- Attali, Bernard;
- Chandy, K George;
- Giese, M Hunter;
- Grissmer, Stephan;
- Gutman, George A;
- Jan, Lily Y;
- Lazdunski, Michel;
- Mckinnon, David;
- Nerbonne, Jeanne;
- Pardo, Luis A;
- Robertson, Gail A;
- Rudy, Bernardo;
- Sanguinetti, Michael C;
- Stühmer, Walter;
- Trimmer, James S;
- Wang, Xiaoliang
The 6TM family of K channels comprises the voltage-gated KV subfamilies, the EAG subfamily (which includes hERG channels), the Ca2+-activated Slo subfamily (actually with 7TM, termed BK) and the Ca2+-activated SK subfamily. These channels possess a pore-forming α subunit that comprise tetramers of identical subunits (homomeric) or of different subunits (heteromeric). Heteromeric channels can only be formed within subfamilies (e.g. Kv1.1 with Kv1.2; Kv7.2 with Kv7.3). The pharmacology largely reflects the subunit composition of the functional channel.