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Gene

KCNK5

potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 5

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p21.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 39,188,971–39,229,475 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 40.5 kb
Protein
499 amino acids
Also known as
K2p5.1, TASK-2, TASK2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000359534.4NM_003740.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads KCNK5 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNK5 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where KCNK5 sits. KCNK5 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 38,709,223 to 39,709,222.Chromosome 66p21.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2738.8 Mb39 Mb39.2 Mb39.4 Mb39.6 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: 39,188,971–39,229,475, reverse strandKCNK5KCNK17: 39,298,998–39,314,461, reverse strandKCNK17KCNK16: 39,314,698–39,322,968, reverse strandKCNK16KIF6: 39,329,990–39,725,441, reverse strandKIF6Diagram of KCNK5: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 5: 39,188,971–39,191,755, 2,785 basesExon 4: 39,194,169–39,194,337, 169 basesExon 3: 39,194,594–39,194,760, 167 basesExon 2: 39,195,876–39,195,987, 112 basesExon 1: 39,228,926–39,229,475, 550 bases54215′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 3.8 kb of the gene's 40.5 kb; 1,500 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.). KCNK5 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 5. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk5

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNK5 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 5 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk5

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