NCBI Accession #
NP_193563.3
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_117939.4
NCBI Official Full Name
potassium channel KAT2
NCBI Official Symbol
KAT2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
potassium channel in Arabidopsis thaliana 2; T9A21.140; T9A21_140; VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL 2
NCBI Protein Information
potassium channel KAT2
NCBI Summary
Encodes KAT2, a member of the Shaker family potassium ion (K+) channel. Critical to stomatal opening induced by blue light. Critical to circadian rhythm of stomatal opening. Involved in plant development in response to high light intensity. Under high light intensity, the mutant plant produced less biomass compared to the wild type. The Shaker family K+ ion channels include five groups based on phylogenetic analysis (FEBS Letters (2007) 581: 2357): I (inward rectifying channel): AKT1 (AT2G26650), AKT5 (AT4G32500) and SPIK (also known as AKT6, AT2G25600); II (inward rectifying channel): KAT1 (AT5G46240) and KAT2 (AT4G18290); III (weakly inward rectifying channel): AKT2 (AT4G22200); IV (regulatory subunit involved in inwardly rectifying conductance formation): KAT3 (also known as AtKC1, AT4G32650); V (outward rectifying channel): SKOR (AT3G02850) and GORK (AT5G37500).
UniProt Protein Name
Potassium channel KAT2
UniProt Entry Name
KAT2_ARATH
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q38849
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O49732; Q9C5V9
UniProt Related Accession #
Q38849
UniProt Comments
Highly selective inward-rectifying potassium channel. This voltage-dependent channel could mediate long-term potassium influx into guard cells leading to stomatal opening. Assuming opened or closed conformations in response to the voltage difference across the membrane, the channel is activated by hyperpolarization. The channel activity is enhanced upon external acidification.