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CTC1

Gene

CST telomere replication complex component 1

HGNCHGNC:26169EnsemblENSG00000178971NCBI Gene80169
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 17p13.1

Also known as

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

Also known asC17orf68 · FLJ22170 · AAF132
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Previous symbolsC17orf68
Alias symbolsFLJ22170, AAF132
Previous namesCST telomere maintenance complex component 1, chromosome 17 open reading frame 68
Alias namesconserved telomere maintenance component 1, alpha accessory factor 132, conserved telomere capping protein 1

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.

Dyskeratosis congenita
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Retinal Diseases

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.

CST complex

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2025-06-06.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.