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H2AC16

Gene

H2A clustered histone 16

HGNCHGNC:4730EnsemblENSG00000276903NCBI Gene8332
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6p22.1

Also known as

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

Also known asH2AFI · HIST1H2AL · H2A/i · dJ193B12.9
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Previous symbolsH2AFI, HIST1H2AL
Alias symbolsH2A/i, dJ193B12.9
Previous namesH2A histone family, member I, histone 1, H2al, histone cluster 1, H2al, histone cluster 1 H2A family member l

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
Virus Diseases
Dengue
Actinic keratosis
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Asthma
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic

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 histonesProteins encoded by multiple genes

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-10-20.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.