Canonical CaM-binding motifs in helix B of KCNQ channels
| Motif | KCNQ1 | KCNQ2 | KCNQ3 | KCNQ4 | KCNQ5 | |||||
| Residues | Sequence | Residues | Sequence | Residues | Sequence | Residues | Sequence | Residues | Sequence | |
| 1–10 | 514–523 | IKVIRRMQYF | 536–545 | LKVSIRAVCV | 515–524 | LKAAIRAVRI | 530–539 | VKTVIRSIRI | 518–527 | LKTVIRAIRI |
| 540–549 | IRAVCVMRFL | 525–534 | LQFRLYKKKF | 533–542 | VIRSIRILKF | 521–530 | VIRAIRIMKF | |||
| 534–543 | IRSIRILKFL | |||||||||
| 540–549 | LKFLVAKRKF | |||||||||
| 1–5–10 | 536–545 | LKVSIRAVCV | 515–524 | LKAAIRAVRI | 530–539 | VKTVIRSIRI | 518–527 | LKTVIRAIRI | ||
| 525–534 | LQFRLYKKKF | 533–542 | VIRSIRILKF | 521–530 | VIRAIRIMKF | |||||
| 540–549 | LKFLVAKRKF | |||||||||
| 1–12 | 506–517 | LREHHRATIKVI | 532–543 | LTPGLKVSIRAV | 526–537 | IMPAVKTVIRSI | 514–525 | LTPPLKTVIRAI | ||
| 538–549 | VSIRAVCVMRFL | 533–544 | VIRSIRILKFLV | 521–532 | VIRAIRIMKFHV | |||||
| 1–14 | 516–529 | VIRRMQYFVAKKKF | 532–545 | LTPGLKVSIRAVCV | 512–525 | IPTLKAAIRAVRIL | 526–539 | IMPAVKTVIRSIRI | 514–527 | LTPPLKTVIRAIRI |
| 536–549 | LKVSIRAVCVMRFL | 530–543 | VKTVIRSIRILKFL | |||||||
| 1–8–14 | 516–529 | VIRRMQYFVAKKKF | 536–549 | LKVSIRAVCVMRFL | 512–525 | IPTLKAAIRAVRIL | 526–539 | IMPAVKTVIRSIRI | 514–527 | LTPPLKTVIRAIRI |
| 530–543 | VKTVIRSIRILKFL | |||||||||
| 1–5–8–14 | 536–549 | LKVSIRAVCVMRFL | 526–539 | IMPAVKTVIRSIRI | 514–527 | LTPPLKTVIRAIRI | ||||
| 530–543 | VKTVIRSIRILKFL | |||||||||
| 1–16 | 514–529 | IKVIRRMQYFVAKKK | 540–555 | IRAVCVMRFLVSKRK | 512–527 | IPTLKAAIRAVRILQF | 534–549 | IRSIRILKFLVAKRKF | 522–537 | IRAIRIMKFHVAKRKF |
| 519–534 | IRAVRILQFRLYKKKF | |||||||||
| Motif | KCNQ1 | KCNQ2 | KCNQ3 | KCNQ4 | KCNQ5 | |||||
| Residues | Sequence | Residues | Sequence | Residues | Sequence | Residues | Sequence | Residues | Sequence | |
| 1–10 | 514–523 | IKVIRRMQYF | 536–545 | LKVSIRAVCV | 515–524 | LKAAIRAVRI | 530–539 | VKTVIRSIRI | 518–527 | LKTVIRAIRI |
| 540–549 | IRAVCVMRFL | 525–534 | LQFRLYKKKF | 533–542 | VIRSIRILKF | 521–530 | VIRAIRIMKF | |||
| 534–543 | IRSIRILKFL | |||||||||
| 540–549 | LKFLVAKRKF | |||||||||
| 1–5–10 | 536–545 | LKVSIRAVCV | 515–524 | LKAAIRAVRI | 530–539 | VKTVIRSIRI | 518–527 | LKTVIRAIRI | ||
| 525–534 | LQFRLYKKKF | 533–542 | VIRSIRILKF | 521–530 | VIRAIRIMKF | |||||
| 540–549 | LKFLVAKRKF | |||||||||
| 1–12 | 506–517 | LREHHRATIKVI | 532–543 | LTPGLKVSIRAV | 526–537 | IMPAVKTVIRSI | 514–525 | LTPPLKTVIRAI | ||
| 538–549 | VSIRAVCVMRFL | 533–544 | VIRSIRILKFLV | 521–532 | VIRAIRIMKFHV | |||||
| 1–14 | 516–529 | VIRRMQYFVAKKKF | 532–545 | LTPGLKVSIRAVCV | 512–525 | IPTLKAAIRAVRIL | 526–539 | IMPAVKTVIRSIRI | 514–527 | LTPPLKTVIRAIRI |
| 536–549 | LKVSIRAVCVMRFL | 530–543 | VKTVIRSIRILKFL | |||||||
| 1–8–14 | 516–529 | VIRRMQYFVAKKKF | 536–549 | LKVSIRAVCVMRFL | 512–525 | IPTLKAAIRAVRIL | 526–539 | IMPAVKTVIRSIRI | 514–527 | LTPPLKTVIRAIRI |
| 530–543 | VKTVIRSIRILKFL | |||||||||
| 1–5–8–14 | 536–549 | LKVSIRAVCVMRFL | 526–539 | IMPAVKTVIRSIRI | 514–527 | LTPPLKTVIRAIRI | ||||
| 530–543 | VKTVIRSIRILKFL | |||||||||
| 1–16 | 514–529 | IKVIRRMQYFVAKKK | 540–555 | IRAVCVMRFLVSKRK | 512–527 | IPTLKAAIRAVRILQF | 534–549 | IRSIRILKFLVAKRKF | 522–537 | IRAIRIMKFHVAKRKF |
| 519–534 | IRAVRILQFRLYKKKF | |||||||||
CaM motifs are described in Table 1.