FAR2

Gene

fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2

HGNCHGNC:25531 EnsemblENSG00000064763 NCBI Gene55711

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 12p11.22

Also known as

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

Also known asMLSTD1 · FLJ10462 · SDR10E2

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Previous symbolsMLSTD1

Alias symbolsFLJ10462, SDR10E2

Previous namesmale sterility domain containing 1

Alias namesshort chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 10E, member 2

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.

Alopecia

Osteoarthritis, Hip

Drug Hypersensitivity

Ovarian neoplasm

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.

Short chain dehydrogenase/reductase superfamily

Provenance

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

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.