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CPA1

Gene

carboxypeptidase A1

HGNCHGNC:2296EnsemblENSG00000091704NCBI Gene1357
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 7q32.2

Also known as

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

Also known asCPA
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Previous symbolsCPA
Previous namescarboxypeptidase A1 (pancreatic)
Alias namespancreatic carboxypeptidase A

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.

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Hereditary chronic pancreatitis
Pancreatitis, Chronic
Infections
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
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.

M14 carboxypeptidases

Provenance

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