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Gene

KCTD16

potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 16

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q31.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 144,170,873–144,485,686 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 314.8 kb
Protein
428 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA1317
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000512467.6NM_020768.4
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 KCTD16 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How KCTD16 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where KCTD16 sits. KCTD16 and 1 gene near it on chromosome 5, from 143,828,280 to 144,828,279.Chromosome 55q31.3p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3144 Mb144.2 Mb144.4 Mb144.6 Mb144.8 MbYIPF5: 144,158,161–144,170,714, reverse strandYIPF5KCTD16: 144,170,873–144,485,686, forward strandKCTD16Diagram of KCTD16: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 144,170,873–144,171,009, 137 basesExon 2: 144,174,307–144,174,472, 166 basesExon 3: 144,206,389–144,207,546, 1,158 basesExon 4: 144,473,660–144,485,686, 12,027 bases145′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 13.5 kb of the gene's 314.8 kb; 1,287 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.). KCTD16 gene: potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 16. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/kctd16

Vancouver

Dante Labs. KCTD16 gene: potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 16 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/kctd16

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