BAK1

Gene

BCL2 antagonist/killer 1

HGNCHGNC:949 EnsemblENSG00000030110 NCBI Gene578

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6p21.31

Also known as

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

Also known asCDN1 · BCL2L7 · BAK

View full nomenclature history (4)

Previous symbolsCDN1

Alias symbolsBCL2L7, BAK

Previous namesBCL2-antagonist/killer 1

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.

Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Thrombocytopenia 4

Arthritis, Rheumatoid

Hemorrhagic disease

Primary biliary cholangitis

Prostate carcinoma

Testicular Neoplasms

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.

BCL2 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.