Potassium Voltage Gated Channel Shaw Related Subfamily, Member 1 (KCNC1)

The Shaker gene family of Drosophila encodes components of voltage-gated potassium channels and comprises four subfamilies. Based on sequence similarity, this gene is similar to one of these subfamilies, namely the Shaw subfamily. KCNC1 belongs to the delayed rectifier class of channel proteins and is an integral membrane protein that mediates the voltage-dependent potassium ion permeability of excitable membranes.

K_v3.1 and K_v3.2 channels are prominently expressed in neurons that fire at high frequency. K_v3.1 channels are prominently expressed in brain, and in retinal ganglion cells.K_v3.1 channels are important for the high-firing frequency of auditory and fast-spiking GABAergic interneurons, retinal ganglion cells; regulation of action potential duration in presynaptic terminals.