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FUCA2

Gene

alpha-L-fucosidase 2

HGNCHGNC:4008EnsemblENSG00000001036NCBI Gene2519
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6q24.2

Also known as

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

Also known asMGC1314 · dJ20N2.5
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Alias symbolsMGC1314, dJ20N2.5
Previous namesfucosidase, alpha-L- 2, plasma
Alias namesα-L-fucosidase 2, plasma fucosidase, a-L-fucosidase 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.

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Asthma
Chronic rhinosinusitis
Multiple Sclerosis
Myopia
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.

Alpha-L-fucosidases

Provenance

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