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Gene

KCNK6

potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
19q13.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 19: 38,319,845–38,332,076 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 12.2 kb
Protein
313 amino acids
Also known as
K2p6.1, TWIK-2
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000263372.5NM_004823.3
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 KCNK6 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCNK6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 19, with a bracket where KCNK6 sits. KCNK6 and 24 genes near it on chromosome 19, from 37,825,961 to 38,825,960.Chromosome 1919q13.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12p11q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q13.41q13.42q13.4338 Mb38.2 Mb38.4 Mb38.6 Mb38.8 MbWDR87: 37,884,823–37,906,677, reverse strandWDR87SIPA1L3: 37,907,200–38,208,369, forward strandSIPA1L3DPF1: 38,211,006–38,229,729, reverse strandDPF1SPINT2: 38,244,035–38,292,615, forward strandSPINT2PPP1R14A: 38,250,856–38,256,615, reverse strand: 38,289,151–38,304,910, forward strandYIF1B: 38,303,558–38,317,273, reverse strandYIF1BC19orf33: 38,304,158–38,305,011, forward strandC19orf33KCNK6: 38,319,845–38,332,076, forward strandKCNK6CATSPERG: 38,335,775–38,370,943, forward strandCATSPERGPSMD8: 38,374,563–38,383,850, forward strandPSMD8GGN: 38,384,267–38,388,274, reverse strandGGNSPRED3: 38,388,421–38,399,588, forward strandSPRED3TSLIG3C: 38,403,093–38,409,088, forward strandRASGRP4: 38,409,051–38,426,305, reverse strandRYR1: 38,433,691–38,595,273, forward strandRYR1MAP4K1: 38,587,641–38,619,161, reverse strandMAP4K1EIF3K: 38,619,055–38,636,959, forward strandEIF3KACTN4: 38,647,515–38,731,589, forward strandACTN4CAPN12: 38,730,187–38,769,904, reverse strandCAPN12LGALS7: 38,770,968–38,773,542, reverse strandLGALS7LGALS7B: 38,789,191–38,791,754, forward strandLGALS7BLGALS4: 38,801,671–38,813,070, reverse strandLGALS4ECH1: 38,815,415–38,831,874, reverse strandECH1: 38,817,471–38,840,178, reverse strandDiagram of KCNK6: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 19Exon 1: 38,319,845–38,320,272, 428 basesExon 2: 38,326,593–38,326,988, 396 basesExon 3: 38,327,180–38,332,076, 4,897 bases1235′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 5.7 kb of the gene's 12.2 kb; 942 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.). KCNK6 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCNK6 gene: potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kcnk6

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