irk-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables inward rectifier potassium channel activity. Involved in regulation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway and regulation of egg-laying behavior. Located in neuron projection and neuronal cell body. Expressed in egg-laying apparatus; gonad; intestine; and neurons. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including glucose metabolism disease (multiple); heart conduction disease (multiple); and long QT syndrome (multiple). Is an ortholog of several human genes including KCNJ2 (potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 2); KCNJ3 (potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 3); and KCNJ4 (potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 4).