H2AC1

Gene

H2A clustered histone 1

HGNCHGNC:18729 EnsemblENSG00000164508 NCBI Gene221613

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6p22.2

Also known as

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

Also known asHIST1H2AA · bA317E16.2 · H2AFR

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Previous symbolsHIST1H2AA

Alias symbolsbA317E16.2, H2AFR

Previous namesH2A histone family, member R, histone 1, H2aa, histone cluster 1, H2aa, histone cluster 1 H2A family member a

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.

Communicable Diseases

Myocardial Infarction

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.

H2A histones

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-10-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.