KCNQ3
(redirected from potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily KQT member 3)KCNQ3
A gene on chromosome 8q24 that encodes a protein which, with the KCNQ2 protein product, forms the M channel, a slowly activating and deactivating potassium channel central to regulating neuronal excitability.Molecular pathology
KCNQ2 mutations are associated with benign familial neonatal seizures type 2 (e.g., benign familial neonatal convulsions).
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