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EIF2B5

Gene

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B subunit epsilon

HGNCHGNC:3261EnsemblENSG00000145191NCBI Gene8893
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 3q27.1

Also known as

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

Also known asEIF2Bepsilon · EIF-2B
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Alias symbolsEIF2Bepsilon, EIF-2B
Previous nameseukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B, subunit 5 (epsilon, 82kD), eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B, subunit 5 epsilon, 82kDa

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.

Leukoencephalopathies
Genetic Diseases, Inborn

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.

Provenance

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