Encodes AtTPK5, a member of the Arabidopsis thaliana K+ channel family of AtTPK/KCO proteins. AtTPK5 is targeted to the vacuolar membrane. May form homomeric ion channels in vivo.
Computational Description
Ca2+ activated outward rectifying K+ channel 5 (KCO5); FUNCTIONS IN: outward rectifier potassium channel activity; INVOLVED IN: potassium ion transport; LOCATED IN: plant-type vacuole membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 19 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 7 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Potassium channel, two pore-domain (InterPro:IPR003280), Ion transport 2 (InterPro:IPR013099); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: Ca2+ activated outward rectifying K+ channel 6 (TAIR:AT4G18160.1); Has 4836 Blast hits to 4447 proteins in 1041 species: Archae - 139; Bacteria - 2196; Metazoa - 1258; Fungi - 189; Plants - 266; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 788 (source: NCBI BLink).
