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Gene

KCNJ6

potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
21q22.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 21: 37,607,373–37,916,457 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 309.1 kb
Protein
423 amino acids
Also known as
Kir3.2, GIRK2, KATP2, BIR1, hiGIRK2
Previous symbols
KCNJ7
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000609713.2NM_002240.5
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 KCNJ6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNJ6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Known disease-causing sites
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 21, with a bracket where KCNJ6 sits. KCNJ6 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 21, from 37,261,915 to 38,261,914.Chromosome 2121q22.13p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.11q22.12q22.13q22.2q22.337.4 Mb37.6 Mb37.8 Mb38 Mb38.2 MbVPS26C: 37,221,749–37,268,104, reverse strandVPS26CDYRK1A: 37,365,573–37,526,358, forward strandDYRK1AKCNJ6: 37,607,373–37,916,457, reverse strandKCNJ6KCNJ15: 38,155,549–38,307,357, forward strandKCNJ15Diagram of KCNJ6: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 21Exon 3: 2 known disease-causing sitesExon 4: 37,607,373–37,625,484, 18,112 basesExon 3: 37,714,211–37,715,131, 921 basesExon 2: 37,840,658–37,840,709, 52 basesExon 1: 37,915,884–37,916,457, 574 bases43215′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 19.7 kb of the gene's 309.1 kb; 1,272 of those bases code for the protein.

How a genome test reads KCNJ6

2

positions in KCNJ6 where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

A whole genome covers all 309.1 kb of KCNJ6, introns included, not only the 19.7 kb of exons.

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.
  • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
  • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). KCNJ6 gene: potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnj6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNJ6 gene: potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnj6

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