Gene
KCNK15
potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 15
- HGNC 13814↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000124249↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 60598↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 20q13.12
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 20: 44,745,865–44,752,313 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 2 exons across 6.4 kb
- Protein
- 330 amino acids
- Also known as
- K2p15.1, dJ781B1.1, KT3.3, KIAA0237, TASK5, TASK-5
- Previous symbols
- KCNK11, KCNK14
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000372861.5NM_022358.4
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How KCNK15 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
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 2.5 kb of the gene's 6.4 kb; 993 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). KCNK15 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 15. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk15
Dante Labs. KCNK15 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 15 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk15
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