DNAJC16

Gene

DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member C16

HGNCHGNC:29157 EnsemblENSG00000116138 NCBI Gene23341

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 1p36.21

Also known as

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

Also known asKIAA0962

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Alias symbolsKIAA0962

Previous namesDnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, subfamily C, member 16

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.

Gout

Carcinoma, Renal Cell

Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary

Kidney Neoplasms

Hearing loss, autosomal recessive

Deafness

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.

DNAJ (HSP40) heat shock proteins

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.