KCNG2 (potassium voltage-gated channel modifier subfamily G member 2)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 26251 |
| Gene name | Potassium voltage-gated channel modifier subfamily G member 2 |
| Gene symbol | KCNG2 |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
KCNF2KV6.2
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| Chromosome | 18 |
| Chromosome location | 18q23 |
| Summary | Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels represent the most complex class of voltage-gated ion channels from both functional and structural standpoints. Their diverse functions include regulating neurotransmitter release, heart rate, insulin secretion, neuro |
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Other IDs
Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
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Protein
Protein information from UniProt database.
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UniProt ID
Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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Q9UJ96 | |||||||||||||||
| Protein name | Voltage-gated potassium channel regulatory subunit KCNG2 (Cardiac potassium channel subunit) (Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily G member 2) (Voltage-gated potassium channel subunit Kv6.2) | |||||||||||||||
| Protein function | Regulatory alpha-subunit of the voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channel which, when coassembled with KCNB1, can modulate the kinetics and conductance-voltage relationship (PubMed:10551266). Modulates channel activity by shifting the threshold and t | |||||||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in heart, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and pancreas. Detected at low levels in brain, lung and placenta. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10551266}. | |||||||||||||||
| Sequence |
MEPWPCSPGGGGGTRARHVIINVGGCRVRLAWAALARCPLARLERLRACRGHDDLLRVCD |
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| Sequence length | 466 | |||||||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | |||||||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score:
★☆☆☆☆ Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only
★★☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations
★★★☆☆ Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources
★★★★☆ ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
★★★★★ ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
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Related Genes
Genes most often co-reported with KCNG2 across shared curated disease and pathway associations.
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Diseases Linked via Similar Genes
Diseases curated for genes most similar to KCNG2 (see Related Genes above), that are NOT already directly curated for KCNG2 itself -- a lead worth checking, not a confirmed association.
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