LQTS has also been identified infrequently in patients with mutations involving the auxiliary β-subunits of KCNQ1 (mink, KCNE1; LQT5) (Splawski, et al., 1997) and of KCNH2 (MiRP1, KCNE2; LQT6 (Abbott, et al., 1999), respectively. Here, KCNE1 is linked to familial long QT syndrome.