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Gene

KCNJ4

potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
22q13.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 22: 38,426,327–38,455,199 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 28.9 kb
Protein
445 amino acids
Also known as
Kir2.3, HIR, HRK1, hIRK2, IRK3
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000303592.3NM_152868.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KCNJ4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNJ4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 22, with a bracket where KCNJ4 sits. KCNJ4 and 24 genes near it on chromosome 22, from 37,940,763 to 38,940,762.Chromosome 2222q13.1p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.3338 Mb38.2 Mb38.4 Mb38.6 Mb38.8 MbMICALL1: 37,905,657–37,942,822, forward strandMICALL1C22orf23: 37,943,050–37,953,669, reverse strandC22orf23POLR2F: 37,952,607–38,041,932, forward strandPOLR2FSOX10: 37,970,686–37,987,422, reverse strandSOX10PICK1: 38,056,311–38,076,050, forward strandPICK1SLC16A8: 38,078,134–38,084,186, reverse strandSLC16A8BAIAP2L2: 38,084,652–38,111,015, reverse strandBAIAP2L2PLA2G6: 38,111,495–38,214,778, reverse strandPLA2G6MAFF: 38,200,767–38,219,321, forward strandMAFFTMEM184B: 38,215,914–38,273,805, reverse strandTMEM184BCSNK1E: 38,281,747–38,320,044, reverse strandCSNK1ETPTEP2-CSNK1E: 38,291,918–38,398,522, reverse strandTPTEP2-CSNK1EKCNJ4: 38,426,327–38,455,199, reverse strandKCNJ4KDELR3: 38,468,021–38,483,762, forward strandKDELR3DDX17: 38,483,438–38,507,660, reverse strandDDX17DMC1: 38,509,022–38,570,211, reverse strandDMC1FAM227A: 38,578,118–38,656,629, reverse strandFAM227ACBY1: 38,656,375–38,673,920, forward strandCBY1TOMM22: 38,681,924–38,687,684, forward strandTOMM22JOSD1: 38,685,543–38,701,556, reverse strandJOSD1GTPBP1: 38,705,742–38,738,299, forward strandGTPBP1SUN2: 38,733,280–38,794,198, reverse strandSUN2DNAL4: 38,778,505–38,794,198, reverse strandDNAL4NPTXR: 38,818,452–38,844,036, reverse strandNPTXRCBX6: 38,861,422–38,872,249, reverse strandCBX6Diagram of KCNJ4: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 22Exon 2: 38,426,327–38,428,171, 1,845 basesExon 1: 38,454,980–38,455,199, 220 bases215′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 2.1 kb of the gene's 28.9 kb; 1,338 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.). KCNJ4 gene: potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnj4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNJ4 gene: potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnj4

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