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Gene

KCNAB2

potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A regulatory beta subunit 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p36.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 6,045,888–6,101,180 (GRCh38)
Exons
16 exons across 55.3 kb
Protein
415 amino acids
Also known as
AKR6A5, KCNA2B, HKvbeta2.1, HKvbeta2.2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000378083.8NM_001199862.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KCNAB2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNAB2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where KCNAB2 sits. KCNAB2 and 15 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 5,573,534 to 6,573,533.Chromosome 11p36.31p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q445.6 Mb5.8 Mb6 Mb6.2 Mb6.4 MbNPHP4: 5,862,804–5,993,455, reverse strandNPHP4KCNAB2: 6,045,888–6,101,180, forward strandKCNAB2CHD5: 6,101,787–6,180,356, reverse strandCHD5: 6,159,430–6,197,757, reverse strandRPL22: 6,185,020–6,209,389, reverse strandRPL22RNF207: 6,205,392–6,224,634, forward strandRNF207ICMT: 6,221,193–6,235,997, reverse strandICMTHES3: 6,241,481–6,246,656, forward strandHES3GPR153: 6,247,347–6,261,104, reverse strandGPR153ACOT7: 6,264,268–6,393,789, reverse strandACOT7HES2: 6,412,418–6,424,690, reverse strandHES2ESPN: 6,424,770–6,461,367, forward strandESPNTNFRSF25: 6,460,786–6,466,190, reverse strandTNFRSF25PLEKHG5: 6,467,122–6,520,074, reverse strandPLEKHG5NOL9: 6,521,347–6,554,536, reverse strandNOL9TAS1R1: 6,555,303–6,579,755, forward strandTAS1R1Diagram of KCNAB2: 16 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 6,045,888–6,046,183, 296 basesExon 2: 6,051,511–6,051,754, 244 basesExon 3: 6,072,755–6,072,798, 44 basesExon 4: 6,073,733–6,073,770, 38 basesExon 5: 6,082,195–6,082,274, 80 basesExon 6: 6,085,204–6,085,248, 45 basesExon 7: 6,087,467–6,087,511, 45 basesExon 8: 6,089,008–6,089,051, 44 basesExon 9: 6,090,389–6,090,475, 87 basesExon 10: 6,091,263–6,091,307, 45 basesExon 11: 6,094,400–6,094,485, 86 basesExon 12: 6,095,323–6,095,443, 121 basesExon 13: 6,095,530–6,095,624, 95 basesExon 14: 6,096,636–6,096,756, 121 basesExon 15: 6,097,269–6,097,357, 89 basesExon 16: 6,098,485–6,101,180, 2,696 bases12468101214165′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 4.2 kb of the gene's 55.3 kb; 1,248 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). KCNAB2 gene: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A regulatory beta subunit 2. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnab2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNAB2 gene: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A regulatory beta subunit 2 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnab2

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