About Potassium channel subfamily K member 16
Potassium channel subfamily K member 16 (KCNK16) is a protein
from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession
Q96T55, 309 residues long.
MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and
47 disease associations.
Target properties
| Protein name | Potassium channel subfamily K member 16 |
| UniProt accession | Q96T55 |
| Gene | KCNK16 |
| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Length | 309 residues |
| Molecular weight | — |
| EC numbers | — |
| Target class | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Subcellular location | — |
| Keywords | — |
Druggability
Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug
| Druggability tier | MEDIUM |
| Druggability score | — |
| Pocket score | — |
| Max clinical phase | — |
Disease associations (47)
Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).
- type 2 diabetes mellitus · score 0.34
- urate measurement · score 0.26
- fasting blood glucose measurement · score 0.25
- lung adenocarcinoma · score 0.23
- serum albumin measurement · score 0.23
- breast adenocarcinoma · score 0.22
- cutaneous melanoma · score 0.16
- low density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement · score 0.10
- HbA1c measurement · score 0.09
- refractive error measurement · score 0.08
3D Structure (1)
Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.
| Structure | Source | Method | Mean pLDDT | Resolution (Å) |
| AF-Q96T55-F1 | alphafold | PREDICTED | 81.34 | — |
Amino-acid sequence (309 residues)
MPSAGLCSCW GGRVLPLLLA YVCYLLLGAT IFQLLERQAE AQSRDQFQLE KLRFLENYTC LDQWAMEQFV QVIMEAWVKG VNPKGNSTNP SNWDFGSSFF FAGTVVTTIG YGNLAPSTEA GQVFCVFYAL LGIPLNVIFL NHLGTGLRAH LAAIERWEDR PRRSQVLQVL GLALFLTLGT LVILIFPPMV FSHVEGWSFS EGFYFAFITL STIGFGDYVV GTDPSKHYIS VYRSLAAIWI LLGLAWLALI LPLGPLLLHR CCQLWLLSLR QGCGAKAAPG RRPRRGSTAA RGVQVTPQDF PISKKGLGS
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