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Facts about Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 6.
Has an essential part in epithelial magnesium transport and at the active magnesium absorption in the gut and kidney. Isoforms of the type M6-kinase lack the ion channel area.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TRPM6 |
Uniprot: | Q9BX84 |
Entrez: | 140803 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 6
Mass (kDA):
231.708 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 9q21.13 |
Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (74722495..74887921, complement) |
Highly expressed in kidney and colon. Isoform TRPM6a and isoform TRPM6b, are coexpressed with TRPM7 in kidney, and testis, and are also found in several cell lines of lung origin. Isoform TRPM6c is detected only in testis and in NCI-H510A small cell lung carcinoma cells.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 11357414 by Riazanova L.V., et al. Novel type of signaling molecules: protein kinases covalently linked to ion channels.
PMID: 12032568 by Schlingmann K.P., et al. Hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia is caused by mutations in TRPM6, a new member of the TRPM gene family.