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Gene

OPRK1

opioid receptor kappa 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8q11.23
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 53,225,724–53,251,637 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 25.9 kb
Protein
380 amino acids
Also known as
KOR, OPRK
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000265572.8NM_000912.5
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads OPRK1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How OPRK1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where OPRK1 sits. OPRK1 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 52,738,681 to 53,738,680.Chromosome 88q11.23p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.352.8 Mb53 Mb53.2 Mb53.4 Mb53.6 MbRB1CC1: 52,622,458–52,745,843, reverse strandRB1CC1NPBWR1: 52,915,635–52,943,734, forward strandNPBWR1OPRK1: 53,225,724–53,251,637, reverse strandOPRK1ATP6V1H: 53,715,543–53,843,558, reverse strandATP6V1HDiagram of OPRK1: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 4: 53,225,724–53,229,829, 4,106 basesExon 3: 53,234,759–53,235,111, 353 basesExon 2: 53,250,781–53,251,085, 305 basesExon 1: 53,251,448–53,251,637, 190 bases43215′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 kb of the gene's 25.9 kb; 1,143 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.). OPRK1 gene: opioid receptor kappa 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/oprk1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. OPRK1 gene: opioid receptor kappa 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/oprk1

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