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Structural highlights

Disease

[KCNQ4_HUMAN] Defects in KCNQ4 are the cause of deafness autosomal dominant type 2A (DFNA2A) [MIM:600101]. DFNA2A is a form of sensorineural hearing loss. Sensorineural deafness results from damage to the neural receptors of the inner ear, the nerve pathways to the brain, or the area of the brain that receives sound information.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} [CALM1_HUMAN] The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Mutations in CALM1 are the cause of CPVT4. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Mutations in CALM1 are the cause of LQT14.

Function

[KCNQ4_HUMAN] Probably important in the regulation of neuronal excitability. May underlie a potassium current involved in regulating the excitability of sensory cells of the cochlea. KCNQ4 channels are blocked by linopirdin, XE991 and bepridil, whereas clofilium is without significant effect. Muscarinic agonist oxotremorine-M strongly suppress KCNQ4 current in CHO cells in which cloned KCNQ4 channels were coexpressed with M1 muscarinic receptors.^[6] [CALM1_HUMAN] Calmodulin mediates the control of a large number of enzymes, ion channels, aquaporins and other proteins through calcium-binding. Among the enzymes to be stimulated by the calmodulin-calcium complex are a number of protein kinases and phosphatases. Together with CCP110 and centrin, is involved in a genetic pathway that regulates the centrosome cycle and progression through cytokinesis (PubMed:16760425). Mediates calcium-dependent inactivation of CACNA1C (PubMed:26969752). Positively regulates calcium-activated potassium channel activity of KCNN2 (PubMed:27165696).^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

References

1. ↑ Kubisch C, Schroeder BC, Friedrich T, Lutjohann B, El-Amraoui A, Marlin S, Petit C, Jentsch TJ. KCNQ4, a novel potassium channel expressed in sensory outer hair cells, is mutated in dominant deafness. Cell. 1999 Feb 5;96(3):437-46. PMID:10025409
2. ↑ Coucke PJ, Van Hauwe P, Kelley PM, Kunst H, Schatteman I, Van Velzen D, Meyers J, Ensink RJ, Verstreken M, Declau F, Marres H, Kastury K, Bhasin S, McGuirt WT, Smith RJ, Cremers CW, Van de Heyning P, Willems PJ, Smith SD, Van Camp G. Mutations in the KCNQ4 gene are responsible for autosomal dominant deafness in four DFNA2 families. Hum Mol Genet. 1999 Jul;8(7):1321-8. PMID:10369879
3. ↑ Talebizadeh Z, Kelley PM, Askew JW, Beisel KW, Smith SD. Novel mutation in the KCNQ4 gene in a large kindred with dominant progressive hearing loss. Hum Mutat. 1999;14(6):493-501. PMID:10571947 doi:<493::AID-HUMU8>3.0.CO;2-P 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(199912)14:6<493::AID-HUMU8>3.0.CO;2-P
4. ↑ Van Hauwe P, Coucke PJ, Ensink RJ, Huygen P, Cremers CW, Van Camp G. Mutations in the KCNQ4 K+ channel gene, responsible for autosomal dominant hearing loss, cluster in the channel pore region. Am J Med Genet. 2000 Jul 31;93(3):184-7. PMID:10925378
5. ↑ Arnett J, Emery SB, Kim TB, Boerst AK, Lee K, Leal SM, Lesperance MM. Autosomal dominant progressive sensorineural hearing loss due to a novel mutation in the KCNQ4 gene. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Jan;137(1):54-9. doi:, 10.1001/archoto.2010.234. PMID:21242547 doi:10.1001/archoto.2010.234
6. ↑ Sogaard R, Ljungstrom T, Pedersen KA, Olesen SP, Jensen BS. KCNQ4 channels expressed in mammalian cells: functional characteristics and pharmacology. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2001 Apr;280(4):C859-66. PMID:11245603
7. ↑ Tsang WY, Spektor A, Luciano DJ, Indjeian VB, Chen Z, Salisbury JL, Sanchez I, Dynlacht BD. CP110 cooperates with two calcium-binding proteins to regulate cytokinesis and genome stability. Mol Biol Cell. 2006 Aug;17(8):3423-34. Epub 2006 Jun 7. PMID:16760425 doi:10.1091/mbc.E06-04-0371
8. ↑ Reichow SL, Clemens DM, Freites JA, Nemeth-Cahalan KL, Heyden M, Tobias DJ, Hall JE, Gonen T. Allosteric mechanism of water-channel gating by Ca-calmodulin. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2013 Jul 28. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2630. PMID:23893133 doi:10.1038/nsmb.2630
9. ↑ Boczek NJ, Gomez-Hurtado N, Ye D, Calvert ML, Tester DJ, Kryshtal D, Hwang HS, Johnson CN, Chazin WJ, Loporcaro CG, Shah M, Papez AL, Lau YR, Kanter R, Knollmann BC, Ackerman MJ. Spectrum and Prevalence of CALM1-, CALM2-, and CALM3-Encoded Calmodulin Variants in Long QT Syndrome and Functional Characterization of a Novel Long QT Syndrome-Associated Calmodulin Missense Variant, E141G. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2016 Apr;9(2):136-146. doi:, 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.115.001323. Epub 2016 Mar 11. PMID:26969752 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.115.001323
10. ↑ Yu CC, Ko JS, Ai T, Tsai WC, Chen Z, Rubart M, Vatta M, Everett TH 4th, George AL Jr, Chen PS. Arrhythmogenic calmodulin mutations impede activation of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium current. Heart Rhythm. 2016 Aug;13(8):1716-23. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.05.009. Epub 2016, May 7. PMID:27165696 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.05.009
11. ↑ Chang A, Abderemane-Ali F, Hura GL, Rossen ND, Gate RE, Minor DL Jr.. A Calmodulin C-Lobe Ca(2+)-Dependent Switch Governs Kv7 Channel Function. Neuron. 2018 Feb 21;97(4):836-852.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.035. Epub, 2018 Feb 8. PMID:29429937 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.035