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Gene

KCNJ15

potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 15

Summary

Cytogenetic location
21q22.13-q22.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 21: 38,256,991–38,307,357 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 50.4 kb
Protein
375 amino acids
Also known as
Kir4.2, Kir1.3, IRKK
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000398938.7NM_170736.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KCNJ15 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNJ15 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 21, with a bracket where KCNJ15 sits. KCNJ15 and 2 genes near it on chromosome 21, from 37,782,174 to 38,782,173.Chromosome 2121q22.13-q22.2p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.11q22.12q22.13q22.2q22.337.8 Mb38 Mb38.2 Mb38.4 Mb38.6 MbKCNJ6: 37,607,373–38,121,345, reverse strandKCNJ6KCNJ15: 38,256,991–38,307,357, forward strandKCNJ15ERG: 38,380,027–38,661,963, reverse strandERGDiagram of KCNJ15: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 21Exon 1: 38,256,991–38,257,185, 195 basesExon 2: 38,296,926–38,297,023, 98 basesExon 3: 38,299,244–38,307,357, 8,114 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 8.4 kb of the gene's 50.4 kb; 1,128 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.). KCNJ15 gene: potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 15. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnj15

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNJ15 gene: potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 15 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnj15

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