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Gene

KCNH8

potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 8

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p24.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 19,148,510–19,535,642 (GRCh38)
Exons
16 exons across 387.1 kb
Protein
1,107 amino acids
Also known as
Kv12.1, elk3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000328405.7NM_144633.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KCNH8 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNH8 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where KCNH8 sits. KCNH8 and 1 gene near it on chromosome 3, from 18,761,377 to 19,922,775.Chromosome 33p24.3p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q2918.8 Mb19 Mb19.2 Mb19.4 Mb19.6 Mb19.8 MbKCNH8: 19,148,510–19,535,642, forward strandKCNH8EFHB: 19,878,353–19,947,025, reverse strandEFHBDiagram of KCNH8: 16 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 19,148,510–19,148,795, 286 basesExon 2: 19,253,654–19,253,887, 234 basesExon 3: 19,281,198–19,281,329, 132 basesExon 4: 19,342,587–19,342,714, 128 basesExon 5: 19,347,725–19,347,965, 241 basesExon 6: 19,390,481–19,390,638, 158 basesExon 7: 19,395,104–19,395,311, 208 basesExon 8: 19,438,164–19,438,361, 198 basesExon 9: 19,450,106–19,450,305, 200 basesExon 10: 19,451,155–19,451,404, 250 basesExon 11: 19,456,768–19,456,982, 215 basesExon 12: 19,510,363–19,510,401, 39 basesExon 13: 19,512,970–19,513,325, 356 basesExon 14: 19,515,322–19,515,428, 107 basesExon 15: 19,517,998–19,518,074, 77 basesExon 16: 19,533,395–19,535,642, 2,248 bases151015165′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 5.1 kb of the gene's 387.1 kb; 3,324 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). KCNH8 gene: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 8. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnh8

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNH8 gene: potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily H member 8 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnh8

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