KCNK17

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Also known as K2p17.1TALK-2TALK2TASK4TASK-4

Summary

KCNK17 (potassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 17, HGNC:14465) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 6p21.2, encoding Potassium channel subfamily K member 17 (Q96T54). K(+) channel that conducts voltage-dependent outward rectifying currents upon membrane depolarization.

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the family of potassium channel proteins containing two pore-forming P domains. This channel is an open rectifier which primarily passes outward current under physiological K+ concentrations. This gene is activated at alkaline pH. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Source: NCBI Gene 89822 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • Gene–disease (curated): heart conduction disease (Limited, GenCC)
  • GWAS associations: 2
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 66 total — 1 likely-pathogenic
  • Druggable target: yes
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_031460

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:14465
Approved symbolKCNK17
Namepotassium two pore domain channel subfamily K member 17
Location6p21.2
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesK2p17.1, TALK-2, TALK2, TASK4, TASK-4
Ensembl geneENSG00000124780
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM607370
Entrez89822

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 7 — 6 protein_coding, 1 retained_intron

ENST00000373231, ENST00000453413, ENST00000503878, ENST00000884805, ENST00000884806, ENST00000884807, ENST00000969858

RefSeq mRNA: 2 — MANE Select: NM_031460 NM_001135111, NM_031460

CCDS: CCDS47419, CCDS4842

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000373231 — 5 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000008498383930395739304131
ENSE000008498393930449539304655
ENSE000018144063929900139299737
ENSE000020213293931408439314419
ENSE000035222843931089339311007

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 140 present calls, max score 87.05.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth tissue_specific, TPM avg 0.5000 / max 115.2183, expressed in 146 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (3 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
734750.4229134
734760.072026
734770.00502

Top tissues by expression

240 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
ascending aortaUBERON:000149687.05gold quality
thoracic aortaUBERON:000151586.90gold quality
descending thoracic aortaUBERON:000234586.40gold quality
tibialis anteriorUBERON:000138580.80silver quality
right coronary arteryUBERON:000162580.43gold quality
islet of LangerhansUBERON:000000679.62gold quality
left coronary arteryUBERON:000162679.20gold quality
right lungUBERON:000216779.01gold quality
coronary arteryUBERON:000162178.44gold quality
upper lobe of lungUBERON:000894875.42gold quality
upper lobe of left lungUBERON:000895275.42gold quality
lower lobe of lungUBERON:000894974.57gold quality
cardiac muscle of right atriumUBERON:000337974.50gold quality
ileal mucosaUBERON:000033174.47silver quality
tibiaUBERON:000097973.58gold quality
right atrium auricular regionUBERON:000663173.15gold quality
right lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000111972.90gold quality
left lobe of thyroid glandUBERON:000112072.75gold quality
cardiac atriumUBERON:000208172.72gold quality
left ventricle myocardiumUBERON:000656671.99gold quality
thyroid glandUBERON:000204671.54gold quality
parotid glandUBERON:000183171.39silver quality
pancreasUBERON:000126471.02gold quality
primordial germ cell in gonadCL:0000670 ∩ UBERON:000099170.98gold quality
right lobe of liverUBERON:000111470.83gold quality
aortaUBERON:000094770.77gold quality
granulocyteCL:000009470.60gold quality
lungUBERON:000204869.06gold quality
body of pancreasUBERON:000115068.59gold quality
secondary oocyteCL:000065567.61gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 2 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-MTAB-9067yes12.01
E-ANND-3no2.39

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

30 targeting KCNK17, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-7110-3P100.0073.182486
HSA-MIR-6873-3P100.0071.422626
HSA-MIR-6833-3P100.0070.633197
HSA-MIR-4768-5P100.0069.492861
HSA-MIR-1193100.0065.93529
HSA-MIR-432-3P100.0067.86705
HSA-MIR-6870-5P99.9968.552115
HSA-MIR-19A-3P99.9875.332762
HSA-MIR-19B-3P99.9875.442754
HSA-MIR-4723-5P99.9768.702034
HSA-MIR-569899.9768.492029
HSA-MIR-7111-5P99.9768.482062
HSA-MIR-444799.8567.812900
HSA-MIR-6817-3P99.7968.352126
HSA-MIR-467999.7669.191229
HSA-MIR-674599.7465.331321
HSA-MIR-127599.4767.902749
HSA-MIR-363-5P99.4664.511015
HSA-MIR-239299.4367.50708
HSA-MIR-593-3P99.2267.281327
HSA-MIR-76098.8166.651392
HSA-MIR-1212598.5967.541044
HSA-MIR-126298.1766.52757
HSA-MIR-4701-3P98.1766.25788
HSA-MIR-6736-5P98.1766.43760
HSA-MIR-807195.6964.93484
HSA-MIR-1468-5P94.1869.04176
HSA-MIR-6879-3P93.9364.00759
HSA-MIR-6741-5P93.8663.06437
HSA-MIR-6743-3P80.8761.3150

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 7)

  • The A allele of the rs10947803 variant of KCNK17 was associated with increased risk of IS and increased levels of KCNK17 gene expression. (PMID:19647252)
  • The rs10947803 SNP (A allele) in KCNK17 increases the risk of cerebral hemorrhage but not ischemic stroke in the Chinese population. (PMID:23391755)
  • This study demonstrates that Gly88 is a crucial residue for normal TASK-4 gating behavior and that the channel is strongly expressed in the cardiac conduction system. (PMID:24972929)
  • The T carrier of an single-nucleotide polymorphism is associated with reduced risk of cerebral hemorrhage in the Chinese population. (PMID:25179130)
  • The results suggested that heterodimerization of TASK1 and TALK2 provides cells with the ability to make multiple responses to a variety of physiological and pharmacological stimuli. (PMID:29016681)
  • 2 novel gene variants in REM2 and KCNK17 that provide a physiologically plausible explanation for variable expressivity in a large subset of patients in a multigenerational long QT syndrome type 2 family (PMID:29431731)
  • Ion occupancy of the selectivity filter controls opening of a cytoplasmic gate in the K2P channel TALK-2. (PMID:39215031)

Cross-species orthologs

18 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriokcnk12lENSDARG00000057037
danio_reriosi:ch211-261a10.5ENSDARG00000097085
drosophila_melanogasterOrk1FBGN0017561
drosophila_melanogastersandFBGN0033257
drosophila_melanogasterTask7FBGN0037690
drosophila_melanogasterTask6FBGN0038165
drosophila_melanogasterCG10864FBGN0038621
drosophila_melanogasterCG34396FBGN0085425
drosophila_melanogasterCG42340FBGN0259242
drosophila_melanogasterCG42594FBGN0260971
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006661
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006674
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006675
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006679
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006685
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006686
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006695
caenorhabditis_elegansWBGENE00006696

Paralogs (14): KCNK2 (ENSG00000082482), KCNK16 (ENSG00000095981), KCNK6 (ENSG00000099337), KCNK10 (ENSG00000100433), KCNK15 (ENSG00000124249), KCNK1 (ENSG00000135750), KCNK13 (ENSG00000152315), KCNK5 (ENSG00000164626), KCNK9 (ENSG00000169427), KCNK3 (ENSG00000171303), KCNK7 (ENSG00000173338), KCNK4 (ENSG00000182450), KCNK12 (ENSG00000184261), KCNK18 (ENSG00000186795)

Protein

Protein identifiers

Potassium channel subfamily K member 17Q96T54 (reviewed: Q96T54)

Alternative names: 2P domain potassium channel Talk-2, Acid-sensitive potassium channel protein TASK-4, TWIK-related acid-sensitive K(+) channel 4, TWIK-related alkaline pH-activated K(+) channel 2

All UniProt accessions (1): Q96T54

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. K(+) channel that conducts voltage-dependent outward rectifying currents upon membrane depolarization. Voltage sensing is coupled to K(+) electrochemical gradient in an ‘ion flux gating’ mode where outward but not inward ion flow opens the gate. Homo- and heterodimerizes to form functional channels with distinct regulatory and gating properties. Present in the cardiac conduction system where it may regulate action potential duration and beating frequency of cardiac myocytes. Permeable to other monovalent cations such as Rb(+) and Cs(+).

Subunit / interactions. Homodimer; disulfide-linked. Heterodimer with KCNK5 and KCNK16.

Subcellular location. Cell membrane.

Tissue specificity. Widely expressed. Highly expressed in aorta and coronary artery. Expressed in pancreas, in both endocrine (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon) and exocrine (acinar and ductal) cells.

Activity regulation. Inhibited by Ba(2+), quinidine, chloroform and halothane. Activated at alkaline pH. Activated by quinine and isoflurane.

Domain organisation. The pore-forming domains 1 and 2 assemble to form a single pore in which M2 and M4 transmembrane helices line the central cavity and M1 and M3 face the lipid bilayer. The transmembrane helices are bridged by the selectivity filters 1 and 2 carrying a signature sequence TxTTxGYGD that coordinate the permeant ions. Up to four ions can simultaneously occupy the selectivity filter and at least two elementary charges must translocate across the filter to convert it into the open conformation.

Similarity. Belongs to the two pore domain potassium channel (TC 1.A.1.8) family.

Isoforms (2)

UniProt IDNamesCanonical?
Q96T54-31yes
Q96T54-42

RefSeq proteins (2): NP_001128583, NP_113648* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR0030922pore_dom_K_chnl_TASKFamily
IPR0032802pore_dom_K_chnlFamily
IPR013099K_chnl_domDomain

Pfam: PF07885

Catalyzed reactions (Rhea), 3 shown:

  • K(+)(in) = K(+)(out) (RHEA:29463)
  • Rb(+)(in) = Rb(+)(out) (RHEA:78547)
  • Cs(+)(in) = Cs(+)(out) (RHEA:78555)

UniProt features (38 total): binding site 14, transmembrane region 4, sequence variant 4, topological domain 3, region of interest 3, mutagenesis site 3, glycosylation site 2, intramembrane region 2, chain 1, disulfide bond 1, splice variant 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

0 structures.

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q96T54-F177.250.44

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Ligand- & substrate-binding residues (14): 116; 116; 117; 117; 118; 118; 119; 221; 221; 222; 222; 223

Disulfide bonds (1): 68

Glycosylation sites (2): 65, 94

Mutagenesis-validated functional residues (3):

PositionPhenotype
88slightly increased current conductance when compared to wild-type.
883.6-fold increased current conductance when compared to wild-type.
887.3-fold increased current conductance when compared to wild-type.

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

7 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-1299361TWIK-related alkaline pH activated K+ channel (TALK)
R-HSA-5576886Phase 4 - resting membrane potential
R-HSA-112316Neuronal System
R-HSA-1296071Potassium Channels
R-HSA-1296346Tandem pore domain potassium channels
R-HSA-397014Muscle contraction
R-HSA-5576891Cardiac conduction

MSigDB gene sets: 65 (showing top): GOBP_POTASSIUM_ION_TRANSPORT, BENPORATH_ES_WITH_H3K27ME3, REACTOME_TANDEM_PORE_DOMAIN_POTASSIUM_CHANNELS, REACTOME_POTASSIUM_CHANNELS, GOBP_MONOATOMIC_CATION_TRANSPORT, GOBP_TRANSMEMBRANE_TRANSPORT, GOCC_TRANSPORTER_COMPLEX, GOCC_MEMBRANE_PROTEIN_COMPLEX, GOMF_NARROW_PORE_CHANNEL_ACTIVITY, GOMF_PROTEIN_HETERODIMERIZATION_ACTIVITY, GOMF_VOLTAGE_GATED_MONOATOMIC_CATION_CHANNEL_ACTIVITY, GOMF_PROTEIN_DIMERIZATION_ACTIVITY, GOMF_METAL_ION_TRANSMEMBRANE_TRANSPORTER_ACTIVITY, GOMF_GATED_CHANNEL_ACTIVITY, GOMF_PASSIVE_TRANSMEMBRANE_TRANSPORTER_ACTIVITY

GO Biological Process (4): potassium ion transport (GO:0006813), potassium ion transmembrane transport (GO:0071805), monoatomic ion transport (GO:0006811), monoatomic ion transmembrane transport (GO:0034220)

GO Molecular Function (6): potassium channel activity (GO:0005267), outward rectifier potassium channel activity (GO:0015271), potassium ion leak channel activity (GO:0022841), metal ion binding (GO:0046872), protein heterodimerization activity (GO:0046982), protein binding (GO:0005515)

GO Cellular Component (3): plasma membrane (GO:0005886), monoatomic ion channel complex (GO:0034702), membrane (GO:0016020)

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-5 pathways:

CategoryPathways
Tandem pore domain potassium channels1
Cardiac conduction1
Neuronal System1
Potassium Channels1
Muscle contraction1

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
metal ion transport1
potassium ion transport1
monoatomic cation transmembrane transport1
transport1
monoatomic ion transport1
transmembrane transport1
monoatomic cation channel activity1
potassium ion transmembrane transporter activity1
voltage-gated potassium channel activity1
potassium channel activity1
leak channel activity1
cation binding1
protein dimerization activity1
binding1
membrane1
cell periphery1
transmembrane transporter complex1
cellular anatomical structure1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

520 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
KCNK17KRT76Q01546720
KCNK17KCNK18Q7Z418697
KCNK17PRKACBP22694506
KCNK17KCNH8Q96L42496
KCNK17DPY19L4Q7Z388493
KCNK17KCNC2Q96PR1493
KCNK17PRKACAP17612490
KCNK17PRKACGP22612485
KCNK17TMEM9BQ9NQ34473
KCNK17CCNQQ8N1B3462
KCNK17NOC4LQ9BVI4460
KCNK17KCNJ1P48048459
KCNK17VWA7Q9Y334458
KCNK17GK5Q6ZS86449
KCNK17SAYSD1Q9NPB0447

IntAct

0 interactions, top by confidence:

BioGRID (1): KCNK17 (Two-hybrid)

ESM2 similar proteins: A1L1C2, A2RRU4, A6QM06, A6QP75, E1BE10, E2RD63, G5E872, O75888, P29376, P70295, P97260, Q12770, Q1LZ97, Q28DT3, Q2M2I3, Q3TAA7, Q3U5Q7, Q3ZCA1, Q4FZD7, Q5EBM0, Q5MNU5, Q5SWZ9, Q60I26, Q60I27, Q69Z89, Q6AZ51, Q6GQT6, Q6IN84, Q6NUI2, Q6P9U1, Q7Z6J9, Q8BH06, Q8BTM9, Q8C0R7, Q8IYL2, Q8N1F8, Q8N2A8, Q8NAC3, Q8NFR9, Q8TDF6

Diamond homologs: G3V8R8, G3V8V5, G5E845, O00180, O08581, O14649, O17185, O35111, O54912, O88454, O95069, O95279, P57789, P97438, Q0P5A0, Q23435, Q3LS21, Q3TBV4, Q5RD07, Q5UE96, Q5VSE6, Q63ZI0, Q6Q1P3, Q6VV64, Q7Z418, Q8BUW1, Q8R454, Q8R5I0, Q920B6, Q96T54, Q96T55, Q9ERS1, Q9ES08, Q9H427, Q9HB14, Q9HB15, Q9JIS4, Q9JL58, Q9NPC2, Q9NYG8

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

66 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic1
Uncertain significance55
Likely benign6
Benign1

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (1)

Variant IDHGVSClassification
132903NM_031460.4(KCNK17):c.262G>A (p.Gly88Arg)Likely pathogenic

SpliceAI

1144 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
6:39304532:ACTC:Adonor_gain1.0000
6:39304533:CTCC:Cdonor_gain1.0000
6:39304535:C:CAdonor_gain1.0000
6:39299735:TTC:Tacceptor_gain0.9900
6:39299735:TTCC:Tacceptor_loss0.9900
6:39299736:TCCTG:Tacceptor_loss0.9900
6:39299738:C:CGacceptor_loss0.9900
6:39299739:T:Aacceptor_loss0.9900
6:39303146:A:ACdonor_gain0.9900
6:39303147:C:CCdonor_gain0.9900
6:39303951:TCTCA:Tdonor_loss0.9900
6:39303952:CTCAC:Cdonor_loss0.9900
6:39303953:TCA:Tdonor_loss0.9900
6:39303954:CA:Cdonor_loss0.9900
6:39303955:A:Cdonor_loss0.9900
6:39303956:CCAA:Cdonor_gain0.9900
6:39303956:CCAAT:Cdonor_gain0.9900
6:39303966:AGTCG:Adonor_gain0.9900
6:39310886:CCCTT:Cdonor_loss0.9900
6:39310887:CCTTA:Cdonor_loss0.9900
6:39310888:CTTAC:Cdonor_loss0.9900
6:39310889:TTACC:Tdonor_loss0.9900
6:39310890:T:TGdonor_loss0.9900
6:39310891:A:ATdonor_loss0.9900
6:39310892:C:CAdonor_loss0.9900
6:39314077:C:Adonor_gain0.9900
6:39314140:C:CAdonor_gain0.9900
6:39314143:A:ACdonor_gain0.9900
6:39314144:C:CCdonor_gain0.9900
6:39299738:C:CCacceptor_gain0.9800

AlphaMissense

2154 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
6:39303985:G:CS220R0.995
6:39303985:G:TS220R0.995
6:39303987:T:GS220R0.995
6:39310942:C:AW101C0.995
6:39310942:C:GW101C0.995
6:39304003:G:CF214L0.991
6:39304003:G:TF214L0.991
6:39304005:A:GF214L0.991
6:39299684:A:GW248R0.990
6:39299684:A:TW248R0.990
6:39303973:G:CF224L0.990
6:39303973:G:TF224L0.990
6:39303975:A:GF224L0.990
6:39303971:C:AG225V0.989
6:39304029:A:GW206R0.983
6:39304029:A:TW206R0.983
6:39304027:C:AW206C0.982
6:39304027:C:GW206C0.982
6:39310918:A:CF109L0.982
6:39310918:A:TF109L0.982
6:39310920:A:GF109L0.982
6:39310944:A:GW101R0.982
6:39310944:A:TW101R0.982
6:39303974:A:CF224C0.981
6:39303997:G:CF216L0.980
6:39303997:G:TF216L0.980
6:39303999:A:GF216L0.980
6:39304590:C:GG140R0.979
6:39304590:C:TG140R0.979
6:39299663:A:GW255R0.978

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000052218 (6:39311803 T>C,G), RS1000142649 (6:39308443 A>G), RS1000479957 (6:39315723 T>C), RS1000654575 (6:39310746 C>T), RS1000815762 (6:39304858 C>T), RS1001410275 (6:39303547 G>C), RS1001410921 (6:39303418 C>T), RS1001800165 (6:39300218 G>A,T), RS1001961869 (6:39315631 A>G), RS1001990057 (6:39309282 C>A,T), RS1002167590 (6:39310456 C>G,T), RS1002224382 (6:39304084 C>A,T), RS1002255359 (6:39304296 T>C), RS1002941876 (6:39314037 C>A,G,T), RS1002973113 (6:39314206 C>G,T)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:607370 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

DiseaseClassificationInheritance
heart conduction diseaseLimitedUnknown

Mondo (1): heart conduction disease (MONDO:0000992)

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

2 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST002221_61Cholesterol, total3.000000e-08
GCST010243_107Apolipoprotein B levels2.000000e-12

EFO canonical traits (2, from GWAS)

EFO IDTrait name
EFO:0004574total cholesterol measurement
EFO:0004615apolipoprotein B measurement

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: yes

ChEMBL targets (1): CHEMBL4523433 (SINGLE PROTEIN)

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

GtoPdb / IUPHAR curated pharmacology

(IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology — expert-curated)

Target class: vgic — Two-pore domain potassium channels (K2P)

ChEMBL bioactivities

1 potent at pChembl≥5 of 1 total, top 1 by pChembl (potency: 10 = 0.1 nM, 6 = 1 µM).

pChemblTypeValueUnitMolecule
5.09IC508100nMCHEMBL148342

PubChem BioAssay actives

1 with measured affinity, of 3 total; 1 most potent distinct compounds. Largely complementary to BindingDB; screening values are coarse (µM, 4 dp), so sub-nM hits tie at the floor.

CompoundAssayTypeValueUnit
N-[(2,4-difluorophenyl)methyl]-2-[2-[[[2-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetyl]amino]methyl]phenyl]benzamide1525549: Inhibition of human TASK4 expressed in CHO cells by Inside-out macro-patches based electrophysiology assayic508.1000uM

CTD chemical–gene interactions

5 total (human), top 5 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
ethyl-p-hydroxybenzoatedecreases expression1
CGP 52608affects binding, increases reaction1
Arsenicaffects expression1
Benzo(a)pyreneincreases methylation, affects methylation1
Folic Aciddecreases expression1

ChEMBL screening assays

2 unique, capped per target: 2 binding

Representative assays (with source publication via chembl_document):

Assay IDTypeDescriptionSource paper
CHEMBL4322152BindingInhibition of human TASK4 expressed in CHO cells by Inside-out macro-patches based electrophysiology assayTASK Channels Pharmacology: New Challenges in Drug Design. — J Med Chem

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.