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Gene

KCNJ12

potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 12

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 21,376,357–21,419,870 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 43.5 kb
Protein
433 amino acids
Also known as
Kir2.2, Kir2.2v, IRK2, hIRK1
Previous symbols
KCNJN1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000583088.6NM_021012.5
Locus type
gene with protein product

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 KCNJ12 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNJ12 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where KCNJ12 sits. KCNJ12 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 20,898,114 to 21,898,113.Chromosome 1717p11.2p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.321 Mb21.2 Mb21.4 Mb21.6 Mb21.8 MbUSP22: 20,999,593–21,043,760, reverse strandUSP22DHRS7B: 21,123,364–21,194,141, forward strandDHRS7BTMEM11: 21,193,990–21,214,620, reverse strandTMEM11NATD1: 21,238,870–21,253,448, reverse strandNATD1MAP2K3: 21,284,672–21,315,240, forward strandMAP2K3KCNJ12: 21,376,357–21,419,870, forward strandKCNJ12KCNJ18: 21,692,523–21,704,612, forward strandKCNJ18Diagram of KCNJ12: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 21,376,357–21,376,913, 557 basesExon 2: 21,408,519–21,408,640, 122 basesExon 3: 21,415,287–21,419,870, 4,584 bases1235′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 5.3 kb of the gene's 43.5 kb; 1,302 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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). KCNJ12 gene: potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 12. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnj12

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNJ12 gene: potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 12 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnj12

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