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ANO5

Gene

anoctamin 5

HGNCHGNC:27337EnsemblENSG00000171714NCBI Gene203859
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 11p14.3

Also known as

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

Also known asTMEM16E · LGMD2L · GDD1
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Previous symbolsTMEM16E, LGMD2L
Alias symbolsGDD1
Previous namestransmembrane protein 16E, limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2L (autosomal recessive)

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.

Atrial Fibrillation
Muscular dystrophy

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.

Anoctamins

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.