DACT2

Gene

dishevelled binding antagonist of beta catenin 2

HGNCHGNC:21231 EnsemblENSG00000164488 NCBI Gene168002

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6q27

Also known as

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

Also known asC6orf116 · bA503C24.7 · DAPPER2

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Previous symbolsC6orf116

Alias symbolsbA503C24.7, DAPPER2

Previous nameschromosome 6 open reading frame 116, dapper homolog 2, antagonist of beta-catenin (xenopus), dapper, antagonist of beta-catenin, homolog 2 (Xenopus laevis)

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.

Food Hypersensitivity

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

Esophageal 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.

Dishevelled binding antagonist of beta catenin 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.