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Gene id 3763
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Gene Summary

Gene Symbol KCNJ6   Gene   UCSC   Ensembl
Aliases BIR1, GIRK-2, GIRK2, KATP-2, KATP2, KCNJ7, KIR3.2, KPLBS, hiGIRK2
Gene name potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 6
Alternate names G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 2, inward rectifier K(+) channel Kir3.2, inward rectifier potassium channel KIR3.2, potassium channel, inwardly rectifying subfamily J, member 6, potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 6,
Gene location 21q22.13 (37916456: 37607372)     Exons: 4     NC_000001.11
Gene summary(Entrez) This gene encodes a member of the G protein-coupled inwardly-rectifying potassium channel family of inward rectifier potassium channels. This type of potassium channel allows a greater flow of potassium into the cell than out of it. These proteins modulat
OMIM 600877

Protein Summary

KEGG pathways

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Pathway idPathway name
hsa04929GnRH secretion
hsa04915Estrogen signaling pathway
hsa04921Oxytocin signaling pathway
hsa04727GABAergic synapse
hsa04725Cholinergic synapse
hsa04728Dopaminergic synapse
hsa04726Serotonergic synapse
hsa04723Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling
hsa04713Circadian entrainment
hsa05032Morphine addiction
hsa04915Estrogen signaling pathway
hsa04728Dopaminergic synapse
hsa04921Oxytocin signaling pathway
hsa04725Cholinergic synapse
hsa04713Circadian entrainment
hsa05032Morphine addiction
hsa04723Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling
hsa04727GABAergic synapse
hsa04726Serotonergic synapse
hsa04929GnRH secretion
Associated diseases References
Epilepsy GAD: 12458027
Spermatogenesis defects MIK: 22054410
Keppen-Lubinsky syndrome KEGG: H02236
Aberrant CpGs in Low Motility Sperm MIK: 21674046
Supports sperm function during fertilization MIK: 22054410
Teratozoospermia MIK: 17327269

PubMed references

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PMID Condition Mutation Ethnicity Population details Infertility_type Associated_genes Abstract
22054410 Supports s
perm funct
ion during
fertiliza
tion


Male infertility
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17327269 Teratozoos
permia

13 (5 controls,
8 cases)
Male infertility GSE6967 analyzed by GEO2R (cutoff 1.5 fold)
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21674046 Aberrant C
pGs in Low
Motility
Sperm

18
Male infertility GSE26881
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