ROMK

Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. It is inhibited by internal ATP and probably plays an important role in potassium homeostasis. The encoded protein has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, which has (hence the term "inwardly rectifying" referring to corresponding currents in electrophysiology, but has limited physiological relevance).{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: potassium inwardly-rectifying channel| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=3758}} ROMK was identified as the pore-forming component of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium (mitoK_ATP) channel, known to play a critical role in cardioprotection against ischemic-reperfusion injury in the heart{{cite journal | vauthors = Foster DB, Ho AS, Rucker J, Garlid AO, Chen L, Sidor A, Garlid KD, O'Rourke B | title = Mitochondrial ROMK channel is a molecular component of mitoK(ATP) | journal = Circulation Research | volume = 111 | issue = 4 | pages = 446–54 | date = August 2012 | pmid = 22811560 | pmc = 3560389 | doi = 10.1161/circresaha.112.266445 }} as well as in the protection against hypoxia-induced brain injury from stroke or other ischemic attacks.

Klotho is a beta-glucuronidase-like enzyme that activates ROMK by removal of sialic acid.{{cite journal | vauthors=Cha SK, Ortega B, Kurosu H, Rosenblatt KP, Kuro-O M, Huang CL | title=Removal of sialic acid involving Klotho causes cell-surface retention of TRPV5 channel via binding to galectin-1 | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume=105 | issue=28 | pages=9805–9810 | year=2008 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0803223105 | pmc=2474477 | pmid=18606998 | bibcode=2008PNAS..105.9805C | doi-access=free }}{{cite journal | author=Huang CL | title=Regulation of ion channels by secreted Klotho: mechanisms and implications | journal=Kidney International | volume=77 | issue=10 | pages=855–860 | year=2010 | doi = 10.1038/ki.2010.73 | pmid=20375979 | doi-access=free }}

Mutations in this gene have been associated with antenatal Bartter syndrome, which is characterized by salt wasting, hypokalemic alkalosis, hypercalciuria, and low blood pressure.

The ROMK channels are inhibited by magnesium in the nephron's normal physiologic state. In states of hypokalemia (a state of potassium deficiency), concurrent magnesium deficiency results in a state of hypokalemia that may be more difficult to correct with potassium replacement alone. This may be directly due to decreased inhibition of the outward potassium current in states where magnesium is low. Conversely, magnesium deficiency alone is not likely to cause a state of hypokalemia.{{cite journal | vauthors = Huang CL, Kuo E | title = Mechanism of hypokalemia in magnesium deficiency | journal = Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | volume = 18 | issue = 10 | pages = 2649–2652 | date = October 2007 | pmid = 17804670 | doi = 10.1681/asn.2007070792 | doi-access = free }} Sgk1 kinase has also been reported to phosphorylate ROMK, resulting in an increase of channels on the apical surface of the distal tubule.{{cite journal | vauthors = Yoo D, Kim BY, Campo C, Nance L, King A, Maouyo D, Welling PA | title = Cell surface expression of the ROMK (Kir 1.1) channel is regulated by the aldosterone-induced kinase, SGK-1, and protein kinase A | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 278 | issue = 25 | pages = 23066–23075 | date = June 2003 | pmid = 12684516 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.M212301200 | doi-access = free }} Sgk1 is in turn regulated by the mineralocorticoid receptor such an effect may contribute to the kaliuretic action of aldosterone.

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• {{cite journal | vauthors = O'Connell AD, Leng Q, Dong K, MacGregor GG, Giebisch G, Hebert SC | title = Phosphorylation-regulated endoplasmic reticulum retention signal in the renal outer-medullary K+ channel (ROMK) | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 102 | issue = 28 | pages = 9954–9 | date = July 2005 | pmid = 15987778 | pmc = 1175014 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0504332102 | bibcode = 2005PNAS..102.9954O | doi-access = free }}
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• {{cite journal | vauthors = Brochard K, Boyer O, Blanchard A, Loirat C, Niaudet P, Macher MA, Deschenes G, Bensman A, Decramer S, Cochat P, Morin D, Broux F, Caillez M, Guyot C, Novo R, Jeunemaître X, Vargas-Poussou R | title = Phenotype-genotype correlation in antenatal and neonatal variants of Bartter syndrome | journal = Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation | volume = 24 | issue = 5 | pages = 1455–64 | date = May 2009 | pmid = 19096086 | doi = 10.1093/ndt/gfn689 | doi-access = free }}
• {{cite journal | vauthors = Lee JR, Shieh RC | title = Structural changes in the cytoplasmic pore of the Kir1.1 channel during pHi-gating probed by FRET | journal = Journal of Biomedical Science | volume = 16 | issue = 1 | pages = 29 | date = March 2009 | pmid = 19272129 | pmc = 2672938 | doi = 10.1186/1423-0127-16-29 | doi-access = free }}
• {{cite journal | vauthors = Nüsing RM, Pantalone F, Gröne HJ, Seyberth HW, Wegmann M | title = Expression of the potassium channel ROMK in adult and fetal human kidney | journal = Histochemistry and Cell Biology | volume = 123 | issue = 6 | pages = 553–9 | date = June 2005 | pmid = 15895241 | doi = 10.1007/s00418-004-0742-5 | s2cid = 24421285 }}
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• {{cite journal | vauthors = Wang HR, Liu Z, Huang CL | title = Domains of WNK1 kinase in the regulation of ROMK1 | journal = American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology | volume = 295 | issue = 2 | pages = F438–45 | date = August 2008 | pmid = 18550644 | pmc = 2519181 | doi = 10.1152/ajprenal.90287.2008 }}
• {{cite journal | vauthors = Yoo D, Kim BY, Campo C, Nance L, King A, Maouyo D, Welling PA | title = Cell surface expression of the ROMK (Kir 1.1) channel is regulated by the aldosterone-induced kinase, SGK-1, and protein kinase A | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 278 | issue = 25 | pages = 23066–75 | date = June 2003 | pmid = 12684516 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.M212301200 | doi-access = free }}
• {{cite journal | vauthors = Cha SK, Hu MC, Kurosu H, Kuro-o M, Moe O, Huang CL | title = Regulation of renal outer medullary potassium channel and renal K(+) excretion by Klotho | journal = Molecular Pharmacology | volume = 76 | issue = 1 | pages = 38–46 | date = July 2009 | pmid = 19349416 | pmc = 2701452 | doi = 10.1124/mol.109.055780 }}
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• {{cite journal | vauthors = Liu Z, Wang HR, Huang CL | title = Regulation of ROMK channel and K+ homeostasis by kidney-specific WNK1 kinase | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 284 | issue = 18 | pages = 12198–206 | date = May 2009 | pmid = 19244242 | pmc = 2673288 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.M806551200 | doi-access = free }}
• {{cite journal | vauthors = Yoo D, Flagg TP, Olsen O, Raghuram V, Foskett JK, Welling PA | title = Assembly and trafficking of a multiprotein ROMK (Kir 1.1) channel complex by PDZ interactions | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 279 | issue = 8 | pages = 6863–73 | date = February 2004 | pmid = 14604981 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.M311599200 | doi-access = free }}
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• {{cite journal | vauthors = He G, Wang HR, Huang SK, Huang CL | title = Intersectin links WNK kinases to endocytosis of ROMK1 | journal = The Journal of Clinical Investigation | volume = 117 | issue = 4 | pages = 1078–87 | date = April 2007 | pmid = 17380208 | pmc = 1821066 | doi = 10.1172/JCI30087 }}
• {{cite journal | vauthors = Murthy M, Cope G, O'Shaughnessy KM | title = The acidic motif of WNK4 is crucial for its interaction with the K channel ROMK | journal = Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | volume = 375 | issue = 4 | pages = 651–4 | date = October 2008 | pmid = 18755144 | doi = 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.08.076 }}
• {{cite journal | vauthors = Lazrak A, Liu Z, Huang CL | title = Antagonistic regulation of ROMK by long and kidney-specific WNK1 isoforms | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 103 | issue = 5 | pages = 1615–20 | date = January 2006 | pmid = 16428287 | pmc = 1360592 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0510609103 | bibcode = 2006PNAS..103.1615L | doi-access = free }}
• {{cite journal | vauthors = Welling PA, Ho K | title = A comprehensive guide to the ROMK potassium channel: form and function in health and disease | journal = American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology | volume = 297 | issue = 4 | pages = F849–63 | date = October 2009 | pmid = 19458126 | doi = 10.1152/ajprenal.00181.2009 | pmc=2775575}}

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• {{MeshName|ROMK1+protein,+human}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050502213547/http://www.ndif.org/Terms/ROMK.html NDI terminology page]

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