KCNJ2

Potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 2 P63252 KCNJ2_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 17 17q24.3 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 3759
Mutations
629
CL 82 · Tissue 536
Samples
320
CL 54 · Tissue 259
Peptides
236
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
2
isoforms mutated

Stats by Source

Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)

How the counts split by source
Stats by Source

Total = all mutations for this gene across every source.

Cell line = COSMIC Cell Lines Project + DepMap + PubMed.

Tissue = COSMIC primary-tissue (patient tumour) samples.

Total can exceed cell line + tissue: COSMIC tissue-derived models sit only in global, and a peptide can be shared across both.

TotalCell lineTissue
Mutations62982536
Samples32054259
Peptides23639203

Function

KCNJ2 · Potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 2

Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of physiologic responses. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and inward-rectifier type potassium channel. The encoded protein, which has a greater tendency to allow potassium to flow into a cell rather than out of a cell, probably participates in establishing action potential waveform and excitability of neuronal and muscle tissues. Mutations in this gene have been associated with Andersen syndrome, which is characterized by periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmias, and dysmorphic features. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

Isoforms & Proteins

2 transcripts · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)

About the isoform mapping
Isoforms & Proteins

Each Ensembl transcript (ENST) this gene is mutated on, with its matched UniProt accession.

The mapping is sequence-verified: the UniProt sequence is identical to the transcript translation, so amino-acid positions line up exactly. A * marks an unreviewed (TrEMBL) entry.

Counts are mutations and unique mutant peptides on each transcript.

TranscriptUniProtMutationsPeptides
ENST00000243457 P63252 332 236
ENST00000535240 P63252 297 220

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
17
Cytoband
17q24.3
Entrez ID
Aliases
ATFB9HHBIRK1HHIRK1IRK1KIR2.1LQT7

Recurrent Mutations

All 236 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000243457 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom

What this lollipop shows
Recurrent Mutations

A lollipop / needle plot – the standard way to show recurrent mutations along a protein (as used by cBioPortal and MutationMapper).

X-axis = amino-acid position in the protein.

Needle height & head size = how often that exact amino-acid change was observed (its recurrence). Tall/large heads are mutational hotspots.

The most recurrent changes are labelled; hover any needle for the change, position and counts.

Mutation frequency across cancer types

% of samples with a missense/complex mutation in KCNJ2 · cell line vs tissue

How this frequency is counted
Cancer-type mutation frequency

For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in KCNJ2 – counted as distinct samples (a sample counts once no matter how many mutations it has).

Split into cell line and tissue; each cell shows mutated / total and the percentage. Cohorts with <20 samples are omitted. Ordered by combined frequency.

Cancer typeCell linesTissue samples
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
4/40 10%
0/0 0%
Endometrial Carcinoma
4/42 10%
19/612 3%
Gastric Carcinoma
7/74 9%
23/1809 1%
Melanoma
1/210 0%
31/1899 2%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/57 0%
13/810 2%
Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
0/0 0%
1/71 1%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/304 0%
22/1390 2%
Ewings Sarcoma
1/63 2%
3/262 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
0/58 0%
12/956 1%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
3/44 7%
1/305 0%
Colorectal Carcinoma
8/143 6%
31/3239 1%
Chondrosarcoma
1/14 7%
0/75 0%
Glioblastoma
1/98 1%
0/0 0%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
2/54 4%
7/950 1%
Cervical Carcinoma
0/35 0%
4/422 1%
Other Solid Cancers
0/94 0%
13/1515 1%
Other Sarcomas
3/69 4%
3/699 0%
Breast Carcinoma
2/144 1%
17/3264 1%
Ovarian Carcinoma
4/109 4%
2/998 0%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
4/752 1%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2/51 4%
11/2550 0%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
7/1574 0%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
0/154 0%
3/577 1%
Glioma
1/52 2%
6/2127 0%
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
0/46 0%
7/2210 0%
B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
4/88 5%
4/2534 0%
Pancreatic Carcinoma
2/89 2%
3/1611 0%
Esophageal Carcinoma
0/23 0%
2/769 0%
Prostate Carcinoma
0/13 0%
5/2105 0%
Medulloblastoma
0/0 0%
1/450 0%

Mutation Distribution

Where KCNJ2 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in KCNJ2 were found in each tissue, across the whole database.

Each bar is a tissue (cell-line and tissue names are merged to the standard tissue), split into cell line and tissue (patient tumour) contributions.

This shows the cancer-context where this gene is recurrently altered.

GTEx Expression

Median TPM across 54 healthy tissues

GTEx Portal ↗
About the expression data
GTEx Expression

Median gene expression (TPM) in normal, non-cancer human tissues from the GTEx project.

Useful for judging tumour specificity – a strong neoantigen target ideally comes from a gene with low expression in healthy tissues.

Scroll or drag the mini-axis below the chart to browse all tissues.

Mutations

All 629 mutations in KCNJ2

About the mutation list
Mutations

Every mutation record for this gene, across all samples and sources.

The Sample column links to the cell line (cell-line samples) or the tissue type (tissue samples).

Use the Type / Source filters, the search box, and column sorting to explore; each CAN-IMMUNE ID opens the full mutation & peptide view.

IDSampleTranscriptAA Change CDSTypeSourceMutant PeptideWild-type Peptide