 29634–42. Aug 2002. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200504200. PMID 12034718. 
  7. "Gene find may lead to pills that kill chronic pain". The Times of India. 10 September 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-10/science/30138741_1_chronic-pain-neuropathic-pain-gene. 

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