Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables calcium-activated potassium channel activity. Acts upstream of or within potassium ion transmembrane transport. Located in membrane. Part of voltage-gated potassium channel complex. Is expressed in arterial system; sensory organ; skeleton; and tarsus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypertension. Orthologous to human KCNMB1 (potassium calcium-activated channel subfamily M regulatory beta subunit 1).