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CLN3

Gene

CLN3 lysosomal/endosomal transmembrane protein, battenin

HGNCHGNC:2074EnsemblENSG00000188603NCBI Gene1201
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 16p12.1

Also known as

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

Also known asBTS · BTN1 · JNCL · SLC29B1
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Previous symbolsBTS
Alias symbolsBTN1, JNCL, SLC29B1
Previous namesBatten, Spielmeyer-Vogt disease, ceroid-lipofuscinosis, neuronal 3, CLN3, battenin
Alias namesjuvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

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.

Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Cone rod dystrophy
Cone-rod dystrophy

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.

Solute carrier family 29

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2025-02-05.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.