BAX

Gene

BCL2 associated X, apoptosis regulator

HGNCHGNC:959 EnsemblENSG00000087088 NCBI Gene581

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 19q13.33

Also known as

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

Also known asBCL2L4

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Alias symbolsBCL2L4

Previous namesBCL2-associated X protein, BCL2 associated X protein

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.

Colon carcinoma

Endometrial Neoplasms

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Colonic Neoplasms

Gastric adenocarcinoma

Colorectal 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.

BCL2 family

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-03-15.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.