H2AC20

Gene

H2A clustered histone 20

HGNCHGNC:4738 EnsemblENSG00000184260 NCBI Gene8338

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 1q21.2

Also known as

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

Also known asH2A · H2AFQ · HIST2H2AC · H2A/q

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Previous symbolsH2A, H2AFQ, HIST2H2AC

Alias symbolsH2A/q

Previous namesH2A histone family, member Q, histone 2, H2ac, histone cluster 2, H2ac, histone cluster 2 H2A family member c

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.

Virus Diseases

Communicable Diseases

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell

Aortic Valve Stenosis

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.