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CAMKK2

Gene

calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase kinase 2

HGNCHGNC:1470EnsemblENSG00000110931NCBI Gene10645
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 12q24.31

Also known as

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

Also known asCAMKK · KIAA0787 · CAMKKB · MGC15254
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Alias symbolsCAMKK, KIAA0787, CAMKKB, MGC15254
Previous namescalcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2, beta
Alias namescalcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase beta

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.

Schizophrenia
Obesity disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Major depressive disorder
Anorexia Nervosa
Neoplasms
Prostate carcinoma
Familial prostate cancer

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.

Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase 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.