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EEF1A2

Gene

eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 2

HGNCHGNC:3192EnsemblENSG00000101210NCBI Gene1917
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 20q13.33

Also known as

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

Also known asSTNL · STN · EEF1AL · HS1
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Previous symbolsSTNL, STN
Alias symbolsEEF1AL, HS1
Previous namesstatin-like, statin

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.

Undetermined early-onset epileptic encephalopathy
Genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
early-infantile DEE
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Complex neurodevelopmental disorder
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.

Translational GTPases

Provenance

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