Patent ID: 7115381

Claim:
A method for identifying a compound that binds to and/or modulates the activity of a Kv4.2 or Kv4.3 potassium channel by binding to and/or modulating the activity of a PCIP polypeptide comprising: a) contacting a 9q PCIP polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, and 28, or a cell expressing said 9q PCIP polypeptide, with a test compound; and b) determining whether said test compound binds to and/or modulates the activity of said 9q PCIP polypeptide, wherein said activity is selected from the group consisting of regulation of I to currents, regulation of peak current amplitudes, regulation of current density, regulation of inactivation time constants, regulation of recovery from inactivation time constants, regulation of current activation threshold, regulation of the kinetics of inactivation, regulation of the repolarization of the membrane during an action potential, interaction with a potassium channel or portion thereof, modulation of neuronal excitability, modulation of action potential conduction, modulation of somatodendritic excitability, modulation of neurotransmitter release, regulation of the phosphorylation state of a potassium channel or portion thereof, binding to calcium, acting as a calcium dependent kinase, modulation of chromatin formation in a cell, modulation of vesicular traffic, modulation of protein transport in a cell, modulation of cytokine signaling in a cell, regulation of the association of a potassium channel or portion thereof with the cellular cytoskeleton, modulation of cellular proliferation, modulation of membrane excitability, influencing the resting potential of membranes, modulation of wave forms of action potentials, modulation of wave frequencies of action potentials and modulation of excitation thresholds, thereby identifying a compound that binds to and/or modulates the activity of a Kv4.2 or Kv4.3 potassium channel.