KCNJ16

Gene

potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 16

HGNCHGNC:6262 EnsemblENSG00000153822 NCBI Gene3773

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 17q24.3

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asKir5.1 · BIR9

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Alias symbolsKir5.1, BIR9

Previous namespotassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 16

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.