Kp protein knowledge page
About
Landing page for the channels contributing to the plateau potassium current (Kp).
This channel transports potassium ions across the plasma membrane according to the concentration gradient.
Subfamilies
The following list contains the known proteins which form the Kp current.
| Name | Alias | Gene | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| KCNK2 | TREK-1 | Uniprot 2 | EBI 2 |
| KCNK3 | TASK-1 | Uniprot 3 | EBI 3 |
Literature
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Potassium channels in the heart: structure, function and regulation | Grandi et al. |
Existing models
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| BG_Kp | S Fong |
| Bond graph modelling of the cardiac action potential: Implications for drift and non-unique steady states^ | Pan et al. |
Models denoted by [*] are not in bond graph form. Models denoted by [^] are part of a whole cell model.