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Gene

KCNK17

potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 17

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 39,299,001–39,314,419 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 15.4 kb
Protein
332 amino acids
Also known as
K2p17.1, TALK-2, TALK2, TASK4, TASK-4
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000373231.9NM_031460.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How KCNK17 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where KCNK17 sits. KCNK17 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 38,806,710 to 39,806,709.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: 39,299,001–39,314,419, reverse strandKCNK17KCNK16: 39,314,698–39,322,968, reverse strandKCNK16KIF6: 39,329,990–39,725,441, reverse strandKIF6DAAM2: 39,792,298–39,904,877, forward strandDAAM2Diagram of KCNK17: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 5: 39,299,001–39,299,737, 737 basesExon 4: 39,303,957–39,304,131, 175 basesExon 3: 39,304,495–39,304,655, 161 basesExon 2: 39,310,893–39,311,007, 115 basesExon 1: 39,314,084–39,314,419, 336 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 1.5 kb of the gene's 15.4 kb; 999 of those bases code for the 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

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). KCNK17 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 17. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk17

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNK17 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 17 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk17

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