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XB-ART-14806
Cell 1998 May 29;935:717-29. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81434-8.
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Identification of a gene encoding a hyperpolarization-activated pacemaker channel of brain.

Santoro B , Liu DT , Yao H , Bartsch D , Kandel ER , Siegelbaum SA , Tibbs GR .


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The generation of pacemaker activity in heart and brain is mediated by hyperpolarization-activated cation channels that are directly regulated by cyclic nucleotides. We previously cloned a novel member of the voltage-gated K channel family from mouse brain (mBCNG-1) that contained a carboxy-terminal cyclic nucleotide-binding domain (Santoro et al., 1997) and hence proposed it to be a candidate gene for pacemaker channels. Heterologous expression of mBCNG-1 demonstrates that it does indeed code for a channel with properties indistinguishable from pacemaker channels in brain and similar to those in heart. Three additional mouse genes and two human genes closely related to mBCNG-1 display unique patterns of mRNA expression in different tissues, including brain and heart, demonstrating that these channels constitute a widely expressed gene family.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: tbx2