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Gene

KCNK16

potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 16

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 39,316,171–39,322,702 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 6.5 kb
Protein
294 amino acids
Also known as
K2p16.1, TALK-1, TALK1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000437525.3NM_001135106.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KCNK16 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNK16 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where KCNK16 sits. KCNK16 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 38,819,437 to 39,819,436.Chromosome 66p21.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2739 Mb39.2 Mb39.4 Mb39.6 Mb39.8 MbDNAH8: 38,715,311–39,030,792, forward strandDNAH8GLP1R: 39,048,562–39,091,303, forward strandGLP1RSAYSD1: 39,104,063–39,115,193, reverse strandSAYSD1KCNK5: 39,183,923–39,229,559, reverse strandKCNK5KCNK17: 39,298,998–39,314,461, reverse strandKCNK17KCNK16: 39,316,171–39,322,702, reverse strandKCNK16KIF6: 39,329,990–39,725,441, reverse strandKIF6DAAM2: 39,792,298–39,904,877, forward strandDAAM2Diagram of KCNK16: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 5: 39,316,171–39,316,442, 272 basesExon 4: 39,316,782–39,316,947, 166 basesExon 3: 39,317,786–39,317,952, 167 basesExon 2: 39,319,019–39,319,133, 115 basesExon 1: 39,322,328–39,322,702, 375 bases543215′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 6.5 kb; 885 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.). KCNK16 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 16. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk16

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNK16 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 16 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk16

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