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KCNK15

Potassium channel subfamily K member 15

Also known as: dJ781B1.1, K2p15.1, KCNK11, KCNK14, KCNKF_HUMAN, KIAA0237, KT3.3, TASK-5, TASK5

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9H427
Gene
KCNK15
Ensembl
ENSG00000124249
Chromosome
20
Canonical length
330 aa
Protein class
Predicted membrane proteins, Transporters, Voltage-gated ion channels

OverviewNCBI Gene

This gene encodes one of the members of the superfamily of potassium channel proteins containing two pore-forming P domains. The product of this gene has not been shown to be a functional channel, however, it may require other non-pore-forming proteins for activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

330 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9H427|KCNK15
     1  MRRPSVRAAG LVLCTLCYLL VGAAVFDALE SEAESGRQRL LVQKRGALRR KFGFSAEDYR
    61  ELERLALQAE PHRAGRQWKF PGSFYFAITV ITTIEYGHAA PGTDSGKVFC MFYALLGIPL
   121  TLVTFQSLGE RLNAVVRRLL LAAKCCLGLR WTCVSTENLV VAGLLACAAT LALGAVAFSH
   181  FEGWTFFHAY YYCFITLTTI GFGDFVALQS GEALQRKLPY VAFSFLYILL GLTVIGAFLN
   241  LVVLRFLVAS ADWPERAART PSPRPPGAPE SRGLWLPRRP ARSVGSASVF CHVHKLERCA
   301  RDNLGFSPPS SPGVVRGGQA PRLGARWKSI

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against KCNK15 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
4
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.44
Highest tissue expression
23 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • blood vessel: 23 nTPM
  • fallopian tube: 5 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 4.1 nTPM
  • adipose tissue: 3.9 nTPM
  • pituitary gland: 3.5 nTPM
  • testis: 3.5 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • epididymal efferent duct absorptive cells: 133 nCPM
  • fallopian secretory cells: 122 nCPM
  • gastric chief cells: 26 nCPM
  • epididymal efferent duct ciliated cells: 26 nCPM
  • mesothelial cells: 18 nCPM
  • pancreatic duct cells: 14 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0 nTPM
  • gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0 nTPM

Brain region

  • hypothalamus: 2.6 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 1.8 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 1.6 nTPM
  • midbrain: 1.3 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 1.2 nTPM
  • amygdala: 1 nTPM

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
1.25
gnomAD pLI
0.03
gnomAD missense Z
0.78
DepMap mean gene effect
0.05
DepMap dependency class
none

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads KCNK15 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against KCNK15 could matter depends on whether native KCNK15 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

KCNK15 is annotated at the cell surface, where native KCNK15 is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label KCNK15 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/KCNK15. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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