KCNJ8
This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the KCNJ8 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:
KCNJ8 gene and transcript details
Gene Name
potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 8
Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000121361 -
Locus Reference Genomic:
Genomic Location
Chromosome 12 : 21,918,657 - 21,926,550 (reverse strand)
View in: Ensembl -
UCSC Genome Browser
| Canonical Seqs | Transcript (1272 bases) | Protein (424 aa) |
|---|---|---|
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ENST00000240662 | ENSP00000240662 |
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NM_004982.2 | |
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Q15842 |
Summary of KCNJ8 in Cardiomyopathies
KCNJ8 variants in ExAC
Details of the protein-altering KCNJ8 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 Variants | Combined frequency of rare variants | |
|---|---|---|
| All Variants | 73 | 0.00088 |
| Truncating | 5 | 0.00004 |
| Missense | 65 | 0.00080 |
| Inframe | 1 | 0.00001 |
| Splice Site | 2 | 0.00003 |