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Gene

KCNE5

potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily E regulatory subunit 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xq23
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 109,623,700–109,625,172 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 1.5 kb
Protein
142 amino acids
Previous symbols
KCNE1L
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000372101.3NM_012282.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KCNE5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNE5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome X, with a bracket where KCNE5 sits. KCNE5 and 4 genes near it on chromosome X, from 109,124,436 to 110,124,435.Chromosome XXq23p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q28109.2 Mb109.4 Mb109.6 Mb109.8 Mb110 MbGUCY2F: 109,372,906–109,482,086, reverse strandGUCY2FNXT2: 109,535,776–109,544,811, forward strandNXT2KCNE5: 109,623,700–109,625,172, reverse strandKCNE5ACSL4: 109,624,244–109,733,889, reverse strandACSL4TMEM164: 110,002,631–110,334,219, forward strandTMEM164Diagram of KCNE5: one exon on the reverse strand of chromosome XExon 1: 109,623,700–109,625,172, 1,473 bases15′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 1.5 kb of the gene's 1.5 kb; 429 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.). KCNE5 gene: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily E regulatory subunit 5. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcne5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNE5 gene: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily E regulatory subunit 5 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcne5

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