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CES5A

Gene

carboxylesterase 5A

HGNCHGNC:26459EnsemblENSG00000159398NCBI Gene221223
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 16q12.2

Also known as

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

Also known asCES7 · FLJ31547 · CES4C1 · CES5 · CAUXIN
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Previous symbolsCES7
Alias symbolsFLJ31547, CES4C1, CES5, CAUXIN
Previous namescarboxylesterase 7

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.

Ocular Hypertension
Cartilage Diseases
Alcohol drinking
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Urolithiasis
Non-syndromic male infertility due to sperm motility disorder
Spermatogenic failure

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.

Carboxylesterases

Provenance

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