KCNJ5

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the KCNJ5 gene, including its role in inherited cardiac disease. For more details, click on the links below, or for a specific variant, enter the HGVS variant here:

KCNJ5 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 5

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000120457 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_333

Genomic Location
Chromosome 11 : 128,781,169 - 128,786,626 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (1257 bases)Protein (419 aa)
ENST00000529694 ENSP00000433295
LRG_333t1LRG_333p1
NM_000890.3
P48544

Summary of KCNJ5 in Cardiomyopathies


KCNJ5 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering KCNJ5 variants (missense, loss of function truncating, inframe indels and splice site regions) found in the ExAC database are shown below. To view lists of specific variants with links to detailed population frequency data, click on the variant numbers - for all or a particular variant class.

Total VariantsCombined frequency of rare variants
All Variants1480.00215
Truncating40.00004
Missense1310.00200
Inframe00.00000
Splice Site130.00011

Rare variants are defined as having a mean allelic frequency of less than 0.0001.