Protein: Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit alpha-1 (BK channel) (BKCA alpha) (Calcium-activated potassium channel, subfamily M subunit alpha-1) (K(VCA)alpha) (KCa1.1) (Maxi K channel) (MaxiK) (Slo-alpha) (Slo1) (Slowpoke homolog) (Slo homolog) (bSlo) (Q28204)
Organism: Bos taurus (Bovine)
Function: Potassium channel activated by both membrane depolarization or increase in cytosolic Ca(2+) that mediates export of K(+). It is also activated by concentration of cytosolic Mg(2+). Its activation dampens the excitatory events that elevate the cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration and/or depolarize the cell membrane. It therefore contributes to repolarization of the membrane potential. Plays a key role in controlling excitability in a number of systems, such as regulation of the contraction of smooth muscle, the tuning of hair cells in the cochlea, regulation of transmitter release, and innate immunity. In smooth muscles, its activation by high level of Ca(2+), caused by ryanodine receptors in the sarcoplasmic reticulum, regulates the membrane potential. In cochlea cells, its number and kinetic properties partly determine the characteristic frequency of each hair cell and thereby helps to establish a tonotopic map. Kinetics of KCNMA1 channels are determined by alternative splicing, phosphorylation status and its combination with modulating beta subunits. Highly sensitive to both iberiotoxin (IbTx) and charybdotoxin (CTX) (By similarity).
Subcellular location: Cell membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q12791}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}.
Interaction partners:
- Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta
- Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta-1
- Potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily N member 2
- Potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily N member 1
- Potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily N member 3
- Potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily N member 4
- Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha
- Calcium-activated potassium channel subunit beta
- cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit beta
- cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha
Sequence:
MANGGGGGGGGGGGSSLRMSSNIHANHLSLDASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSVHEPKMDALIIPVTMEVPCDSRGQRMWWAFLASSMVTFFGGLFIILLWRTLKYLWTVCCHCGGKTKEAQKINNGSSQADGTLKPVDEKEETVAAEVGWMTSVKDWAGVMISAQTLTGRVLVVLVFALSIGALVIYFIDSSNPIESCQNFYKDFTLQIDMAFNVFFLLYFGLRFIAANDKLWFWLEVNSVVDFFTVPPVFVSVYLNRSWLGLRFLRALRLIQFSEILQFLNILKTSNSIKLVNLLSIFISTWLTAAGFIHLVENSGDPWENFQNNQALTYWECVYLLMVTMSTVGYGDVYAKTTLGRLFMVFFILGGLAMFASYVPEIIELIGNRKKYGGSYSAVSGRKHIVVCGHITLESVSNFLKDFLHKDRDDVNVEIVFLHNISPNLELEALFKRHFTQVEFYQGSVLNPHDLARVKIESADACLILANKYCADPDAEDASNIMRVISIKNYHPKIRIITQMLQYHNKAHLLNIPSWNWKEGDDAICLAELKLGFIAQSCLAQGLSTMLANLFSMRSFIKIEEDTWQKYYLEGVSNEMYTEYLSSAFVGLSFPTVCELCFVKLKLLMIAIEYKSANRESRILINPGNHLKIQEGTLGFFIASDAKEVKRAFFYCKACHDDITDPKRIKKCGCKRLEDEQPSTLSPKKKQRNGGMRNSPSSSPKLMRHDPLLIPGNDQIDNMDSNVKKYDSTGMFHWCAPKEIEKVILTRSEAAMTVLSGHVVVCIFGDVSSALIGLRNLVMPLRASNFHYHELKHIVFVGSIEYLKREWETLHNFPKVSILPGTPLSRADLRAVNINLCDMCVILSANQNNIDDTSLQDKECILASLNIKSMQFDDSIGVLQANSQGFTPPGMDRSSPDNSPVHGMLRQPSITTGVNIPIITELVNDTNVQFLDQDDDDDPDTELYLTQPFACGTAFAVSVLDSLMSATYFNDNILTLIRTLVTGGATPELEALIAEENALRGGYSTPQTLANRDRCRVAQLALLDGPFADLGDGGCYGDLFCKALKTYNMLCFGIYRLRDAHLSTPSQCTKRYVITNPPYEFELVPTDLIFCLMQFDHNAGQSRASLSHSSHSSQSSSKKSSSVHSIPSTANRQNRPKSRESRDKQKYVQEERL