U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

KCNK2 potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 2 [ Gallus gallus (chicken) ]

Gene ID: 770954, updated on 13-Apr-2026
Symbol
KCNK2provided by CGNC
Full Name
potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 2provided by CGNC
Primary source
CGNC:7368
See related
Ensembl:ENSGALG00010019020
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
MODEL
Organism
Gallus gallus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Archelosauria; Archosauria; Dinosauria; Saurischia; Theropoda; Coelurosauria; Aves; Neognathae; Galloanserae; Galliformes; Phasianidae; Phasianinae; Gallus
Orthologs
all
Try the new Gene page
Try the new Transcripts and proteins table
See KCNK2 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
chromosome: 3
Exon count:
10
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
106 current bGalGal1.mat.broiler.GRCg7b (GCF_016699485.2) 3 NC_052534.1 (20526712..20653121, complement)
106 current bGalGal1.pat.whiteleghornlayer.GRCg7w (GCF_016700215.2) 3 NC_052575.1 (20440797..20567057, complement)

Chromosome 3 - NC_052534.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene usherin Neighboring gene SH3KBP1 binding protein 1 Neighboring gene centromere protein F Neighboring gene protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 14

Go to nucleotide: Graphics FASTA GenBank

Related articles in PubMed

  1. Manual GO annotation of predictive protein signatures: the InterPro approach to GO curation. Burge S, et al. Database (Oxford), 2012. PMID 22301074, Free PMC Article
  2. TreeGrafter: phylogenetic tree-based annotation of proteins with Gene Ontology terms and other annotations. Tang H, et al. Bioinformatics, 2019 Feb 1. PMID 30032202, Free PMC Article

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables outward rectifier potassium channel activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
enables potassium ion leak channel activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in potassium ion transmembrane transport IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in stabilization of membrane potential IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
Preferred Names
potassium channel subfamily K member 2
Names
potassium channel, subfamily K, member 2

NEW Try the new Transcript table

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: Gallus gallus Annotation Release 106 details...Open this link in a new tab

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference bGalGal1.mat.broiler.GRCg7b Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_052534.1 Reference bGalGal1.mat.broiler.GRCg7b Primary Assembly

    Range
    20526712..20653121 complement
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_004935320.5 → XP_004935377.1  potassium channel subfamily K member 2 isoform X1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A8V0Z908
    Related
    ENSGALP00010027440.1, ENSGALT00010046043.1
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam07885
    Location:138 → 192
    Ion_trans_2; Ion channel

  2. XM_001234269.6 → XP_001234270.2  potassium channel subfamily K member 2 isoform X2

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    F1NZ45
    Related
    ENSGALP00010027431.1, ENSGALT00010046034.1
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam07885
    Location:127 → 181
    Ion_trans_2; Ion channel

Alternate bGalGal1.pat.whiteleghornlayer.GRCg7w

Genomic

  1. NC_052575.1 Alternate bGalGal1.pat.whiteleghornlayer.GRCg7w

    Range
    20440797..20567057 complement
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_040667692.2 → XP_040523626.1  potassium channel subfamily K member 2 isoform X1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A8V0Z908
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam07885
    Location:138 → 192
    Ion_trans_2; Ion channel

  2. XM_040667693.2 → XP_040523627.1  potassium channel subfamily K member 2 isoform X2

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    F1NZ45
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam07885
    Location:127 → 181
    Ion_trans_2; Ion channel
Nucleotide Protein Strain
Heading Accession and Version

Gene LinkOut

The following LinkOut resources are supplied by external providers. These providers are responsible for maintaining the links.