AURKA

Gene

aurora kinase A

HGNCHGNC:11393 EnsemblENSG00000087586 NCBI Gene6790

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 20q13.2

Also known as

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

Also known asSTK15 · STK6 · BTAK · AurA · STK7 · ARK1 · PPP1R47 · AIK

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Previous symbolsSTK15, STK6

Alias symbolsBTAK, AurA, STK7, ARK1, PPP1R47, AIK

Previous namesserine/threonine kinase 15, serine/threonine kinase 6

Alias namesprotein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 47, Aurora-A kinase

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.

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Alzheimer's Disease

Parkinson's Disease

Lysosomal Storage Diseases

Multiple Sclerosis

mature T-cell and NK-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Alcohol drinking

Neoplasms

Prostate adenocarcinoma

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.

Protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunitsAurora kinase family

Provenance

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

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.