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KCNJ1

Chr 11q24.3

potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 1

Aliases:
Kir1.1, ROMK1
MANE:
ENST00000392666.6

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Nephrocalcinosis or nephrolithiasis

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Renal tubulopathies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Amelogenesis imperfecta

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Bartter syndrome

    0.74
  • antenatal Bartter syndrome

    0.37
  • polyarteritis nodosa

    0.29
  • hereditary disease

    0.19
  • gastric ulcer

    0.11
  • hemorrhage

    0.11
  • prostate cancer

    0.11
  • Familial prostate cancer

    0.11
  • clear cell renal carcinoma

    0.08
  • familial idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

    0.06

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

ATP-sensitive inward rectifier potassium channel 1

Inward rectifier potassium channels are characterized by a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into the cell rather than out of it. Their voltage dependence is regulated by the concentration of extracellular potassium; as external potassium is raised, the voltage range of the channel opening shifts to more positive voltages. The inward rectification is mainly due to the blockage of outward current by internal magnesium. This channel is activated by internal ATP and can be blocked by external barium. In the kidney, probably plays a major role in potassium homeostasis

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.